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