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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Live Again, Die Again | Old Friend | 1974-02-16 |
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Welcome to Arrow Beach | Landlady | 1974-05-01 |
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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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The Girl Most Likely To... | Clerk | 1973-11-06 |
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Frasier, the Sensuous Lion | Old Woman on Porch | 1973-06-19 |
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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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She Couldn't Say No | Mrs. Gruman | 1954-02-15 |
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The Desperado | Mrs. Cameron | 1954-06-20 |
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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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As We Forgive | 1952-01-01 | |
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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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I'll Build It Myself | Florence | 1946-10-18 |
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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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It's Your Move | Mrs. Florence Kennedy | 1945-08-10 |
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What, No Cigarettes | Florence Kennedy | 1945-07-13 |
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You Drive Me Crazy | Florence Kennedy | 1945-09-07 |
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The Big Beef | Florence Kennedy | 1945-10-19 |
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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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Hi, Beautiful | Mrs. Bisbee | 1944-12-18 |
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Feather Your Nest | Florence | 1944-10-23 |
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Radio Rampage | Florence | 1944-03-28 |
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Her Primitive Man | Miss Crims | 1944-05-29 |
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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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Bachelor Mother | Oliver's Wife (uncredited) | 1939-06-30 |
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Pacific Liner | Miss Smith - Dancing with Crusher (uncredited) | 1939-01-06 |
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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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Fifth Avenue Girl | Slavey (uncredited) | 1939-09-22 |
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Ears of Experience | Florence | 1938-01-28 |
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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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Law of the Underworld | Mrs. Billy Winters | 1938-05-06 |
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Rebellious Daughters | Dizzy | 1938-07-01 |
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I Met My Love Again | Carol Towner | 1938-01-14 |
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Condemned Women | Prisoner | 1938-03-18 |
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Love in a Bungalow | The 'Ga-Ga' Prospect | 1937-06-27 |
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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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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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Gasoloons | Florence Kennedy | 1936-01-03 |
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Women Are Trouble | Clara | 1936-07-31 |
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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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Edgar Hamlet | Florence | 1935-07-04 |
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Brick-a-Brac | Florence | 1935-01-18 |
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In Love at 40 | Florence Kennedy | 1935-08-29 |
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Two-Fisted | Doris Pritchard | 1935-10-03 |
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Poisoned Ivory | Florence Kennedy | 1934-11-16 |
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A Blasted Event | Florence | 1934-09-06 |
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Love on a Ladder | Florence | 1934-03-18 |
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Wrong Direction | Florence, Edgar's Wife | 1934-05-18 |
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The Winnah! | Florence | 1934-07-20 |
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Shivers | 1934-12-24 | |
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What Fur | Florence | 1933-11-03 |
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Quiet Please! | Florence Kennedy | 1933-08-10 |
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The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi | Dizzy | 1933-10-25 |
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Midshipman Jack | Sally Withers | 1933-09-22 |
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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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Night World | Ms. Smith (uncredited) | 1932-05-04 |
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Giggle Water | Florence | 1932-06-27 |
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Westward Passage | Elmer's Wife | 1932-05-27 |
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Fish Feathers | Florence Kennedy | 1932-12-16 |
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Running Hollywood | Autograph Seeker | 1932-01-27 |
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Ladies of the Jury | Mrs. Dace (uncredited) | 1932-02-02 |
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Hollywood Halfbacks | 1931-12-23 | |
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Secret Service | Caroline Mitford | 1931-11-14 |
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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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New Year's Eve | Pearl | 1929-02-24 |
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Thru Different Eyes | Myrtle | 1929-04-13 |
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Waltzing Around | George's Wife | 1929-05-13 |
