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Florence Lake
Actor
Died April 11, 1980 (75 years)
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.
Filmography
| 1976 | Most Wanted (TV Series) · as Elderly Woman |
| 1975 | The Day of the Locust · as Lee Sister #2 |
| 1975 | Long Way Home · as Grandma Boggs |
| 1975 | Baretta (TV Series) · as Mrs. Ferlin |
| 1974 | Happy Anniversary and Goodbye · as Mrs. Foster |
| 1974 | The Rockford Files (TV Series) · as Old Woman |
| 1974 | Police Woman (TV Series) · as Mrs. Farrell |
| 1973 | Yellow-Headed Summer · as Landlady |
| 1973 | Frasier, the Sensuous Lion · as Old Woman on Porch |
| 1973 | Time to Run · as Unknown |
| 1972 | Emergency! (TV Series) · as Maggie |
| 1971 | Nichols (TV Series) · as Mrs. Prine |
| 1970 | Hollywood Horror House · as Mildred |
| 1970 | The Mary Tyler Moore Show (TV Series) · as Martha Dudley |
| 1970 | West Texas · as Grandmother Carrie |
| 1969 | Marcus Welby, M.D. (TV Series) · as Old Lady |
| 1968 | The Mod Squad (TV Series) · as Nurse |
| 1968 | The Doris Day Show (TV Series) · as Adelaide Lindsay |
| 1968 | Here's Lucy (TV Series) · as Little Old Lady |
| 1968 | Adam-12 (TV Series) · as Millicent Anderson |
| 1967 | The Carol Burnett Show (TV Series) · as Elderly Woman Convict |
| 1967 | Dragnet (TV Series) · as Elvira Norton |
| 1966 | The Ghost and Mr. Chicken · as Occult Clubwoman |
| 1966 | Mr. Terrific (TV Series) · as Maw |
| 1966 | Family Affair (1966) (TV Series) · as Miss Pringle |
| 1965 | Days of Our Lives (TV Series) · as Mrs. Ivy Lowell |
| 1963 | Petticoat Junction (TV Series) · as Emily Simpson |
| 1959 | The Dennis O'Keefe Show (TV Series) · as actor |
| 1959 | Lock-Up (TV Series) · as Penny Jackson |
| 1959 | The Untouchables (TV Series) · as Choir Member |
| 1957 | Guns Don't Argue · as Bessie, the Landlady |
| 1955 | My Friend Flicka (TV Series) · as actor |
| 1954 | Bitter Creek · as Mrs. Hammond |
| 1954 | Lassie (TV Series) · as Jenny |
| 1953 | She Couldn't Say No · as Mrs. Gruman |
| 1953 | The Flaming Urge · as Unknown |
| 1953 | The Life of Riley (1953) (TV Series) · as Mrs. Treadwell |
| 1952 | Man from the Black Hills · as Martha |
| 1952 | Cowboy G-Men (TV Series) · as Mamie Jones |
| 1952 | My Little Margie (TV Series) · as Mrs. Hartford |
| 1952 | Adventures of Superman (TV Series) · as Cave Woman |
| 1952 | The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet (TV Series) · as Clara Randolph |
| 1952 | Gang Busters (TV Series) · as Bessie |
| 1951 | The Red Skelton Show (TV Series) · as Drunken Old Lady--Silent Spot |
| 1950 | The Trouble with Father (TV Series) · as actor |
| 1949 | The Stratton Story · as Mrs. Appling |
| 1949 | The Lone Ranger (TV Series) · as Emmy Corkle |
| 1948 | Dig That Gold · as Florence Kennedy |
| 1948 | Home Canning · as Florence Kennedy |
| 1948 | Contest Crazy · as Florence Kennedy |
| 1948 | Brother Knows Best · as Florence Kennedy |
| 1948 | How to Clean House · as Florence Kennedy |
| 1947 | All Gummed Up · as Aged Serena |
| 1947 | Mind Over Mouse · as Florence Kennedy |
| 1947 | Television Turmoil · as Florence |
| 1947 | Heading for Trouble · as Florence, Mrs.Kennedy |
| 1947 | Host to a Ghost · as Florence Kennedy |
| 1946 | Motor Maniacs · as Florence Kennedy |
| 1946 | Trouble or Nothing · as Florence, Edgar's Wife |
| 1946 | Noisy Neighbors · as Florence Kennedy |
| 1946 | Wall Street Blues · as Florence |
| 1946 | Social Terrors · as Florence |
| 1945 | What, No Cigarettes? · as Florence Kennedy |
| 1945 | You Drive Me Crazy · as Florence Kennedy |
| 1945 | The Big Beef · as Florence Kennedy |
| 1945 | Sleepless Tuesday · as Florence Kennedy |
| 1944 | Casanova Brown · as Nurse Phillips |
| 1944 | Feather Your Nest · as Florence |
| 1944 | Love Your Landlord · as Florence |
| 1943 | Crash Dive · as Doris - Jean's Roommate |
| 1942 | Rough on Rents · as Florence Kennedy |
| 1942 | Duck Soup · as Florence |
| 1942 | Two for the Money · as Florence |
| 1939 | Stagecoach · as Nancy Whitney (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Bachelor Mother · as Oliver's Wife (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Union Pacific · as Woman (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Fifth Avenue Girl · as Slavey (uncredited) |
| 1938 | Law of the Underworld · as Mrs. Billy Winters |
| 1938 | I Met My Love Again · as Carol Towner |
| 1938 | Next Time I Marry · as Justice of the Peace's Wife |
| 1938 | Convicts at Large · as Hattie |
| 1938 | Rebellious Daughters · as Dizzy |
| 1937 | Quality Street · as Henrietta Turnbull |
| 1937 | Edgar & Goliath · as Florence, Edgar's wife |
| 1936 | Dummy Ache · as Florence |
| 1935 | Edgar Hamlet · as Florence |
| 1935 | Brick-a-Brac · as Florence |
| 1935 | Sock Me to Sleep · as Florence |
| 1935 | Happy Tho' Married · as Florence |
| 1934 | Shivers · as actor |
| 1933 | Art in the Raw · as Unknown |
| 1933 | Good Housewrecking · as Mrs. Kennedy |
| 1933 | Grin and Bear It · as Florence |
| 1932 | Frisco Jenny · as Ticklish Girl |
| 1932 | Fish Feathers · as Florence Kennedy |
| 1932 | Bon Voyage · as Florence Kennedy |
| 1932 | The Golf Chump · as Florence |
| 1932 | Giggle Water · as Florence |
| 1931 | The Spirit of Notre Dame · as Trixie Hayes |
| 1931 | The Drums of Jeopardy · as Anya Karlov |
| 1931 | Camping Out · as Florence |
| 1931 | Rough House Rhythm · as Florence Kennedy |
| 1931 | All Gummed Up · as Florence |
| 1931 | The Real Estators · as actor |
| 1930 | The Rogue Song · as Nadja |
| 1930 | Romance · as Susan Van Tuyl |