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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Happy Anniversary and Goodbye | Mrs. Foster | 1974-11-19 |
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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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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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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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The Maverick | Grandma Watson | 1952-12-14 |
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Fargo | Maggie | 1952-09-07 |
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Man from the Black Hills | Martha | 1952-03-30 |
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As We Forgive | 1952-01-01 | |
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Contest Crazy | Florence Kennedy | 1948-10-01 |
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Dig That Gold | Florence Kennedy | 1948-06-25 |
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Brother Knows Best | Florence Kennedy | 1948-01-02 |
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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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I'll Build It Myself | Florence | 1946-10-18 |
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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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Feather Your Nest | Florence | 1944-10-23 |
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Hi, Beautiful | Mrs. Bisbee | 1944-12-18 |
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Her Primitive Man | Miss Crims | 1944-05-29 |
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Radio Rampage | Florence | 1944-03-28 |
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San Diego I Love You | Miss Lake | 1944-09-29 |
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Goin' to Town | Abigail | 1944-09-01 |
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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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When Tomorrow Comes | Waitress (uncredited) | 1939-08-11 |
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Bachelor Mother | Oliver's Wife (uncredited) | 1939-06-30 |
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Union Pacific | Woman (uncredited) | 1939-05-05 |
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Stagecoach | Nancy Whitney (uncredited) | 1939-03-02 |
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Pacific Liner | Miss Smith - Dancing with Crusher (uncredited) | 1939-01-06 |
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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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I Met My Love Again | Carol Towner | 1938-01-14 |
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Convicts at Large | Hattie | 1938-12-14 |
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Rebellious Daughters | Dizzy | 1938-07-01 |
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Law of the Underworld | Mrs. Billy Winters | 1938-05-06 |
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Condemned Women | Prisoner | 1938-03-18 |
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Next Time I Marry | Justice of the Peace's Wife (uncredited) | 1938-12-09 |
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Love in a Bungalow | The 'Ga-Ga' Prospect | 1937-06-27 |
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Quality Street | Henrietta Turnbull | 1937-03-26 |
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Edgar & Goliath | Florence, Edgar's wife | 1937-11-19 |
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Dummy Ache | Florence | 1936-07-10 |
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Gasoloons | Florence Kennedy | 1936-01-03 |
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To Mary - with Love | Salesgirl | 1936-08-01 |
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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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Women Are Trouble | Clara | 1936-07-31 |
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In Love at 40 | Florence Kennedy | 1935-08-29 |
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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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Edgar Hamlet | Florence | 1935-07-04 |
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Poisoned Ivory | Florence Kennedy | 1934-11-16 |
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The Winnah! | Florence | 1934-07-20 |
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A Blasted Event | Florence | 1934-09-06 |
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Shivers | 1934-12-24 | |
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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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Quiet Please! | Florence Kennedy | 1933-08-10 |
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The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi | Dizzy | 1933-10-25 |
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What Fur | Florence | 1933-11-03 |
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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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Running Hollywood | Autograph Seeker | 1932-01-27 |
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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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Ladies of the Jury | Mrs. Dace (uncredited) | 1932-02-02 |
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Night World | Ms. Smith (uncredited) | 1932-05-04 |
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Fish Feathers | Florence Kennedy | 1932-12-16 |
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The Drums of Jeopardy | Anya Karlov | 1931-03-01 |
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Hollywood Halfbacks | 1931-12-23 | |
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Secret Service | Caroline Mitford | 1931-11-14 |
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Romance | Susan Van Tuyl | 1930-08-20 |
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The Rogue Song | Nadja | 1930-01-17 |
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Waltzing Around | George's Wife | 1929-05-13 |
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Thru Different Eyes | Myrtle | 1929-04-13 |
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New Year's Eve | Pearl | 1929-02-24 |
