About

Known credits:
87
Birthday:
1904-11-27
Place of birth:
Charleston, South Carolina, USA
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Florence Lake

Overview

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

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1975 Long Way Home Actor Grandma Boggs N/A
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1975 The Day of the Locust Actor Lee Sister #2 59
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1974 Happy Anniversary and Goodbye Actor Mrs. Foster 58
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1974 Welcome to Arrow Beach Actor Landlady 58
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1974 Live Again, Die Again Actor Old Friend 59
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1973 The Girl Most Likely To... Actor Clerk 59
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1973 Time to Run Actor 58
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1971 Banyon Actor Elderly Waitress N/A
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1970 Hollywood Horror House Actor Mildred 58
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1967 The Big Mouth Actor Assaulted Lady (uncredited) 58
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1954 The Desperado Actor Mrs. Cameron 59
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1954 She Couldn't Say No Actor Mrs. Gruman 58
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1953 The Flaming Urge Actor Mrs. Binger N/A
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1952 The Maverick Actor Grandma Watson N/A
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1952 Fargo Actor Maggie 59
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1952 Man from the Black Hills Actor Martha N/A
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1948 Contest Crazy Actor Florence Kennedy N/A
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1948 Dig That Gold Actor Florence Kennedy 59
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1948 Brother Knows Best Actor Florence Kennedy N/A
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1947 Do or Diet Actor Florence - Edgar's Wife N/A
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1946 I'll Build It Myself Actor Florence N/A
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1946 Motor Maniacs Actor Florence Kennedy N/A
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1946 Little Giant Actor Housewife (uncredited) 58
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1946 Riverboat Rhythm Actor Penelope Beeler Witherspoon 58
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1946 Trouble or Nothing Actor Florence, Edgar's Wife N/A
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1945 The Big Beef Actor Florence Kennedy N/A
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1945 You Drive Me Crazy Actor Florence Kennedy N/A
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1945 It's Your Move Actor Mrs. Florence Kennedy N/A
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1945 What, No Cigarettes Actor Florence Kennedy 59
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1944 Feather Your Nest Actor Florence N/A
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1944 San Diego I Love You Actor Miss Lake 59
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1944 Goin' to Town Actor Abigail N/A
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1944 Her Primitive Man Actor Miss Crims 58
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1944 Radio Rampage Actor Florence N/A
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1943 Crash Dive Actor Doris - Jean's Roommate 59
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1942 Duck Soup Actor Florence N/A
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1942 Scattergood Survives a Murder Actor Phoebe Quentin 58
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1942 Four Jacks and a Jill Actor Counter Girl (uncredited) 59
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1939 Fifth Avenue Girl Actor Slavey (uncredited) 59
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1939 Bachelor Mother Actor Oliver's Wife (uncredited) 60
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1939 Union Pacific Actor Woman (uncredited) 59
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1939 Stagecoach Actor Nancy Whitney (uncredited) 70
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1939 Pacific Liner Actor Miss Smith - Dancing with Crusher (uncredited) 58
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1938 Convicts at Large Actor Hattie N/A
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1938 Next Time I Marry Actor Justice of the Peace's Wife 59
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1938 Rebellious Daughters Actor Dizzy 59
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1938 Law of the Underworld Actor Mrs. Billy Winters 59
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1938 Condemned Women Actor Prisoner 59
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1938 Ears of Experience Actor Florence N/A
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1938 I Met My Love Again Actor Carol Towner 59
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1937 Edgar & Goliath Actor Florence, Edgar's wife N/A
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1937 Quality Street Actor Henrietta Turnbull 58
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1936 To Mary - with Love Actor Salesgirl 58
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1936 Women Are Trouble Actor Clara 59
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1936 Dummy Ache Actor Florence 58
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1936 Will Power Actor Florence Kennedy N/A
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1936 Muss 'em Up Actor Tony's Girlfriend (uncredited) 59
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1936 Gasoloons Actor Florence Kennedy N/A
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1935 Two-Fisted Actor Doris Pritchard 59
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1935 In Love at 40 Actor Florence Kennedy N/A
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1935 Edgar Hamlet Actor Florence N/A
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1935 Brick-a-Brac Actor Florence N/A
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1934 Shivers Actor N/A
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1934 Poisoned Ivory Actor Florence Kennedy N/A
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1934 The Winnah! Actor Florence N/A
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1934 Wrong Direction Actor Florence, Edgar's Wife N/A
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1934 Love on a Ladder Actor Florence N/A
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1933 What Fur Actor Florence N/A
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1933 Only Yesterday Actor One of Jim's Friends (Uncredited) 58
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1933 The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi Actor Dizzy 58
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1933 Midshipman Jack Actor Sally Withers 59
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1933 Quiet Please! Actor Florence Kennedy 59
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1933 Art in the Raw Actor N/A
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1932 Fish Feathers Actor Florence Kennedy N/A
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1932 Giggle Water Actor Florence N/A
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1932 Westward Passage Actor Elmer's Wife 59
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1932 Night World Actor Ms. Smith (uncredited) 59
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1932 Ladies of the Jury Actor Mrs. Dace (uncredited) 59
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1932 Running Hollywood Actor Autograph Seeker N/A
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1931 Hollywood Halfbacks Actor N/A
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1931 Secret Service Actor Caroline Mitford 59
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1931 The Drums of Jeopardy Actor Anya Karlov 58
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1930 Romance Actor Susan Van Tuyl 59
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1930 The Rogue Song Actor Nadja 58
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1929 Waltzing Around Actor George's Wife N/A
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1929 Thru Different Eyes Actor Myrtle N/A
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1929 New Year's Eve Actor Pearl N/A
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