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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The Day of the Locust | Lee Sister #2 | 1975-05-07 |
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Long Way Home | Grandma Boggs | 1975-09-07 |
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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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Savage Intruder | 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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The Maverick | Grandma Watson | 1952-12-14 |
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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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Dig That Gold | Florence Kennedy | 1948-06-25 |
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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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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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I'll Build It Myself | Florence | 1946-10-18 |
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Riverboat Rhythm | Penelope Beeler Witherspoon | 1946-02-16 |
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The Big Beef | Florence Kennedy | 1945-10-19 |
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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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You Drive Me Crazy | Florence Kennedy | 1945-09-07 |
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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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Hi, Beautiful | Mrs. Bisbee | 1944-12-18 |
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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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Union Pacific | Woman (uncredited) | 1939-05-05 |
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When Tomorrow Comes | Waitress (uncredited) | 1939-08-11 |
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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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Fifth Avenue Girl | Slavey (uncredited) | 1939-09-22 |
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Bachelor Mother | Oliver's Wife (uncredited) | 1939-06-30 |
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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 (uncredited) | 1938-12-09 |
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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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Convicts at Large | Hattie | 1938-12-14 |
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Condemned Women | Prisoner | 1938-03-18 |
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I Met My Love Again | Carol Towner | 1938-01-14 |
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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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To Mary - with Love | Salesgirl | 1936-08-01 |
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Will Power | Florence Kennedy | 1936-03-05 |
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Dummy Ache | Florence | 1936-07-10 |
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Gasoloons | Florence Kennedy | 1936-01-03 |
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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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Two-Fisted | Doris Pritchard | 1935-10-03 |
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Brick-a-Brac | Florence | 1935-01-18 |
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Sock Me to Sleep | Florence | 1935-05-17 |
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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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The Winnah! | Florence | 1934-07-20 |
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Wrong Direction | Florence, Edgar's Wife | 1934-05-18 |
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Poisoned Ivory | Florence Kennedy | 1934-11-16 |
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Love on a Ladder | Florence | 1934-03-18 |
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Shivers | Florence | 1934-12-24 |
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Only Yesterday | One of Jim's Friends (Uncredited) | 1933-11-01 |
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Midshipman Jack | Sally Withers | 1933-09-22 |
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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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What Fur | Florence | 1933-11-03 |
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Art in the Raw | 1933-02-23 | |
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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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Running Hollywood | Autograph Seeker | 1932-01-27 |
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Westward Passage | Elmer's Wife | 1932-05-27 |
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Night World | Ms. Smith (uncredited) | 1932-05-04 |
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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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Hollywood Halfbacks | 1931-12-23 | |
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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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Thru Different Eyes | Myrtle | 1929-04-13 |
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New Year's Eve | Pearl | 1929-02-24 |
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Parlor, Bedroom and Wrath | Florence |
