Florence Lake
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.
Known For
Phoebe Quentin
Scattergood Survives a Murder
Mildred
Savage Intruder
Time to Run
Pearl
New Year's Eve
Florence
Giggle Water
Ms. Smith (uncredited)
Night World
Susan Van Tuyl
Romance
Dizzy
The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi
Art in the Raw
Mrs. Binger
The Flaming Urge
Caroline Mitford
Secret Service
Florence Kennedy
Will Power
Doris Pritchard
Two-Fisted
Florence, Edgar's Wife
Wrong Direction
Counter Girl (uncredited)
Four Jacks and a Jill
Prisoner
Condemned Women
Hattie
Convicts at Large
Mrs. Billy Winters
Law of the Underworld
Autograph Seeker
Running Hollywood
Anya Karlov
The Drums of Jeopardy
Dizzy
Rebellious Daughters
Penelope Beeler Witherspoon
Riverboat Rhythm
Nadja
The Rogue Song
Elmer's Wife
Westward Passage
Carol Towner
I Met My Love Again
Justice of the Peace's Wife (uncredited)
Next Time I Marry
Miss Smith - Dancing with Crusher (uncredited)
Pacific Liner
Clara
Women Are Trouble
Nancy Whitney (uncredited)
Stagecoach
Woman (uncredited)
Union Pacific
Slavey (uncredited)
Fifth Avenue Girl
Oliver's Wife (uncredited)
Bachelor Mother
Florence Kennedy
Quiet Please!
Florence
The Winnah!
Florence Kennedy
Gasoloons
Sally Withers
Midshipman Jack
Assaulted Lady (uncredited)
The Big Mouth
Shivers
Mrs. Florence Kennedy
It's Your Move
Salesgirl
To Mary - with Love
Florence Kennedy
Poisoned Ivory
Florence
Edgar Hamlet
Florence Kennedy
In Love at 40
Maggie
Fargo
Martha
Man from the Black Hills
Grandma Watson
The Maverick
Landlady
Welcome to Arrow Beach
Mrs. Cameron
The Desperado
George's Wife
Waltzing Around
Mrs. Dace (uncredited)
Ladies of the Jury
Myrtle
Thru Different Eyes
Florence
Dummy Ache
Florence
Love on a Ladder
Florence
Ears of Experience
Tony's Girlfriend (uncredited)
Muss 'em Up
Miss Crims
Her Primitive Man
Mrs. Gruman
She Couldn't Say No
Florence Kennedy
Fish Feathers
Florence
Brick-a-Brac
Old Friend
Live Again, Die Again
Florence
Duck Soup
Doris - Jean's Roommate
Crash Dive
Florence
Feather Your Nest
Florence
Radio Rampage
Grandma Boggs
Long Way Home
Florence, Edgar's wife
Edgar & Goliath
One of Jim's Friends (Uncredited)
Only Yesterday
Lee Sister #2
The Day of the Locust
Florence Kennedy
What, No Cigarettes
Abigail
Goin' to Town
Housewife (uncredited)
Little Giant
Florence Kennedy
You Drive Me Crazy
Florence Kennedy
The Big Beef
Miss Lake
San Diego I Love You
Henrietta Turnbull
Quality Street
Florence Kennedy
Motor Maniacs
Florence, Edgar's Wife
Trouble or Nothing
Florence
I'll Build It Myself
Florence - Edgar's Wife
Do or Diet
Clerk
The Girl Most Likely To...
Florence Kennedy
Dig That Gold
Florence Kennedy
Contest Crazy
Florence Kennedy
Brother Knows Best
Mrs. Foster
Happy Anniversary and Goodbye
Florence
What Fur
Elderly Waitress
Banyon
Hollywood Halfbacks
Old Woman on Porch
Frasier, the Sensuous Lion
Florence
A Blasted Event
The 'Ga-Ga' Prospect
Love in a Bungalow
Mrs. Bisbee
Hi, Beautiful
As We Forgive
Waitress (uncredited)
When Tomorrow Comes
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
93
Gender
Female
Birthday
1904-11-27
Place of Birth
Charleston, South Carolina, USA
Also Known As
Florence Silverlake