Acting · Charleston, South Carolina, USA · Born November 27, 1904
From Wikipedia Florence Lake (born Florence Silverlake, November 27, 1904 – April 11, 1980) was an American actress best known as the leading lady in most of the Edgar Kennedy comedy shorts. Florence was petite, with a high-pitched speaking voice. She perfected a comical singsong delivery that established her in "dumb" roles. She personified flightiness in the Kennedy shorts, as the scatterbrained Mrs. Kennedy. After the series ended upon Kennedy's death in 1948, she continued to play character roles in films and television. Her best-known TV role was Jenny, the Claverton telephone operator in Lassie. Lake played the role for the entire ten year "farm seasons" of the show (1954–1964), thus becoming the Lassie player with the longest tour of duty on the series. She played the role of Mama Angel in a 1957 episode of the The Lone Ranger TV series entitled "The Angel and the Outlaw". She also appeared in the first color episode of the TV series Superman in 1957 as a cave woman. In her later years, Lake appeared as Elvira Norton on an episode of Dragnet entitled "Frauds". She also played a blind date for the character Lou Grant on The Mary Tyler Moore Show episode, "Lou's First Date". Her last roles were in the TV series Emergency! and Baretta in 1976.
MovieLong Way Home
1975
as Grandma Boggs
MovieThe Day of the Locust
1975
as Lee Sister #2
MovieHappy Anniversary and Goodbye
1974
as Mrs. Foster
TVThe Rockford Files
1974
as Old Woman
TVPolice Woman
1974
as Mrs. Farrell
MovieWelcome to Arrow Beach
1974
as Landlady
MovieLive Again, Die Again
1974
as Old Friend
MovieThe Girl Most Likely To...
1973
as Clerk
MovieFrasier, the Sensuous Lion
1973
as Old Woman on Porch
MovieTime to Run
1973
TVBanyon
1972
as Taffy
TVEmergency!
1972
as Martha Wilson
TVNichols
1971
as Mrs. Prine
MovieBanyon
1971
as Elderly Waitress
TVThe Mary Tyler Moore Show
1970
as Martha Dudley
TVThe Bold Ones: The Senator
1970
as Woman Exiting Elevator (uncredited)
MovieSavage Intruder
1970
as Mildred
TVThe Bold Ones: The New Doctors
1969
as Lizzy
TVThe Doris Day Show
1968
as Adelaide Lindsay
TVHere's Lucy
1968
as Trixie
TVAdam-12
1968
as Mrs. Frieda Pine
MovieThe Big Mouth
1967
as Assaulted Lady (uncredited)
TVMr. Terrific
1967
as Maw
TVPetticoat Junction
1963
as Emily Simpson
TVLock-Up
1959
as Penny Jackson
TVLassie
1954
as Jenny
MovieThe Desperado
1954
as Mrs. Cameron
MovieShe Couldn't Say No
1954
as Mrs. Gruman
MovieThe Flaming Urge
1953
as Mrs. Binger
TVRevlon Mirror Theatre
1953
MovieThe Maverick
1952
as Grandma Watson
TVThe Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
1952
as Clara Randolph
MovieFargo
1952
as Maggie
MovieMan from the Black Hills
1952
as Martha
As We Forgive
1952
TVThe Red Skelton Show
1951
as Tessie
Contest Crazy
1948
as Florence Kennedy
Dig That Gold
1948
as Florence Kennedy
Brother Knows Best
1948
as Florence Kennedy
MovieDo or Diet
1947
as Florence - Edgar's Wife
I'll Build It Myself
1946
as Florence
Motor Maniacs
1946
as Florence Kennedy
MovieLittle Giant
1946
as Housewife (uncredited)
MovieRiverboat Rhythm
1946
as Penelope Beeler Witherspoon
MovieTrouble or Nothing
1946
as Florence, Edgar's Wife
MovieThe Big Beef
1945
as Florence Kennedy
MovieYou Drive Me Crazy
1945
as Florence Kennedy
It's Your Move
1945
as Mrs. Florence Kennedy
What, No Cigarettes
1945
as Florence Kennedy
MovieHi, Beautiful
1944
as Mrs. Bisbee
Feather Your Nest
1944
as Florence
MovieSan Diego I Love You
1944
as Miss Lake
MovieGoin' to Town
1944
as Abigail
MovieHer Primitive Man
1944
as Miss Crims
Radio Rampage
1944
as Florence
MovieCrash Dive
1943
as Doris - Jean's Roommate
Duck Soup
1942
as Florence
MovieScattergood Survives a Murder
1942
as Phoebe Quentin
MovieFour Jacks and a Jill
1942
as Counter Girl (uncredited)
MovieFifth Avenue Girl
1939
as Slavey (uncredited)
MovieWhen Tomorrow Comes
1939
as Waitress (uncredited)
MovieBachelor Mother
1939
as Oliver's Wife (uncredited)
MovieUnion Pacific
1939
as Woman (uncredited)
MovieStagecoach
1939
as Nancy Whitney (uncredited)
MoviePacific Liner
1939
as Miss Smith - Dancing with Crusher (uncredited)
MovieConvicts at Large
1938
as Hattie
MovieNext Time I Marry
1938
as Justice of the Peace's Wife (uncredited)
MovieRebellious Daughters
1938
as Dizzy
MovieLaw of the Underworld
1938
as Mrs. Billy Winters
MovieCondemned Women
1938
as Prisoner
Ears of Experience
1938
as Florence
MovieI Met My Love Again
1938
as Carol Towner
Edgar & Goliath
1937
as Florence, Edgar's wife
MovieLove in a Bungalow
1937
as The 'Ga-Ga' Prospect
MovieQuality Street
1937
as Henrietta Turnbull
MovieTo Mary - with Love
1936
as Salesgirl
MovieWomen Are Trouble
1936
as Clara
MovieDummy Ache
1936
as Florence
MovieWill Power
1936
as Florence Kennedy
MovieMuss 'em Up
1936
as Tony's Girlfriend (uncredited)
Gasoloons
1936
as Florence Kennedy
MovieTwo-Fisted
1935
as Doris Pritchard
In Love at 40
1935
as Florence Kennedy
Edgar Hamlet
1935
as Florence
Sock Me to Sleep
1935
as Florence
Brick-a-Brac
1935
as Florence
Shivers
1934
as Florence
MoviePoisoned Ivory
1934
as Florence Kennedy
A Blasted Event
1934
as Florence
The Winnah!
1934
as Florence
Wrong Direction
1934
as Florence, Edgar's Wife
Love on a Ladder
1934
as Florence
MovieWhat Fur
1933
as Florence
MovieOnly Yesterday
1933
as One of Jim's Friends (Uncredited)
MovieThe Sweetheart of Sigma Chi
1933
as Dizzy
MovieMidshipman Jack
1933
as Sally Withers
Quiet Please!
1933
as Florence Kennedy
Art in the Raw
1933
Fish Feathers
1932
as Florence Kennedy
Giggle Water
1932
as Florence
MovieWestward Passage
1932
as Elmer's Wife
MovieNight World
1932
as Ms. Smith (uncredited)
MovieLadies of the Jury
1932
as Mrs. Dace (uncredited)
Running Hollywood
1932
as Autograph Seeker
Hollywood Halfbacks
1931
MovieSecret Service
1931
as Caroline Mitford
MovieThe Drums of Jeopardy
1931
as Anya Karlov
MovieRomance
1930
as Susan Van Tuyl
MovieThe Rogue Song
1930
as Nadja
MovieWaltzing Around
1929
as George's Wife
MovieThru Different Eyes
1929
as Myrtle
MovieNew Year's Eve
1929
as Pearl
Parlor, Bedroom and Wrath
as Florence
