Florence Lake

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

119

Gender

Female

Birthday

1904-11-27

Day of death

1980-04-11 (75 years old)

Place of Birth

Charleston, South Carolina, USA

Florence Lake

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

  • Lassie

    Lassie

  • The Red Skelton Show

    The Red Skelton Show

  • The Red Skelton Show

    The Red Skelton Show

  • The Red Skelton Show

    The Red Skelton Show

  • Emergency!

    Emergency!

  • Emergency!

    Emergency!

  • Adam-12

    Adam-12

  • Adam-12

    Adam-12

  • Adam-12

    Adam-12

  • The Rockford Files

    The Rockford Files

  • Police Woman

    Police Woman

  • The Mary Tyler Moore Show

    The Mary Tyler Moore Show

  • Petticoat Junction

    Petticoat Junction

  • Petticoat Junction

    Petticoat Junction

  • Here's Lucy

    Here's Lucy

  • Here's Lucy

    Here's Lucy

  • Bachelor Mother

    Bachelor Mother

  • The Bold Ones: The New Doctors

    The Bold Ones: The New Doctors

  • Waltzing Around

    Waltzing Around

  • Only Yesterday

    Only Yesterday

  • The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet

    The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet

  • Law of the Underworld

    Law of the Underworld

  • Banyon

    Banyon

  • Midshipman Jack

    Midshipman Jack

  • Quality Street

    Quality Street

  • Lock-Up

    Lock-Up

  • The Doris Day Show

    The Doris Day Show

  • Fifth Avenue Girl

    Fifth Avenue Girl

  • Nichols

    Nichols

  • Nichols

    Nichols

  • Trouble or Nothing

    Trouble or Nothing

  • Goin' to Town

    Goin' to Town

  • Her Primitive Man

    Her Primitive Man

  • Banyon

    Banyon

  • Savage Intruder

    Savage Intruder

  • Do or Diet

    Do or Diet

  • Four Jacks and a Jill

    Four Jacks and a Jill

  • Time to Run

    Time to Run

  • Quiet Please!

    Quiet Please!

  • In Love at 40

    In Love at 40

  • Running Hollywood

    Running Hollywood

  • Ladies of the Jury

    Ladies of the Jury

  • Long Way Home

    Long Way Home

  • Romance

    Romance

  • Stagecoach

    Stagecoach

  • Gasoloons

    Gasoloons

  • Little Giant

    Little Giant

  • Frasier, the Sensuous Lion

    Frasier, the Sensuous Lion

  • Mr. Terrific

    Mr. Terrific

  • Rebellious Daughters

    Rebellious Daughters

  • Feather Your Nest

    Feather Your Nest

  • Westward Passage

    Westward Passage

  • Riverboat Rhythm

    Riverboat Rhythm

  • Duck Soup

    Duck Soup

  • I'll Build It Myself

    I'll Build It Myself

  • Brother Knows Best

    Brother Knows Best

  • The Big Beef

    The Big Beef

  • Poisoned Ivory

    Poisoned Ivory

  • The Big Mouth

    The Big Mouth

  • Motor Maniacs

    Motor Maniacs

  • Radio Rampage

    Radio Rampage

  • Revlon Mirror Theatre

    Revlon Mirror Theatre

  • The Day of the Locust

    The Day of the Locust

  • Dummy Ache

    Dummy Ache

  • Brick-a-Brac

    Brick-a-Brac

  • The Maverick

    The Maverick

  • Giggle Water

    Giggle Water

  • The Bold Ones: The Senator

    The Bold Ones: The Senator

  • What Fur

    What Fur

  • Fish Feathers

    Fish Feathers

  • Union Pacific

    Union Pacific

  • Shivers

    Shivers

  • Edgar Hamlet

    Edgar Hamlet

  • Contest Crazy

    Contest Crazy

  • Crash Dive

    Crash Dive

  • Night World

    Night World

  • The Girl Most Likely To...

    The Girl Most Likely To...

  • She Couldn't Say No

    She Couldn't Say No

  • Love on a Ladder

    Love on a Ladder

  • Happy Anniversary and Goodbye

    Happy Anniversary and Goodbye

  • When Tomorrow Comes

    When Tomorrow Comes

  • Fargo

    Fargo

  • I Met My Love Again

    I Met My Love Again

  • The Rogue Song

    The Rogue Song

  • Hi, Beautiful

    Hi, Beautiful

  • Welcome to Arrow Beach

    Welcome to Arrow Beach

  • The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi

    The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi

  • Next Time I Marry

    Next Time I Marry

  • Condemned Women

    Condemned Women

  • The Drums of Jeopardy

    The Drums of Jeopardy

  • To Mary - with Love

    To Mary - with Love

  • Live Again, Die Again

    Live Again, Die Again

  • Man from the Black Hills

    Man from the Black Hills

  • The Flaming Urge

    The Flaming Urge

  • Hollywood Halfbacks

    Hollywood Halfbacks

  • Scattergood Survives a Murder

    Scattergood Survives a Murder

  • Thru Different Eyes

    Thru Different Eyes

  • San Diego I Love You

    San Diego I Love You

  • As We Forgive

    As We Forgive

  • Wrong Direction

    Wrong Direction

  • Pacific Liner

    Pacific Liner

  • Muss 'em Up

    Muss 'em Up

  • Edgar & Goliath

    Edgar & Goliath

  • Two-Fisted

    Two-Fisted

  • The Desperado

    The Desperado

  • Ears of Experience

    Ears of Experience

  • Women Are Trouble

    Women Are Trouble

  • What, No Cigarettes

    What, No Cigarettes

  • Will Power

    Will Power

  • It's Your Move

    It's Your Move

  • New Year's Eve

    New Year's Eve

  • Secret Service

    Secret Service

  • The Winnah!

    The Winnah!

  • Dig That Gold

    Dig That Gold

  • Love in a Bungalow

    Love in a Bungalow

  • Art in the Raw

    Art in the Raw

  • Convicts at Large

    Convicts at Large

  • A Blasted Event

    A Blasted Event

  • You Drive Me Crazy

    You Drive Me Crazy