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Known For
Acting
Birthday
November 27, 1904
Died
April 11, 1980
Place of Birth
Charleston, South Carolina, USA
Also Known As
- Florence Silverlake
Florence Lake
0.4 Popularity
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.
Known For
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Grandma Boggs
Long Way Home
1975
6.4
Lee Sister #2
The Day of the Locust
1975
4.8
Mrs. Foster
Happy Anniversary and Goodbye
1974
7.5
Old Woman
The Rockford Files
1974
6.2
Mrs. Farrell
Police Woman
1974
5.0
Landlady
Welcome to Arrow Beach
1974
8.0
Old Friend
Live Again, Die Again
1974
6.6
Clerk
The Girl Most Likely To...
1973
5.7
Old Woman on Porch
Frasier, the Sensuous Lion
1973
4.3
Time to Run
1973
Credits
Long Way Home
as Grandma Boggs
1975
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The Day of the Locust
as Lee Sister #2
1975
6.4
Happy Anniversary and Goodbye
as Mrs. Foster
1974
4.8
The Rockford Files
as Old Woman
1974
7.5
Police Woman
as Mrs. Farrell
1974
6.2
Welcome to Arrow Beach
as Landlady
1974
5.0
Live Again, Die Again
as Old Friend
1974
8.0
The Girl Most Likely To...
as Clerk
1973
6.6
Frasier, the Sensuous Lion
as Old Woman on Porch
1973
5.7
Time to Run
1973
4.3
Banyon
as Taffy
1972
7.0
Emergency!
as Martha Wilson
1972
7.8
Emergency!
as Maggie
1972
7.8
Nichols
as Mrs. Prine
1971
5.0
Nichols
as Old Lady
1971
5.0
Banyon
as Elderly Waitress
1971
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The Mary Tyler Moore Show
as Martha Dudley
1970
7.5
The Bold Ones: The Senator
as Woman Exiting Elevator (uncredited)
1970
3.0
Hollywood Horror House
as Mildred
1970
5.4
The Bold Ones: The New Doctors
as Lizzy
1969
4.0
The Doris Day Show
as Adelaide Lindsay
1968
5.3
Here's Lucy
as Trixie
1968
6.7
Here's Lucy
as Little Old Lady
1968
6.7
Adam-12
as Mrs. Frieda Pine
1968
7.0
Adam-12
as Millicent Anderson
1968
7.0
Adam-12
as Woman
1968
7.0
The Big Mouth
as Assaulted Lady (uncredited)
1967
5.3
Mr. Terrific
as Maw
1967
7.1
Petticoat Junction
as Emily Simpson
1963
5.8
Petticoat Junction
as Mrs. Latimer
1963
5.8
Lock-Up
as Penny Jackson
1959
6.2
Lassie
as Jenny
1954
6.1
The Desperado
as Mrs. Cameron
1954
6.6
She Couldn't Say No
as Mrs. Gruman
1954
5.6
The Flaming Urge
as Mrs. Binger
1953
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Revlon Mirror Theatre
1953
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The Maverick
as Grandma Watson
1952
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The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
as Clara Randolph
1952
5.9
Fargo
as Maggie
1952
6.5
Man from the Black Hills
as Martha
1952
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The Red Skelton Show
as Tessie
1951
7.4
The Red Skelton Show
as Senior Citizen
1951
7.4
The Red Skelton Show
as Madame President
1951
7.4
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Contest Crazy
as Florence Kennedy
1948
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Dig That Gold
as Florence Kennedy
1948
9.5
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Brother Knows Best
as Florence Kennedy
1948
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Do or Diet
as Florence - Edgar's Wife
1947
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I'll Build It Myself
as Florence
1946
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Motor Maniacs
as Florence Kennedy
1946
0.0
Little Giant
as Housewife (uncredited)
1946
5.3
Riverboat Rhythm
as Penelope Beeler Witherspoon
1946
5.0
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Trouble or Nothing
as Florence, Edgar's Wife
1946
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The Big Beef
as Florence Kennedy
1945
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You Drive Me Crazy
as Florence Kennedy
1945
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It's Your Move
as Mrs. Florence Kennedy
1945
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What, No Cigarettes
as Florence Kennedy
1945
6.0
Hi, Beautiful
as Mrs. Bisbee
1944
9.5
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Feather Your Nest
as Florence
1944
0.0
San Diego I Love You
as Miss Lake
1944
6.3
Goin' to Town
as Abigail
1944
0.0
Her Primitive Man
as Miss Crims
1944
6.0
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Radio Rampage
as Florence
1944
0.0
Crash Dive
as Doris - Jean's Roommate
1943
6.2
Duck Soup
as Florence
1942
0.0
Scattergood Survives a Murder
as Phoebe Quentin
1942
4.5
Four Jacks and a Jill
as Counter Girl (uncredited)
1942
6.0
Fifth Avenue Girl
as Slavey (uncredited)
1939
7.0
Bachelor Mother
as Oliver's Wife (uncredited)
1939
7.1
Union Pacific
as Woman (uncredited)
1939
6.5
Stagecoach
as Nancy Whitney (uncredited)
1939
7.6
Pacific Liner
as Miss Smith - Dancing with Crusher (uncredited)
1939
5.3
Convicts at Large
as Hattie
1938
0.0
Next Time I Marry
as Justice of the Peace's Wife
1938
6.8
Rebellious Daughters
as Dizzy
1938
5.0
Law of the Underworld
as Mrs. Billy Winters
1938
5.5
Condemned Women
as Prisoner
1938
6.3
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Ears of Experience
as Florence
1938
0.0
I Met My Love Again
as Carol Towner
1938
5.4
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Edgar & Goliath
as Florence, Edgar's wife
1937
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Love in a Bungalow
as The 'Ga-Ga' Prospect
1937
0.0
Quality Street
as Henrietta Turnbull
1937
5.9
To Mary - with Love
as Salesgirl
1936
4.5
Women Are Trouble
as Clara
1936
6.0
Dummy Ache
as Florence
1936
5.0
Will Power
as Florence Kennedy
1936
0.0
Muss 'em Up
as Tony's Girlfriend (uncredited)
1936
5.5
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Gasoloons
as Florence Kennedy
1936
0.0
Two-Fisted
as Doris Pritchard
1935
7.0
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In Love at 40
as Florence Kennedy
1935
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Edgar Hamlet
as Florence
1935
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Brick-a-Brac
as Florence
1935
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Shivers
1934
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Poisoned Ivory
as Florence Kennedy
1934
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A Blasted Event
as Florence
1934
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The Winnah!
as Florence
1934
0.0
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Wrong Direction
as Florence, Edgar's Wife
1934
0.0
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Love on a Ladder
as Florence
1934
1.0
What Fur
as Florence
1933
0.0
Only Yesterday
as One of Jim's Friends (Uncredited)
1933
6.8
The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi
as Dizzy
1933
4.5
Midshipman Jack
as Sally Withers
1933
6.0
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Quiet Please!
as Florence Kennedy
1933
2.0
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Art in the Raw
1933
1.0
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Fish Feathers
as Florence Kennedy
1932
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Giggle Water
as Florence
1932
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Westward Passage
as Elmer's Wife
1932
5.8
Night World
as Ms. Smith (uncredited)
1932
6.9
Ladies of the Jury
as Mrs. Dace (uncredited)
1932
6.4
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Running Hollywood
as Autograph Seeker
1932
0.0
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Hollywood Halfbacks
1931
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Secret Service
as Caroline Mitford
1931
6.0
The Drums of Jeopardy
as Anya Karlov
1931
5.3
Romance
as Susan Van Tuyl
1930
6.2
The Rogue Song
as Nadja
1930
5.8
Waltzing Around
as George's Wife
1929
0.0
Thru Different Eyes
as Myrtle
1929
0.0
New Year's Eve
as Pearl
1929
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