Florence Lake
Acting
Biography
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.
Born: November 27, 1904
Place of Birth: Charleston, South Carolina, USA
Known For
Filmography
as Grandma Boggs
as Lee Sister #2
as Mrs. Foster
as Old Woman
as Mrs. Farrell
as Landlady
as Old Friend
as Clerk
as Old Woman on Porch
as Taffy
as Martha Wilson
as Maggie
as Mrs. Prine
as Old Lady
as Elderly Waitress
as Martha Dudley
as Woman Exiting Elevator (uncredited)
as Mildred
as Lizzy
as Adelaide Lindsay
as Trixie
as Little Old Lady
as Mrs. Frieda Pine
as Millicent Anderson
as Woman
as Assaulted Lady (uncredited)
as Maw
as Emily Simpson
as Mrs. Latimer
as Penny Jackson
as Jenny
as Mrs. Cameron
as Mrs. Gruman
as Mrs. Binger
as Grandma Watson
as Clara Randolph
as Maggie
as Martha
as Tessie
as Senior Citizen
as Madame President
as Florence - Edgar's Wife
as Housewife (uncredited)
as Penelope Beeler Witherspoon
as Florence, Edgar's Wife
as Florence Kennedy
as Florence Kennedy
as Mrs. Bisbee
as Miss Lake
as Abigail
as Miss Crims
as Doris - Jean's Roommate
as Phoebe Quentin
as Counter Girl (uncredited)
as Slavey (uncredited)
as Waitress (uncredited)
as Oliver's Wife (uncredited)
as Woman (uncredited)
as Nancy Whitney (uncredited)
as Miss Smith - Dancing with Crusher (uncredited)
as Hattie
as Justice of the Peace's Wife (uncredited)
as Dizzy
as Mrs. Billy Winters
as Prisoner
as Carol Towner
as Henrietta Turnbull
as Salesgirl
as Clara
as Florence
as Florence Kennedy
as Tony's Girlfriend (uncredited)
as Doris Pritchard
as Florence Kennedy
as Florence
as One of Jim's Friends (Uncredited)
as Dizzy
as Sally Withers
as Elmer's Wife
as Ms. Smith (uncredited)
as Mrs. Dace (uncredited)
as Caroline Mitford
as Anya Karlov
as Susan Van Tuyl
as Nadja
as George's Wife
as Myrtle
as Pearl