Cast & creator
Florence Lake
Best known for Adam-12, Adam-12, Adam-12
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.
Also known as: Florence Silverlake
95
film credits
28
television credits
123
1929–1975 · acting roles
7.2
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (123)
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Adam-12
Mrs. Frieda Pine
1968Adam-12
Millicent Anderson
1968Adam-12
Woman
1968
The Rockford Files
Old Woman
1974
Lassie
Jenny
1954Lassie
Jennie
1954Lassie
Jenny (uncredited)
1954
The Red Skelton Show
Tessie
1951The Red Skelton Show
Senior Citizen
1951The Red Skelton Show
Madame President
1951
Emergency!
Martha Wilson
1972Emergency!
Maggie
1972
Petticoat Junction
Emily Simpson
1963Petticoat Junction
Mrs. Latimer
1963
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Martha Dudley
1970
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
Clara Randolph
1952
The Doris Day Show
Adelaide Lindsay
1968
Police Woman
Mrs. Farrell
1974
Here's Lucy
Trixie
1968Here's Lucy
Little Old Lady
1968
Lock-Up
Penny Jackson
1959
The Bold Ones: The New Doctors
Lizzy
1969
Nichols
Mrs. Prine
1971Nichols
Old Lady
1971
Mr. Terrific
Maw
1967
Banyon
Taffy
1972
Stagecoach
Nancy Whitney (uncredited)
1939
The Day of the Locust
Lee Sister #2
1975
The Bold Ones: The Senator
Woman Exiting Elevator (uncredited)
1970
Revlon Mirror Theatre
1953
Savage Intruder
Mildred
1970
Union Pacific
Woman (uncredited)
1939
The Girl Most Likely To...
Clerk
1973
The Big Mouth
Assaulted Lady (uncredited)
1967
Westward Passage
Elmer's Wife
1932
Fifth Avenue Girl
Slavey (uncredited)
1939
Quality Street
Henrietta Turnbull
1937
I Met My Love Again
Carol Towner
1938
She Couldn't Say No
Mrs. Gruman
1954
Bachelor Mother
Oliver's Wife (uncredited)
1939
Crash Dive
Doris - Jean's Roommate
1943
Welcome To Arrow Beach
Landlady
1974
Four Jacks and a Jill
Counter Girl (uncredited)
1942
To Mary - with Love
Salesgirl
1936
When Tomorrow Comes
Waitress (uncredited)
1939
Live Again, Die Again
Old Friend
1974
Frasier, the Sensuous Lion
Old Woman on Porch
1973
Ladies of the Jury
Mrs. Dace (uncredited)
1932
Next Time I Marry
Justice of the Peace's Wife (uncredited)
1938
The Drums of Jeopardy
Anya Karlov
1931Radio Rampage
Florence
1944
Romance
Susan Van Tuyl
1930
Only Yesterday
One of Jim's Friends (Uncredited)
1933Motor Maniacs
Florence Kennedy
1946
Pacific Liner
Miss Smith - Dancing with Crusher (uncredited)
1939
Little Giant
Housewife (uncredited)
1946
Happy Anniversary and Goodbye
Mrs. Foster
1974
Law of the Underworld
Mrs. Billy Winters
1938
The Flaming Urge
Mrs. Binger
1953
Man from the Black Hills
Martha
1952
What Fur
Florence
1933
San Diego I Love You
Miss Lake
1944
The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi
Dizzy
1933
Love in a Bungalow
The 'Ga-Ga' Prospect
1937
Scattergood Survives a Murder
Phoebe Quentin
1942Sock Me to Sleep
Florence
1935Love on a Ladder
Florence
1934Edgar Hamlet
Florence
1935Parlor, Bedroom and Wrath
Florence
The Desperado
Mrs. Cameron
1954
Her Primitive Man
Miss Crims
1944It's Your Move
Mrs. Florence Kennedy
1945
Banyon
Elderly Waitress
1971
Poisoned Ivory
Florence Kennedy
1934
New Year's Eve
Pearl
1929
Long Way Home
Grandma Boggs
1975Giggle Water
Florence
1932
The Maverick
Grandma Watson
1952
Dummy Ache
Florence
1936
Muss 'em Up
Tony's Girlfriend (uncredited)
1936
Night World
Ms. Smith (uncredited)
1932Gasoloons
Florence Kennedy
1936Duck Soup
Florence
1942Fish Feathers
Florence Kennedy
1932Brick-a-Brac
Florence
1935
The Rogue Song
Nadja
1930
Fargo
Maggie
1952In Love at 40
Florence Kennedy
1935
Condemned Women
Prisoner
1938I'll Build It Myself
Florence
1946
Midshipman Jack
Sally Withers
1933
Riverboat Rhythm
Penelope Beeler Witherspoon
1946What, No Cigarettes
Florence Kennedy
1945Feather Your Nest
Florence
1944
Hi, Beautiful
Mrs. Bisbee
1944
Two-Fisted
Doris Pritchard
1935
Thru Different Eyes
Myrtle
1929Shivers
Florence
1934
You Drive Me Crazy
Florence Kennedy
1945Running Hollywood
Autograph Seeker
1932
The Big Beef
Florence Kennedy
1945
Goin' to Town
Abigail
1944
Do or Diet
Florence - Edgar's Wife
1947Art in the Raw
1933
Women Are Trouble
Clara
1936
Secret Service
Caroline Mitford
1931Ears of Experience
Florence
1938
Time to Run
1973Hollywood Halfbacks
1931As We Forgive
1952Quiet Please!
Florence Kennedy
1933
Will Power
Florence Kennedy
1936
Convicts at Large
Hattie
1938A Blasted Event
Florence
1934
Rebellious Daughters
Dizzy
1938
Trouble or Nothing
Florence, Edgar's Wife
1946
Waltzing Around
George's Wife
1929
The Winnah!
Florence
1934Brother Knows Best
Florence Kennedy
1948Edgar & Goliath
Florence, Edgar's wife
1937Contest Crazy
Florence Kennedy
1948Dig That Gold
Florence Kennedy
1948Wrong Direction
Florence, Edgar's Wife
1934