Florence Lake
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 27 November 1904 · Charleston, South Carolina, USA
- Died
- 11 April 1980
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 95
- 2026Parlor, Bedroom and Wrath as Florence
- 1975Long Way Home as Grandma Boggs
- 1975The Day of the Locust as Lee Sister #2
- 1974Happy Anniversary and Goodbye as Mrs. Foster
- 1974Welcome to Arrow Beach as Landlady
- 1974Live Again, Die Again as Old Friend
- 1973The Girl Most Likely To... as Clerk
- 1973Frasier, the Sensuous Lion as Old Woman on Porch
- 1973Time to Run
- 1971Banyon as Elderly Waitress
- 1970Savage Intruder as Mildred
- 1967The Big Mouth as Assaulted Lady (uncredited)
- 1954The Desperado as Mrs. Cameron
- 1954She Couldn't Say No as Mrs. Gruman
- 1953The Flaming Urge as Mrs. Binger
- 1952The Maverick as Grandma Watson
- 1952Fargo as Maggie
- 1952Man from the Black Hills as Martha
- 1952As We Forgive
- 1948Contest Crazy as Florence Kennedy
- 1948Dig That Gold as Florence Kennedy
- 1948Brother Knows Best as Florence Kennedy
- 1947Do or Diet as Florence - Edgar's Wife
- 1946I'll Build It Myself as Florence
- 1946Motor Maniacs as Florence Kennedy
- 1946Little Giant as Housewife (uncredited)
- 1946Riverboat Rhythm as Penelope Beeler Witherspoon
- 1946Trouble or Nothing as Florence, Edgar's Wife
- 1945The Big Beef as Florence Kennedy
- 1945You Drive Me Crazy as Florence Kennedy
- 1945It's Your Move as Mrs. Florence Kennedy
- 1945What, No Cigarettes as Florence Kennedy
- 1944Hi, Beautiful as Mrs. Bisbee
- 1944Feather Your Nest as Florence
- 1944San Diego I Love You as Miss Lake
- 1944Goin' to Town as Abigail
- 1944Her Primitive Man as Miss Crims
- 1944Radio Rampage as Florence
- 1943Crash Dive as Doris - Jean's Roommate
- 1942Duck Soup as Florence
- 1942Scattergood Survives a Murder as Phoebe Quentin
- 1942Four Jacks and a Jill as Counter Girl (uncredited)
- 1939Fifth Avenue Girl as Slavey (uncredited)
- 1939When Tomorrow Comes as Waitress (uncredited)
- 1939Bachelor Mother as Oliver's Wife (uncredited)
- 1939Union Pacific as Woman (uncredited)
- 1939Stagecoach as Nancy Whitney (uncredited)
- 1939Pacific Liner as Miss Smith - Dancing with Crusher (uncredited)
- 1938Convicts at Large as Hattie
- 1938Next Time I Marry as Justice of the Peace's Wife (uncredited)
- 1938Rebellious Daughters as Dizzy
- 1938Law of the Underworld as Mrs. Billy Winters
- 1938Condemned Women as Prisoner
- 1938Ears of Experience as Florence
- 1938I Met My Love Again as Carol Towner
- 1937Edgar & Goliath as Florence, Edgar's wife
- 1937Love in a Bungalow as The 'Ga-Ga' Prospect
- 1937Quality Street as Henrietta Turnbull
- 1936To Mary - with Love as Salesgirl
- 1936Women Are Trouble as Clara
- 1936Dummy Ache as Florence
- 1936Will Power as Florence Kennedy
- 1936Muss 'em Up as Tony's Girlfriend (uncredited)
- 1936Gasoloons as Florence Kennedy
- 1935Two-Fisted as Doris Pritchard
- 1935In Love at 40 as Florence Kennedy
- 1935Edgar Hamlet as Florence
- 1935Sock Me to Sleep as Florence
- 1935Brick-a-Brac as Florence
- 1934Shivers as Florence
- 1934Poisoned Ivory as Florence Kennedy
- 1934A Blasted Event as Florence
- 1934The Winnah! as Florence
- 1934Wrong Direction as Florence, Edgar's Wife
- 1934Love on a Ladder as Florence
- 1933What Fur as Florence
- 1933Only Yesterday as One of Jim's Friends (Uncredited)
- 1933The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi as Dizzy
- 1933Midshipman Jack as Sally Withers
- 1933Quiet Please! as Florence Kennedy
- 1933Art in the Raw
- 1932Fish Feathers as Florence Kennedy
- 1932Giggle Water as Florence
- 1932Westward Passage as Elmer's Wife
- 1932Night World as Ms. Smith (uncredited)
- 1932Ladies of the Jury as Mrs. Dace (uncredited)
- 1932Running Hollywood as Autograph Seeker
- 1931Hollywood Halfbacks
- 1931Secret Service as Caroline Mitford
- 1931The Drums of Jeopardy as Anya Karlov
- 1930Romance as Susan Van Tuyl
- 1930The Rogue Song as Nadja
- 1929Waltzing Around as George's Wife
- 1929Thru Different Eyes as Myrtle
- 1929New Year's Eve as Pearl