Florence Lake

Known For: Acting
Born: November 27, 1904
Place of Birth: Charleston, South Carolina, USA
Died: April 11, 1980

Florence Lake

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 …

Filmography

Long Way Home

1975 · Grandma Boggs

The Day of the Locust

1975 · Lee Sister #2

Happy Anniversary and Goodbye

1974 · Mrs. Foster

The Rockford Files

1974 · Old Woman

Police Woman

1974 · Mrs. Farrell

Welcome to Arrow Beach

1974 · Landlady

Live Again, Die Again

1974 · Old Friend

The Girl Most Likely To...

1973 · Clerk

Frasier, the Sensuous Lion

1973 · Old Woman on Porch

Time to Run

1973

Banyon

1972 · Taffy

Emergency!

1972 · Martha Wilson, Maggie

Nichols

1971 · Mrs. Prine, Old Lady

Banyon

1971 · Elderly Waitress

The Mary Tyler Moore Show

1970 · Martha Dudley

The Bold Ones: The Senator

1970 · Woman Exiting Elevator (uncredited)

Savage Intruder

1970 · Mildred

The Bold Ones: The New Doctors

1969 · Lizzy

The Doris Day Show

1968 · Adelaide Lindsay

Here's Lucy

1968 · Trixie, Little Old Lady

Adam-12

1968 · Mrs. Frieda Pine, Millicent Anderson, Woman

The Big Mouth

1967 · Assaulted Lady (uncredited)

Mr. Terrific

1967 · Maw

Petticoat Junction

1963 · Emily Simpson, Mrs. Latimer

Lock-Up

1959 · Penny Jackson

Lassie

1954 · Jenny, Jennie, Jenny (uncredited)

The Desperado

1954 · Mrs. Cameron

She Couldn't Say No

1954 · Mrs. Gruman

The Flaming Urge

1953 · Mrs. Binger

Revlon Mirror Theatre

1953

The Maverick

1952 · Grandma Watson

The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet

1952 · Clara Randolph

Fargo

1952 · Maggie

Man from the Black Hills

1952 · Martha

As We Forgive

1952

The Red Skelton Show

1951 · Tessie, Senior Citizen, Madame President

Contest Crazy

1948 · Florence Kennedy

Dig That Gold

1948 · Florence Kennedy

Brother Knows Best

Brother Knows Best

1948 · Florence Kennedy

Do or Diet

1947 · Florence - Edgar's Wife

I'll Build It Myself

I'll Build It Myself

1946 · Florence

Motor Maniacs

1946 · Florence Kennedy

Little Giant

1946 · Housewife (uncredited)

Riverboat Rhythm

1946 · Penelope Beeler Witherspoon

Trouble or Nothing

1946 · Florence, Edgar's Wife

The Big Beef

1945 · Florence Kennedy

You Drive Me Crazy

1945 · Florence Kennedy

It's Your Move

1945 · Mrs. Florence Kennedy

What, No Cigarettes

What, No Cigarettes

1945 · Florence Kennedy

Hi, Beautiful

1944 · Mrs. Bisbee

Feather Your Nest

Feather Your Nest

1944 · Florence

San Diego I Love You

1944 · Miss Lake

Goin' to Town

1944 · Abigail

Her Primitive Man

1944 · Miss Crims

Radio Rampage

1944 · Florence

Crash Dive

1943 · Doris - Jean's Roommate

Duck Soup

1942 · Florence

Scattergood Survives a Murder

1942 · Phoebe Quentin

Four Jacks and a Jill

1942 · Counter Girl (uncredited)

Fifth Avenue Girl

1939 · Slavey (uncredited)

When Tomorrow Comes

1939 · Waitress (uncredited)

Bachelor Mother

1939 · Oliver's Wife (uncredited)

Union Pacific

1939 · Woman (uncredited)

Stagecoach

1939 · Nancy Whitney (uncredited)

Pacific Liner

1939 · Miss Smith - Dancing with Crusher (uncredited)

Convicts at Large

1938 · Hattie

Next Time I Marry

1938 · Justice of the Peace's Wife (uncredited)

Rebellious Daughters

1938 · Dizzy

Law of the Underworld

1938 · Mrs. Billy Winters

Condemned Women

1938 · Prisoner

Ears of Experience

Ears of Experience

1938 · Florence

I Met My Love Again

1938 · Carol Towner

Edgar & Goliath

Edgar & Goliath

1937 · Florence, Edgar's wife

Love in a Bungalow

Love in a Bungalow

1937 · The 'Ga-Ga' Prospect

Quality Street

1937 · Henrietta Turnbull

To Mary - with Love

1936 · Salesgirl

Women Are Trouble

1936 · Clara

Dummy Ache

1936 · Florence

Will Power

1936 · Florence Kennedy

Muss 'em Up

1936 · Tony's Girlfriend (uncredited)

Gasoloons

1936 · Florence Kennedy

Two-Fisted

1935 · Doris Pritchard

In Love at 40

1935 · Florence Kennedy

Edgar Hamlet

1935 · Florence

Sock Me to Sleep

Sock Me to Sleep

1935 · Florence

Brick-a-Brac

1935 · Florence

Shivers

1934 · Florence

Poisoned Ivory

1934 · Florence Kennedy

A Blasted Event

A Blasted Event

1934 · Florence

The Winnah!

1934 · Florence

Wrong Direction

Wrong Direction

1934 · Florence, Edgar's Wife

Love on a Ladder

Love on a Ladder

1934 · Florence

What Fur

1933 · Florence

Only Yesterday

1933 · One of Jim's Friends (Uncredited)

The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi

1933 · Dizzy

Midshipman Jack

1933 · Sally Withers

Quiet Please!

1933 · Florence Kennedy

Art in the Raw

1933

Fish Feathers

1932 · Florence Kennedy

Giggle Water

1932 · Florence

Westward Passage

1932 · Elmer's Wife

Night World

1932 · Ms. Smith (uncredited)

Ladies of the Jury

1932 · Mrs. Dace (uncredited)

Running Hollywood

Running Hollywood

1932 · Autograph Seeker

Hollywood Halfbacks

Hollywood Halfbacks

1931

Secret Service

1931 · Caroline Mitford

The Drums of Jeopardy

1931 · Anya Karlov

Romance

1930 · Susan Van Tuyl

The Rogue Song

1930 · Nadja

Waltzing Around

1929 · George's Wife

Thru Different Eyes

1929 · Myrtle

New Year's Eve

1929 · Pearl

Parlor, Bedroom and Wrath

Parlor, Bedroom and Wrath

— · Florence

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