Florence Lake
Known for Acting · 113 credits
- Born
- 1904-11-27
- Died
- 1980-04-11
- Place of birth
- Charleston, South Carolina, USA
- Also known as
- Florence Silverlake
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
The Red Skelton Show
1951
as Tessie / Senior Citizen / Madame President
Lassie
1954
as Jenny / Jennie / Jenny (uncredited)
Emergency!
1972
as Martha Wilson / Maggie
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
1970
as Martha Dudley
Petticoat Junction
1963
as Emily Simpson / Mrs. Latimer
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
1952
as Clara Randolph
TV Shows (18)
The Red Skelton Show
1951
as Tessie / Senior Citizen / Madame President
Lassie
1954
as Jenny / Jennie / Jenny (uncredited)
Emergency!
1972
as Martha Wilson / Maggie
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
1970
as Martha Dudley
Petticoat Junction
1963
as Emily Simpson / Mrs. Latimer
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
1952
as Clara Randolph
Adam-12
1968
as Mrs. Frieda Pine / Millicent Anderson / Woman
The Rockford Files
1974
as Old Woman
Police Woman
1974
as Mrs. Farrell
Here's Lucy
1968
as Trixie / Little Old Lady
The Doris Day Show
1968
as Adelaide Lindsay
Lock-Up
1959
as Penny Jackson
Nichols
1971
as Mrs. Prine / Old Lady
The Bold Ones: The New Doctors
1969
as Lizzy
Mr. Terrific
1967
as Maw
Banyon
1972
as Taffy
Revlon Mirror Theatre
1953
The Bold Ones: The Senator
1970
as Woman Exiting Elevator (uncredited)
Movies (95)
Quality Street
1937
as Henrietta Turnbull
Savage Intruder
1970
as Mildred
Stagecoach
1939
as Nancy Whitney (uncredited)
Westward Passage
1932
as Elmer's Wife
Motor Maniacs
1946
as Florence Kennedy
Poisoned Ivory
1934
as Florence Kennedy
What Fur
1933
as Florence
Romance
1930
as Susan Van Tuyl
The Day of the Locust
1975
as Lee Sister #2
Edgar Hamlet
1935
as Florence
Fifth Avenue Girl
1939
as Slavey (uncredited)
The Big Mouth
1967
as Assaulted Lady (uncredited)
Union Pacific
1939
as Woman (uncredited)
Radio Rampage
1944
as Florence
Banyon
1971
as Elderly Waitress
Giggle Water
1932
as Florence
The Girl Most Likely To...
1973
as Clerk
Only Yesterday
1933
as One of Jim's Friends (Uncredited)
Dummy Ache
1936
as Florence
Her Primitive Man
1944
as Miss Crims
Four Jacks and a Jill
1942
as Counter Girl (uncredited)
Parlor, Bedroom and Wrath
as Florence
Crash Dive
1943
as Doris - Jean's Roommate
Gasoloons
1936
as Florence Kennedy
The Big Beef
1945
as Florence Kennedy
Long Way Home
1975
as Grandma Boggs
Shivers
1934
as Florence
Welcome to Arrow Beach
1974
as Landlady
She Couldn't Say No
1954
as Mrs. Gruman
Little Giant
1946
as Housewife (uncredited)
When Tomorrow Comes
1939
as Waitress (uncredited)
Live Again, Die Again
1974
as Old Friend
Law of the Underworld
1938
as Mrs. Billy Winters
The Flaming Urge
1953
as Mrs. Binger
Scattergood Survives a Murder
1942
as Phoebe Quentin
Ladies of the Jury
1932
as Mrs. Dace (uncredited)
Sock Me to Sleep
1935
as Florence
Fish Feathers
1932
as Florence Kennedy
Love on a Ladder
1934
as Florence
Bachelor Mother
1939
as Oliver's Wife (uncredited)
Feather Your Nest
1944
as Florence
I'll Build It Myself
1946
as Florence
Man from the Black Hills
1952
as Martha
Riverboat Rhythm
1946
as Penelope Beeler Witherspoon
Rebellious Daughters
1938
as Dizzy
Next Time I Marry
1938
as Justice of the Peace's Wife (uncredited)
San Diego I Love You
1944
as Miss Lake
The Desperado
1954
as Mrs. Cameron
Hollywood Halfbacks
1931
I Met My Love Again
1938
as Carol Towner
Fargo
1952
as Maggie
The Rogue Song
1930
as Nadja
Running Hollywood
1932
as Autograph Seeker
Night World
1932
as Ms. Smith (uncredited)
Muss 'em Up
1936
as Tony's Girlfriend (uncredited)
Brick-a-Brac
1935
as Florence
Hi, Beautiful
1944
as Mrs. Bisbee
What, No Cigarettes
1945
as Florence Kennedy
Happy Anniversary and Goodbye
1974
as Mrs. Foster
Pacific Liner
1939
as Miss Smith - Dancing with Crusher (uncredited)
The Maverick
1952
as Grandma Watson
Duck Soup
1942
as Florence
The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi
1933
as Dizzy
Condemned Women
1938
as Prisoner
Frasier, the Sensuous Lion
1973
as Old Woman on Porch
As We Forgive
1952
It's Your Move
1945
as Mrs. Florence Kennedy
Women Are Trouble
1936
as Clara
The Drums of Jeopardy
1931
as Anya Karlov
Do or Diet
1947
as Florence - Edgar's Wife
Secret Service
1931
as Caroline Mitford
Two-Fisted
1935
as Doris Pritchard
Midshipman Jack
1933
as Sally Withers
Thru Different Eyes
1929
as Myrtle
Convicts at Large
1938
as Hattie
Time to Run
1973
To Mary - with Love
1936
as Salesgirl
Will Power
1936
as Florence Kennedy
In Love at 40
1935
as Florence Kennedy
You Drive Me Crazy
1945
as Florence Kennedy
Goin' to Town
1944
as Abigail
The Winnah!
1934
as Florence
New Year's Eve
1929
as Pearl
Wrong Direction
1934
as Florence, Edgar's Wife
Waltzing Around
1929
as George's Wife
Brother Knows Best
1948
as Florence Kennedy
Edgar & Goliath
1937
as Florence, Edgar's wife
Love in a Bungalow
1937
as The 'Ga-Ga' Prospect
Quiet Please!
1933
as Florence Kennedy
Art in the Raw
1933
Ears of Experience
1938
as Florence
Trouble or Nothing
1946
as Florence, Edgar's Wife
A Blasted Event
1934
as Florence
Contest Crazy
1948
as Florence Kennedy
Dig That Gold
1948
as Florence Kennedy
About 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… With 113 credits spanning from 1929 to 1975, Florence Lake has appeared in 95 films and 18 TV shows.
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Most Popular Florence Lake Movies
- Quality Street (1937) — as Henrietta Turnbull
- Savage Intruder (1970) — as Mildred
- Stagecoach (1939) — as Nancy Whitney (uncredited)
- Westward Passage (1932) — as Elmer's Wife
- Motor Maniacs (1946) — as Florence Kennedy
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