Florence Lake
Acting
🎂 1904-11-27
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.
Cast credits(119)
Jenny
1954
Old Woman
1974
Martha Wilson
1972
Maggie
1972
Mrs. Frieda Pine
1968
Millicent Anderson
1968
Woman
1968
Emily Simpson
1963
Mrs. Latimer
1963
Mrs. Farrell
1974
Trixie
1968
Little Old Lady
1968
Tessie
1951
Senior Citizen
1951
Madame President
1951
Martha Dudley
1970
Penny Jackson
1959
Adelaide Lindsay
1968
Clara Randolph
1952
Mrs. Prine
1971
Old Lady
1971
Nancy Whitney (uncredited)
1939
Taffy
1972
Lizzy
1969
Woman Exiting Elevator (uncredited)
1970
Maw
1967
Henrietta Turnbull
1937
Woman (uncredited)
1939
Assaulted Lady (uncredited)
1967
1952
Lee Sister #2
1975
Waitress (uncredited)
1939
Clerk
1973
The 'Ga-Ga' Prospect
1937
Grandma Boggs
1975
Doris - Jean's Roommate
1943
Landlady
1974
Miss Crims
1944
Housewife (uncredited)
1946
Phoebe Quentin
1942
Mrs. Cameron
1954
Tony's Girlfriend (uncredited)
1936
Susan Van Tuyl
1930
Elderly Waitress
1971
Salesgirl
1936
Mrs. Binger
1953
Mrs. Bisbee
1944
Slavey (uncredited)
1939
1953
Florence
1934
Florence - Edgar's Wife
1947
Oliver's Wife (uncredited)
1939
Mrs. Florence Kennedy
1945
Elmer's Wife
1932
Autograph Seeker
1932
Old Friend
1974
Mrs. Gruman
1954
Dizzy
1938
Florence
1942
Doris Pritchard
1935
Sally Withers
1933
Old Woman on Porch
1973
One of Jim's Friends (Uncredited)
1933
Caroline Mitford
1931
Maggie
1952
1931
Miss Smith - Dancing with Crusher (uncredited)
1939
1973
Ms. Smith (uncredited)
1932
Grandma Watson
1952
Martha
1952
Mrs. Billy Winters
1938
Clara
1936
Nadja
1930
Mildred
1970
Mrs. Foster
1974
Abigail
1944
Anya Karlov
1931
Prisoner
1938
1933
Myrtle
1929
Mrs. Dace (uncredited)
1932
Justice of the Peace's Wife
1938
Carol Towner
1938
Hattie
1938
Penelope Beeler Witherspoon
1946
Pearl
1929
Miss Lake
1944
Counter Girl (uncredited)
1942
Florence Kennedy
1948
1934
Florence Kennedy
1933
Dizzy
1933
Florence Kennedy
1936
Florence, Edgar's wife
1937
George's Wife
1929
Florence
1946
Florence
1933
Florence Kennedy
1948
Florence Kennedy
1935
Florence Kennedy
1936
Florence
1944
Florence
1932
Florence
1938
Florence Kennedy
1945
Florence, Edgar's Wife
1934
Florence Kennedy
1945
Florence
1934
Florence Kennedy
1934
Florence, Edgar's Wife
1946
Florence
1944
Florence
1934
Florence Kennedy
1945
Florence
1935
Florence Kennedy
1946
Florence Kennedy
1948
Florence Kennedy
1932
Florence
1935
Florence
1936