1904-11-27 Charleston, South Carolina, USA
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.
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Long Way Home | Grandma Boggs | 1975-09-07 |
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The Day of the Locust | Lee Sister #2 | 1975-05-07 |
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Welcome to Arrow Beach | Landlady | 1974-05-01 |
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Live Again, Die Again | Old Friend | 1974-02-16 |
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Happy Anniversary and Goodbye | Mrs. Foster | 1974-11-19 |
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Time to Run | 1973-01-24 | |
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Frasier, the Sensuous Lion | Old Woman on Porch | 1973-06-19 |
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The Girl Most Likely To... | Clerk | 1973-11-06 |
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Banyon | Elderly Waitress | 1971-03-15 |
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Hollywood Horror House | Mildred | 1970-01-01 |
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The Big Mouth | Assaulted Lady (uncredited) | 1967-07-12 |
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The Desperado | Mrs. Cameron | 1954-06-20 |
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She Couldn't Say No | Mrs. Gruman | 1954-02-15 |
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The Flaming Urge | Mrs. Binger | 1953-09-27 |
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Fargo | Maggie | 1952-09-07 |
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Man from the Black Hills | Martha | 1952-03-29 |
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The Maverick | Grandma Watson | 1952-12-14 |
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Contest Crazy | Florence Kennedy | 1948-10-01 |
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Brother Knows Best | Florence Kennedy | 1948-01-02 |
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Dig That Gold | Florence Kennedy | 1948-06-25 |
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Do or Diet | Florence - Edgar's Wife | 1947-02-10 |
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Little Giant | Housewife (uncredited) | 1946-02-22 |
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Trouble or Nothing | Florence, Edgar's Wife | 1946-01-25 |
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Motor Maniacs | Florence Kennedy | 1946-07-26 |
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Riverboat Rhythm | Penelope Beeler Witherspoon | 1946-02-16 |
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I'll Build It Myself | Florence | 1946-10-18 |
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You Drive Me Crazy | Florence Kennedy | 1945-09-07 |
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What, No Cigarettes | Florence Kennedy | 1945-07-13 |
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It's Your Move | Mrs. Florence Kennedy | 1945-08-10 |
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The Big Beef | Florence Kennedy | 1945-10-19 |
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Radio Rampage | Florence | 1944-03-28 |
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Goin' to Town | Abigail | 1944-09-01 |
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San Diego I Love You | Miss Lake | 1944-09-29 |
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Her Primitive Man | Miss Crims | 1944-05-29 |
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Feather Your Nest | Florence | 1944-10-23 |
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Crash Dive | Doris - Jean's Roommate | 1943-04-22 |
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Scattergood Survives a Murder | Phoebe Quentin | 1942-10-01 |
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Duck Soup | Florence | 1942-12-18 |
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Four Jacks and a Jill | Counter Girl (uncredited) | 1942-01-23 |
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Fifth Avenue Girl | Slavey (uncredited) | 1939-09-22 |
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Pacific Liner | Miss Smith - Dancing with Crusher (uncredited) | 1939-01-06 |
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Bachelor Mother | Oliver's Wife (uncredited) | 1939-06-30 |
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Stagecoach | Nancy Whitney (uncredited) | 1939-03-02 |
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Union Pacific | Woman (uncredited) | 1939-05-05 |
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Law of the Underworld | Mrs. Billy Winters | 1938-05-06 |
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Ears of Experience | Florence | 1938-01-28 |
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Condemned Women | Prisoner | 1938-03-18 |
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Rebellious Daughters | Dizzy | 1938-07-01 |
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Next Time I Marry | Justice of the Peace's Wife | 1938-12-09 |
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Convicts at Large | Hattie | 1938-12-14 |
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I Met My Love Again | Carol Towner | 1938-01-14 |
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Edgar & Goliath | Florence, Edgar's wife | 1937-11-19 |
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Quality Street | Henrietta Turnbull | 1937-03-26 |
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Love in a Bungalow | The 'Ga-Ga' Prospect | 1937-06-27 |
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Gasoloons | Florence Kennedy | 1936-01-03 |
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Women Are Trouble | Clara | 1936-07-31 |
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Will Power | Florence Kennedy | 1936-03-05 |
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Muss 'em Up | Tony's Girlfriend (uncredited) | 1936-02-13 |
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Dummy Ache | Florence | 1936-07-10 |
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To Mary - with Love | Salesgirl | 1936-08-01 |
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Brick-a-Brac | Florence | 1935-01-18 |
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Two-Fisted | Doris Pritchard | 1935-10-03 |
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In Love at 40 | Florence Kennedy | 1935-08-29 |
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Edgar Hamlet | Florence | 1935-07-04 |
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A Blasted Event | Florence | 1934-09-06 |
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Wrong Direction | Florence, Edgar's Wife | 1934-05-18 |
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Love on a Ladder | Florence | 1934-03-18 |
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Poisoned Ivory | Florence Kennedy | 1934-11-16 |
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Shivers | 1934-12-24 | |
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The Winnah! | Florence | 1934-07-20 |
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What Fur | Florence | 1933-11-03 |
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The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi | Dizzy | 1933-10-25 |
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Quiet Please! | Florence Kennedy | 1933-08-10 |
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Only Yesterday | One of Jim's Friends (Uncredited) | 1933-11-01 |
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Art in the Raw | 1933-02-23 | |
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Midshipman Jack | Sally Withers | 1933-09-22 |
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Running Hollywood | Autograph Seeker | 1932-01-27 |
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Night World | Ms. Smith (uncredited) | 1932-05-04 |
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Giggle Water | Florence | 1932-06-27 |
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Ladies of the Jury | Mrs. Dace (uncredited) | 1932-02-02 |
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Fish Feathers | Florence Kennedy | 1932-12-16 |
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Westward Passage | Elmer's Wife | 1932-05-27 |
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Secret Service | Caroline Mitford | 1931-11-14 |
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Hollywood Halfbacks | 1931-12-23 | |
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The Drums of Jeopardy | Anya Karlov | 1931-03-01 |
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The Rogue Song | Nadja | 1930-01-17 |
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Romance | Susan Van Tuyl | 1930-08-20 |
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Waltzing Around | George's Wife | 1929-05-13 |
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New Year's Eve | Pearl | 1929-02-24 |
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Thru Different Eyes | Myrtle | 1929-04-13 |
