Florence Lake
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Series
Lassie
Jenny
1954
Series
Lassie
Jennie
1954
Series
Lassie
Jenny (uncredited)
1954
Series
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Martha Dudley
1970
Series
Adam-12
Mrs. Frieda Pine
1968
Series
Adam-12
Millicent Anderson
1968
Series
Adam-12
Woman
1968
Series
Emergency!
Martha Wilson
1972
Series
Emergency!
Maggie
1972
Series
The Red Skelton Show
Senior Citizen
1951
Series
The Red Skelton Show
Tessie
1951
Series
The Red Skelton Show
Madame President
1951
Series
The Rockford Files
Old Woman
1974
Series
Petticoat Junction
Emily Simpson
1963
Series
Petticoat Junction
Mrs. Latimer
1963
Series
Police Woman
Mrs. Farrell
1974
Series
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
Clara Randolph
1952
Series
Here's Lucy
Trixie
1968
Series
Here's Lucy
Little Old Lady
1968
Series
The Doris Day Show
Adelaide Lindsay
1968
Series
The Bold Ones: The New Doctors
Lizzy
1969
Series
Lock-Up
Penny Jackson
1959
Series
Nichols
Mrs. Prine
1971
Series
Nichols
Old Lady
1971
Series
Mr. Terrific
Maw
1967
Series
Banyon
Taffy
1972
Film
Stagecoach
Nancy Whitney (uncredited)
1939
Film
Quality Street
Henrietta Turnbull
1937
Series
The Bold Ones: The Senator
Woman Exiting Elevator (uncredited)
1970
Series
Revlon Mirror Theatre
1953
Film
Union Pacific
Woman (uncredited)
1939
Film
The Day of the Locust
Lee Sister #2
1975
Film
The Big Mouth
Assaulted Lady (uncredited)
1967
Film
Fifth Avenue Girl
Slavey (uncredited)
1939
Film
Westward Passage
Elmer's Wife
1932
Film
Crash Dive
Doris - Jean's Roommate
1943
Radio Rampage
Florence
1944
Film
The Girl Most Likely To...
Clerk
1973
Film
Bachelor Mother
Oliver's Wife (uncredited)
1939
Film
What Fur
Florence
1933
Film
Banyon
Elderly Waitress
1971
Film
Savage Intruder
Mildred
1970
Film
When Tomorrow Comes
Waitress (uncredited)
1939
Film
Romance
Susan Van Tuyl
1930
Film
Dummy Ache
Florence
1936
Motor Maniacs
Florence Kennedy
1946
Film
I Met My Love Again
Carol Towner
1938
Shivers
Florence
1934
Film
Only Yesterday
One of Jim's Friends (Uncredited)
1933
Love on a Ladder
Florence
1934
Film
To Mary - with Love
Salesgirl
1936
Film
Happy Anniversary and Goodbye
Mrs. Foster
1974
Film
Poisoned Ivory
Florence Kennedy
1934
Film
Little Giant
Housewife (uncredited)
1946
Film
She Couldn't Say No
Mrs. Gruman
1954
Film
The Desperado
Mrs. Cameron
1954
Edgar Hamlet
Florence
1935
Film
Four Jacks and a Jill
Counter Girl (uncredited)
1942
Film
Live Again, Die Again
Old Friend
1974
Film
Ladies of the Jury
Mrs. Dace (uncredited)
1932
Film
Night World
Ms. Smith (uncredited)
1932
Film
Welcome to Arrow Beach
Landlady
1974
Film
Man from the Black Hills
Martha
1952
Film
Muss 'em Up
Tony's Girlfriend (uncredited)
1936
Gasoloons
Florence Kennedy
1936
Giggle Water
Florence
1932
Film
Law of the Underworld
Mrs. Billy Winters
1938
Fish Feathers
Florence Kennedy
1932
I'll Build It Myself
Florence
1946
Duck Soup
Florence
1942
Film
Her Primitive Man
Miss Crims
1944
Film
Condemned Women
Prisoner
1938
Film
Long Way Home
Grandma Boggs
1975
Film
Fargo
Maggie
1952
Film
The Maverick
Grandma Watson
1952
Film
Pacific Liner
Miss Smith - Dancing with Crusher (uncredited)
1939
Film
The Flaming Urge
Mrs. Binger
1953
Film
Scattergood Survives a Murder
Phoebe Quentin
1942
Film
The Drums of Jeopardy
Anya Karlov
1931
Film
Women Are Trouble
Clara
1936
Film
Hi, Beautiful
Mrs. Bisbee
1944
Film
Frasier, the Sensuous Lion
Old Woman on Porch
1973
Film
The Big Beef
Florence Kennedy
1945
Brick-a-Brac
Florence
1935
Film
Next Time I Marry
Justice of the Peace's Wife (uncredited)
1938
Film
Two-Fisted
Doris Pritchard
1935
Running Hollywood
Autograph Seeker
1932
Film
Do or Diet
Florence - Edgar's Wife
1947
Sock Me to Sleep
Florence
1935
Film
San Diego I Love You
Miss Lake
1944
Feather Your Nest
Florence
1944
It's Your Move
Mrs. Florence Kennedy
1945
Film
Time to Run
1973
Film
The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi
Dizzy
1933
The Winnah!
Florence
1934
Film
Thru Different Eyes
Myrtle
1929
Film
Midshipman Jack
Sally Withers
1933
Parlor, Bedroom and Wrath
Florence
Dig That Gold
Florence Kennedy
1948
Hollywood Halfbacks
1931
Film
Riverboat Rhythm
Penelope Beeler Witherspoon
1946
Film
New Year's Eve
Pearl
1929
Film
Rebellious Daughters
Dizzy
1938
Film
Secret Service
Caroline Mitford
1931
Quiet Please!
Florence Kennedy
1933
Film
Goin' to Town
Abigail
1944
As We Forgive
1952
Film
The Rogue Song
Nadja
1930
Film
Love in a Bungalow
The 'Ga-Ga' Prospect
1937
Edgar & Goliath
Florence, Edgar's wife
1937
Art in the Raw
1933
What, No Cigarettes
Florence Kennedy
1945
Film
You Drive Me Crazy
Florence Kennedy
1945
Film
Waltzing Around
George's Wife
1929
In Love at 40
Florence Kennedy
1935
Film
Convicts at Large
Hattie
1938
Wrong Direction
Florence, Edgar's Wife
1934
Contest Crazy
Florence Kennedy
1948
Film
Will Power
Florence Kennedy
1936
Ears of Experience
Florence
1938
Film
Trouble or Nothing
Florence, Edgar's Wife
1946
A Blasted Event
Florence
1934
Brother Knows Best
Florence Kennedy
1948