Florence Lake
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1904-11-27
Day of Death
1980-04-11 (75 years old)
Place of Birth
Charleston, South Carolina, USA
Florence Lake
Biography
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.
Known For
Acting
(1975)
Long Way Home
as Grandma Boggs
(1975)
The Day of the Locust
as Lee Sister #2
(1974)
Happy Anniversary and Goodbye
as Mrs. Foster
(1974)
Welcome to Arrow Beach
as Landlady
(1974)
Live Again, Die Again
as Old Friend
(1973)
(1973)
The Girl Most Likely To...
as Clerk
(1973)
Frasier, the Sensuous Lion
as Old Woman on Porch
(1971)
Banyon
as Elderly Waitress
(1970)
Hollywood Horror House
as Mildred
(1967)
The Big Mouth
as Assaulted Lady (uncredited)
(1954)
The Desperado
as Mrs. Cameron
(1954)
She Couldn't Say No
as Mrs. Gruman
(1953)
The Flaming Urge
as Mrs. Binger
(1952)
Man from the Black Hills
as Martha
(1952)
The Maverick
as Grandma Watson
(1952)
Fargo
as Maggie
(1952)
(1948)
Contest Crazy
as Florence Kennedy
(1948)
Dig That Gold
as Florence Kennedy
(1948)
Brother Knows Best
as Florence Kennedy
(1947)
Do or Diet
as Florence - Edgar's Wife
(1946)
Trouble or Nothing
as Florence, Edgar's Wife
(1946)
Little Giant
as Housewife (uncredited)
(1946)
Riverboat Rhythm
as Penelope Beeler Witherspoon
(1946)
Motor Maniacs
as Florence Kennedy
(1946)
I'll Build It Myself
as Florence
(1945)
The Big Beef
as Florence Kennedy
(1945)
It's Your Move
as Mrs. Florence Kennedy
(1945)
You Drive Me Crazy
as Florence Kennedy
(1945)
What, No Cigarettes
as Florence Kennedy
(1944)
San Diego I Love You
as Miss Lake
(1944)
Her Primitive Man
as Miss Crims
(1944)
Goin' to Town
as Abigail
(1944)
Hi, Beautiful
as Mrs. Bisbee
(1944)
Feather Your Nest
as Florence
(1944)
Radio Rampage
as Florence
(1943)
Crash Dive
as Doris - Jean's Roommate
(1942)
Scattergood Survives a Murder
as Phoebe Quentin
(1942)
Four Jacks and a Jill
as Counter Girl (uncredited)
(1942)
Duck Soup
as Florence
(1939)
Union Pacific
as Woman (uncredited)
(1939)
Stagecoach
as Nancy Whitney (uncredited)
(1939)
Fifth Avenue Girl
as Slavey (uncredited)
(1939)
Pacific Liner
as Miss Smith - Dancing with Crusher (uncredited)
(1939)
Bachelor Mother
as Oliver's Wife (uncredited)
(1939)
When Tomorrow Comes
as Waitress (uncredited)
(1938)
Ears of Experience
as Florence
(1938)
I Met My Love Again
as Carol Towner
(1938)
Rebellious Daughters
as Dizzy
(1938)
Condemned Women
as Prisoner
(1938)
Law of the Underworld
as Mrs. Billy Winters
(1938)
Convicts at Large
as Hattie
(1938)
Next Time I Marry
as Justice of the Peace's Wife
(1937)
Love in a Bungalow
as The 'Ga-Ga' Prospect
(1937)
Quality Street
as Henrietta Turnbull
(1937)
Edgar & Goliath
as Florence, Edgar's wife
(1936)
To Mary - with Love
as Salesgirl
(1936)
Women Are Trouble
as Clara
(1936)
Muss 'em Up
as Tony's Girlfriend (uncredited)
(1936)
Gasoloons
as Florence Kennedy
(1936)
Dummy Ache
as Florence
(1936)
Will Power
as Florence Kennedy
(1935)
In Love at 40
as Florence Kennedy
(1935)
Two-Fisted
as Doris Pritchard
(1935)
Brick-a-Brac
as Florence
(1935)
Edgar Hamlet
as Florence
(1934)
The Winnah!
as Florence
(1934)
Wrong Direction
as Florence, Edgar's Wife
(1934)
A Blasted Event
as Florence
(1934)
(1934)
Poisoned Ivory
as Florence Kennedy
(1934)
Love on a Ladder
as Florence
(1933)
Quiet Please!
as Florence Kennedy
(1933)
The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi
as Dizzy
(1933)
Only Yesterday
as One of Jim's Friends (Uncredited)
(1933)
Midshipman Jack
as Sally Withers
(1933)
What Fur
as Florence
(1933)
(1932)
Night World
as Ms. Smith (uncredited)
(1932)
Running Hollywood
as Autograph Seeker
(1932)
Ladies of the Jury
as Mrs. Dace (uncredited)
(1932)
Westward Passage
as Elmer's Wife
(1932)
Giggle Water
as Florence
(1932)
Fish Feathers
as Florence Kennedy
(1931)
Secret Service
as Caroline Mitford
(1931)
(1931)
The Drums of Jeopardy
as Anya Karlov
(1930)
Romance
as Susan Van Tuyl
(1930)
The Rogue Song
as Nadja
(1929)
Thru Different Eyes
as Myrtle
(1929)
Waltzing Around
as George's Wife
(1929)
New Year's Eve
as Pearl