Florence Rice
Actor
Biography
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Florence Rice (February 14, 1907 – February 23, 1974) was an American film actress.
Florence Davenport Rice was born in Cleveland, Ohio, the daughter of Grantland Rice and Katherine Hollis, who became an actress during the early 1930s and after several Broadway roles, eventually made her way to Hollywood. Blonde, pretty, and wholesome, Rice was cast as the reliable girlfriend in several MGM films, and during the 1930s, MGM gradually provided her with more substantial roles, occasionally in prestige productions.
Rice never became a major figure in films, but achieved popularity in a number of screen pairings with Robert Young. Her most widely seen performances were in Double Wedding (1937), in which she was billed third in the cast credits behind William Powell and Myrna Loy, Sweethearts (1938) with Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy, and The Marx Brothers film At The Circus (1939).
During the 1940s the quality of her roles steadily decreased and in 1947 she retired.
She married three times, with her third marriage lasting until her death in Honolulu, Hawaii from lung cancer.
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Filmography
Broadway Melody of 1940
as Amy Blake 1940
Double Wedding
as Irene Agnew 1937
Miracles for Sale
as Judy Barclay 1939
Phantom Raiders
as Cora Barnes 1940
Sweethearts
as Kay Jordan 1938
Fast Company
as Garda Sloane 1938
Girl in 313
as Joan Matthews 1940
The Ghost and the Guest
as Jacqueline 'Jackie' DeLong / Frye 1943
Navy Blue and Gold
as Patricia 'Pat' Gates 1937
Doctors Don't Tell
as Diana Wayne 1941
Let's Get Tough
as Nora Stevens 1942
Mr. District Attorney
as Terry Parker 1941
Father Takes a Wife
as Enid Osborne 1941
Stand By All Networks
as Frances Prescott 1942
Under Pressure
as Pat Dodge 1935
The Boss of Big Town
as Linda Gregory 1942