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.
Acted in 84
1970s
- 1975
Long Way Home
Grandma Boggs
- 1974
Happy Anniversary and Goodbye
Mrs. Foster
Welcome To Arrow Beach
Landlady
Live Again, Die Again
Old Friend
- 1973
The Girl Most Likely To...
Clerk
Frasier, the Sensuous Lion
Old Woman on Porch
- 1972
- 1971
Banyon
Elderly Waitress
- 1970
The Bold Ones: The Senator
Woman Exiting Elevator (uncredited) · 1 episode
1960s
- 1969
- 1968
- 1967
Mr. Terrific
Maw · 1 episode
- 1963
1950s
- 1959
- 1954
The Desperado
Mrs. Cameron
She Couldn't Say No
Mrs. Gruman
- 1953
The Flaming Urge
Mrs. Binger
Revlon Mirror Theatre
TV
- 1952
The Maverick
Grandma Watson
Fargo
Maggie
- 1951
1940s
- 1947
Do or Diet
Florence - Edgar's Wife
- 1946
Little Giant
Housewife (uncredited)
Riverboat Rhythm
Penelope Beeler Witherspoon
Trouble or Nothing
Florence, Edgar's Wife
- 1945
The Big Beef
Florence Kennedy
You Drive Me Crazy
Florence Kennedy
- 1944
Hi, Beautiful
Mrs. Bisbee
San Diego I Love You
Miss Lake
Goin' to Town
Abigail
Her Primitive Man
Miss Crims
- 1943
Crash Dive
Doris - Jean's Roommate
- 1942
Scattergood Survives a Murder
Phoebe Quentin
Four Jacks and a Jill
Counter Girl (uncredited)
1930s
- 1939
When Tomorrow Comes
Waitress (uncredited)
Bachelor Mother
Oliver's Wife (uncredited)
Pacific Liner
Miss Smith - Dancing with Crusher (uncredited)
- 1938
Convicts at Large
Hattie
Next Time I Marry
Justice of the Peace's Wife (uncredited)
Rebellious Daughters
Dizzy
Law of the Underworld
Mrs. Billy Winters
Condemned Women
Prisoner
I Met My Love Again
Carol Towner
- 1937
Love in a Bungalow
The 'Ga-Ga' Prospect
Quality Street
Henrietta Turnbull
- 1936
To Mary - with Love
Salesgirl
Women Are Trouble
Clara
Will Power
Florence Kennedy
Muss 'em Up
Tony's Girlfriend (uncredited)
- 1935
Two-Fisted
Doris Pritchard
- 1934
Poisoned Ivory
Florence Kennedy
The Winnah!
Florence
- 1933
What Fur
Florence
Only Yesterday
One of Jim's Friends (Uncredited)
The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi
Dizzy
Midshipman Jack
Sally Withers
- 1932
Night World
Ms. Smith (uncredited)
Ladies of the Jury
Mrs. Dace (uncredited)
- 1931
Secret Service
Caroline Mitford
The Drums of Jeopardy
Anya Karlov
- 1930
The Rogue Song
Nadja
1920s
- 1929
Waltzing Around
George's Wife
Thru Different Eyes
Myrtle
New Year's Eve
Pearl