Florence Davenport Rice (February 14, 1907 – February 23, 1974) was an American film actress. Early years Florence Davenport Rice was born in Cleveland, Ohio, the only child of the noted sportswriter Grantland Rice and Fannie Katherine Hollis. She attended Dwight School for Girls at Englewood, New Jersey, and Smith College. Career Rice became an actress during the late 1920s and, after several Broadway roles, eventually made her way to Hollywood, where she acted in almost 50 films between 1934 and 1943. Rice was cast as the reliable girlfriend in several films for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. MGM gradually provided her with more substantial roles, occasionally in prestige productions. Rice never became a major figure in movies, but she performed 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. Personal life Rice married four times, with her fourth marriage lasting until her death. Death On February 23, 1974, Rice died in Honolulu from lung cancer at age 67. She was survived by her husband. Filmography Fugitive Lady (1934) – Ann Duncan The Best Man Wins (1935) – Ann Barry Under Pressure (1935) – Pat Dodge Carnival (1935) – Miss Holbrook Death Flies East (1935) – Evelyn Vail The Awakening of Jim Burke (1935) – Tess Hardie Guard That Girl (1935) – Helen Bradford Escape from Devil's Island (1935) – Johanna Harrington Super-Speed (1935) – Billie Devlin Pride of the Marines (1936) – Molly Malone Panic on the Air (1936) – Mary Connor aka Cremer Blackmailer (1936) – Joan Rankin Women Are Trouble (1936) – Ruth Nolan Sworn Enemy (1936) – Margaret 'Peg' Gattle The Longest Night (1936) – Joan Sutton Under Cover of Night (1937) – Deb Reed Man of the People (1937) – Abbey Reid Riding on Air (1937) – Betty Harrison Married Before Breakfast (1937) – Kitty Brent Double Wedding (1937) – Irene Agnew Navy Blue and Gold (1937) – Patricia 'Pat' Gates Beg, Borrow or Steal (1937) – Joyce Steward Paradise for Three (1938) – Hilde Tobler Fast Company (1938) – Garda Sloane Vacation from Love (1938) – Patricia Lawson Sweethearts (1938)