Florence Lake
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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
Lassie
Jenny
Adam-12
Mrs. Frieda Pine
Adam-12
Millicent Anderson
Adam-12
Woman
The Rockford Files
Old Woman
Emergency!
Martha Wilson
Emergency!
Maggie
Petticoat Junction
Emily Simpson
Petticoat Junction
Mrs. Latimer
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Martha Dudley
Police Woman
Mrs. Farrell
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
Clara Randolph
Here's Lucy
Trixie
Here's Lucy
Little Old Lady
The Doris Day Show
Adelaide Lindsay
Bachelor Mother
Oliver's Wife (uncredited)
Contest Crazy
Florence Kennedy
Lock-Up
Penny Jackson
Rebellious Daughters
Dizzy
Pacific Liner
Miss Smith - Dancing with Crusher (uncredited)
Midshipman Jack
Sally Withers
Secret Service
Caroline Mitford
Nichols
Mrs. Prine
Nichols
Old Lady
Running Hollywood
Autograph Seeker
The Bold Ones: The New Doctors
Lizzy
Night World
Ms. Smith (uncredited)
Hollywood Halfbacks
Banyon
Elderly Waitress
Stagecoach
Nancy Whitney (uncredited)
Two-Fisted
Doris Pritchard
Gasoloons
Florence Kennedy
Quiet Please!
Florence Kennedy
Mr. Terrific
Maw
Little Giant
Housewife (uncredited)
Poisoned Ivory
Florence Kennedy
Riverboat Rhythm
Penelope Beeler Witherspoon
Only Yesterday
One of Jim's Friends (Uncredited)
The Maverick
Grandma Watson
Motor Maniacs
Florence Kennedy
Giggle Water
Florence
Radio Rampage
Florence
Duck Soup
Florence
Banyon
Taffy
Fish Feathers
Florence Kennedy
What Fur
Florence
Edgar Hamlet
Florence
I Met My Love Again
Carol Towner
Westward Passage
Elmer's Wife
The Day of the Locust
Lee Sister #2
Savage Intruder
Mildred
What, No Cigarettes
Florence Kennedy
Time to Run
The Big Mouth
Assaulted Lady (uncredited)
Thru Different Eyes
Myrtle
Ladies of the Jury
Mrs. Dace (uncredited)
San Diego I Love You
Miss Lake
Union Pacific
Woman (uncredited)
Happy Anniversary and Goodbye
Mrs. Foster
The Girl Most Likely To...
Clerk
Dig That Gold
Florence Kennedy
Scattergood Survives a Murder
Phoebe Quentin
To Mary - with Love
Salesgirl
Live Again, Die Again
Old Friend
The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi
Dizzy
Do or Diet
Florence - Edgar's Wife
Next Time I Marry
Justice of the Peace's Wife (uncredited)
The Flaming Urge
Mrs. Binger
Convicts at Large
Hattie
It's Your Move
Mrs. Florence Kennedy
Trouble or Nothing
Florence, Edgar's Wife
Long Way Home
Grandma Boggs
Brick-a-Brac
Florence
Fifth Avenue Girl
Slavey (uncredited)
In Love at 40
Florence Kennedy
Women Are Trouble
Clara
Law of the Underworld
Mrs. Billy Winters
The Rogue Song
Nadja
Quality Street
Henrietta Turnbull
Man from the Black Hills
Martha
Brother Knows Best
Florence Kennedy
Her Primitive Man
Miss Crims
New Year's Eve
Pearl
A Blasted Event
Florence
Goin' to Town
Abigail
Four Jacks and a Jill
Counter Girl (uncredited)
The Big Beef
Florence Kennedy
Frasier, the Sensuous Lion
Old Woman on Porch
I'll Build It Myself
Florence
Feather Your Nest
Florence
Love in a Bungalow
The 'Ga-Ga' Prospect
Revlon Mirror Theatre
Condemned Women
Prisoner
Shivers
Art in the Raw
The Bold Ones: The Senator
Woman Exiting Elevator (uncredited)
Love on a Ladder
Florence
Welcome to Arrow Beach
Landlady
She Couldn't Say No
Mrs. Gruman
Crash Dive
Doris - Jean's Roommate
Dummy Ache
Florence
The Drums of Jeopardy
Anya Karlov
Waltzing Around
George's Wife
The Desperado
Mrs. Cameron
Romance
Susan Van Tuyl
When Tomorrow Comes
Waitress (uncredited)
Fargo
Maggie
Hi, Beautiful
Mrs. Bisbee
Muss 'em Up
Tony's Girlfriend (uncredited)
Ears of Experience
Florence
Will Power
Florence Kennedy
Wrong Direction
Florence, Edgar's Wife
Edgar & Goliath
Florence, Edgar's wife
The Winnah!
Florence
As We Forgive
You Drive Me Crazy
Florence Kennedy
The Red Skelton Show
Senior Citizen
The Red Skelton Show
Tessie
The Red Skelton Show
Madame President