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(118)
Jenny
1954
Old Woman
1974
Clara Randolph
1952
Trixie
1968
Little Old Lady
1968
Martha Dudley
1970
Tessie
1951
Senior Citizen
1951
Madame President
1951
Mrs. Farrell
1974
Adelaide Lindsay
1968
Lizzy
1969
Martha Wilson
1972
Maggie
1972
Penny Jackson
1959
Mrs. Prine
1971
Old Lady
1971
Mrs. Frieda Pine
1968
Millicent Anderson
1968
Woman
1968
Taffy
1972
Emily Simpson
1963
Mrs. Latimer
1963
Maw
1967
Woman Exiting Elevator (uncredited)
1970
1953
Nancy Whitney (uncredited)
1939
Henrietta Turnbull
1937
Anya Karlov
1931
Lee Sister #2
1975
Doris - Jean's Roommate
1943
Mrs. Gruman
1954
Woman (uncredited)
1939
Assaulted Lady (uncredited)
1967
Slavey (uncredited)
1939
Carol Towner
1938
Clerk
1973
Doris Pritchard
1935
Susan Van Tuyl
1930
Oliver's Wife (uncredited)
1939
Mrs. Foster
1974
Grandma Watson
1952
Landlady
1974
Mrs. Billy Winters
1938
One of Jim's Friends (Uncredited)
1933
Justice of the Peace's Wife
1938
Mrs. Binger
1953
Housewife (uncredited)
1946
Elderly Waitress
1971
Maggie
1952
Miss Smith - Dancing with Crusher (uncredited)
1939
Dizzy
1938
Florence
1942
Caroline Mitford
1931
Mrs. Bisbee
1944
Counter Girl (uncredited)
1942
Nadja
1930
Mrs. Cameron
1954
1931
Miss Crims
1944
Clara
1936
Autograph Seeker
1932
Grandma Boggs
1975
Florence, Edgar's Wife
1934
Mrs. Dace (uncredited)
1932
Florence
1936
Mildred
1970
Salesgirl
1936
Ms. Smith (uncredited)
1932
Martha
1952
George's Wife
1929
Prisoner
1938
Myrtle
1929
Elmer's Wife
1932
Dizzy
1933
1934
1973
Florence Kennedy
1933
Florence
1933
Phoebe Quentin
1942
Miss Lake
1944
Old Friend
1974
Florence Kennedy
1936
1933
Hattie
1938
Florence
1938
Abigail
1944
Old Woman on Porch
1973
Tony's Girlfriend (uncredited)
1936
Florence Kennedy
1936
Florence
1944
Florence Kennedy
1934
Florence, Edgar's wife
1937
Sally Withers
1933
The 'Ga-Ga' Prospect
1937
Penelope Beeler Witherspoon
1946
Florence Kennedy
1946
Florence
1935
Florence Kennedy
1948
Florence Kennedy
1945
Pearl
1929
Florence
1934
1952
Mrs. Florence Kennedy
1945
Florence
1934
Florence Kennedy
1945
Florence - Edgar's Wife
1947
Florence
1934
Florence
1932
Florence Kennedy
1948
Florence, Edgar's Wife
1946
Florence Kennedy
1945
Florence Kennedy
1935
Florence Kennedy
1932
Florence
1935
Florence
1946
Florence
1944
Florence Kennedy
1948