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Bess Flowers

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  • 1898 - 1984

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Bess Flowers (November 23, 1898 – July 28, 1984) was an American actress. By some counts considered the most prolific actress in the history of Hollywood, she was known as "The Queen of the Hollywood Extras," appearing in over 700 movies in her 41 year career. Born in Sherman, Texas, Flowers's film debut came in 1923, when she appeared in Hollywood. She made three films that year, and then began working extensively. Many of her appearances are uncredited, as she generally played non-speaking roles. By the 1930s, Flowers was in constant demand. Her appearances ranged from Alfred Hitchcock and John Ford thrillers to comedic roles alongside of Charley Chase, the Three Stooges, Leon Errol, Edgar Kennedy, and Laurel and Hardy. She appeared in the following five films which won the Academy Award for Best Picture: It Happened One Night, You Can't Take it with You, All About Eve, The Greatest Show on Earth, and Around the World in Eighty Days. In each of these movies, Flowers was uncredited. Including these five movies, she had appeared in twenty-three Best Picture nominees in total, making her the record holder for most appearances in films nominated for the award. Her last movie was Good Neighbor Sam in 1964. Flowers's acting career was not confined to feature films. She was also seen in many episodic American TV series, such as I Love Lucy, notably in episodes, "Lucy Is Enceinte" (1952), "Ethel's Birthday" (1955), and "Lucy's Night in Town" (1957), where she is usually seen as a theatre patron. Outside her acting career, in 1945, Bess Flowers helped to found the Screen Extras Guild (active: 1946-1992, then merged with SAG), where she served as one of its first vice-presidents and recording secretaries.

Birthday: 1898-11-23

Casted In:

North by Northwest
213
Pocketful of Miracles
248
Notorious
303
To Catch a Thief
381
Vertigo
426
Dial M for Murder
521
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
759
Judgment at Nuremberg
821
The Day the Earth Stood Still
828
Singin' in the Rain
872
The Big Sleep
910
The Manchurian Candidate
982
Double Indemnity
996
Houseboat
1377
Ninotchka
1859
Angel Face
1938
Laura
1939
Around the World in Eighty Days
2897
It Happened One Night
3078
A Star Is Born
3111
Mildred Pierce
3309
Blondie in Society
3939
Blondie Goes to College
3942
Blondie Knows Best
3966
Blondie in the Dough
3969
The Prize
4025
Guys and Dolls
4825
The Buccaneer
4933
The Fly
11815
Funny Face
13320
White Christmas
13368
Song of the Thin Man
14595
Show Boat
17820
The Absent-Minded Professor
17984
Blue Hawaii
18228
G.I. Blues
18642
Royal Wedding
18646
Till the Clouds Roll By
18700
My Dear Secretary
18703
Heaven Can Wait
18727
Sudden Fear
19171
Please Don't Eat the Daisies
19414
The Big Clock
19974
I Love You Again
20643
Dead Reckoning
20663
Father of the Bride
20758
The Thrill of It All
22233
Topper
23101
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
24807
Nora Prentiss
26592
Conflict
26654
Humoresque
26701
I Walk Alone
27035
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
27437
Here Comes the Groom
27629
Rio
27638
Parrish
28284
Forever, Darling
28299
A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate
28974
The Chase
29100
The Velvet Touch
29116
The Unsuspected
29117
The Band Wagon
29376
Blood Money
29744
The Accused
29846
Curly Top
29877
Heartbeat
29880
The Robe
29912
Zombies on Broadway
30183
Move Over, Darling
30204
Ever Since Eve
31899
Midnight
31993
Together Again
32130
The Bad and the Beautiful
32499
Babes in Toyland
32611
Ziegfeld Girl
32619
Now, Voyager
32847
The Heavenly Body
33049
It Started with Eve
33112
Here Come the Co-eds
33482
Sweet Bird of Youth
33632
Scared Stiff
33754
You Can't Take It with You
34106
Imitation of Life
34148
The Woman in Green
34327
Nightfall
34667
The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms
35073
The File on Thelma Jordon
35404
Beyond the Forest
35896
Edge of Doom
36375
Home Town Story
36501
The Damned Don't Cry
36656
The Human Jungle
37182
The Long Wait
37195
Witness for the Prosecution
37257
The Roaring Twenties
37698
The Tarnished Angels
38432
Wife vs. Secretary
38721
Living It Up
39016
The Facts of Life
39219
Mighty Joe Young
39314
Girl in 313
39540
To the Ends of the Earth
39943
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
40092
Operation Pacific
40683
No Man of Her Own
40767
The Carpetbaggers
42792
Best Foot Forward
42886
40 Pounds of Trouble
42990
Where the Boys Are
43049
I Married a Monster from Outer Space
43117
Teacher's Pet
43137
The Eddy Duchin Story
43199
Mr. Skeffington
43307
The She-Creature
43312
Artists and Models
43317
Désirée
43333
Lullaby of Broadway
43377
Born to Be Bad
43385
Neptune's Daughter
43437
Every Girl Should Be Married
43441
One Touch of Venus
43447
Romance on the High Seas
43449
Winter Meeting
43457
The Fabulous Dorseys
43465
The Farmer's Daughter
43466
A Stolen Life
43470
Here Come the Waves
43500
Pin Up Girl
43502
Wintertime
43520
Love Affair
43739
That Night in Rio
43746
Once Upon a Honeymoon
43779
Springtime in the Rockies
43784
Lady Be Good
43792
That Uncertain Feeling
43799
The Devil and Miss Jones
43801
Broadway Melody of 1940
43809
Rose of Washington Square
43834
The Mad Miss Manton
43855
Les Misérables
43893
The Dark Mirror
44041
Undercurrent
44098
The Caddy
44747
Adventure
44869
5th Ave Girl
45185
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
45216
Call Me Madam
46011
No Escape
49575
The Notorious Landlady
49844
A Free Soul
50600
Thicker Than Water
50910
We Faw Down
50918
Parole, Inc.
51146
Theodora Goes Wild
52429
My Man Godfrey
52470
The Whole Town's Talking
52561
The French Line
52843
You're My Everything
53613
Star of Midnight
53863
Topper Takes a Trip
54430
Old Acquaintance
55086
Boom Town
55604
Merry Andrew
55864
The Razor's Edge
56135
Remember the Day
56558
Immortal Sergeant
58076
Serenade
60963
First Love
61645
One Hundred Men and a Girl
61647
That Certain Age
61649
Strategic Air Command
61880
City of Chance
62098
Pittsburgh
62186
Mr. Belvedere Rings the Bell
62483
The Great Waltz
62567
The Second Woman
62661
Honolulu
63591
Three Smart Girls Grow Up
64143
Seven Thieves
64605
It All Came True
64928
Hell's Island
65637
Her Kind of Man
65698
Johnny Apollo
66707
Larceny, Inc.
69119
Coney Island
69204
Written on the Wind
69605
Trapped by Boston Blackie
69704
Hideout
70315
No Questions Asked
73313
The Bigamist
74122
Double Or Nothing
74208
If I Had My Way
74214
The Scarlet Hour
74422
Sleep, My Love
74525
Zotz!
74924
Too Much, Too Soon
75797
My Blue Heaven
76011
Eternally Yours
76382
The Prisoner of Shark Island
77245
Tonight We Sing
77563
In Old Chicago
78734
Three Loves Has Nancy
80171
You'll Find Out
80720
Above and Beyond
80806
Broadway Rhythm
80918
When You're in Love
81178
After Office Hours
82106
Day-time Wife
82931
Two Sisters from Boston
83098
Payment on Demand
83667
I Can Get it For You Wholesale
83683
The Mad Ghoul
84234
Whiplash
84365
Hazard
84366
South of the Border
84535
Crime Doctor
84651
The Crime Doctor's Warning
84792
The Constant Nymph
85677
Tom, Dick and Harry
86604
Three Bad Sisters
87932
The Clown
87983
Walk Softly, Stranger
88075
The Walls Came Tumbling Down
88088
All in a Night's Work
88930
Smart Blonde
88972
Home from the Hill
89484
Dangerous Blondes
90012
Hi Diddle Diddle
90799
Magic Town
90966
Hot Rod
92634
Tall, Dark and Handsome
94251
Stop, You're Killing Me
94504
Look for the Silver Lining
94615
Dreamboat
94618
Week-End at the Waldorf
94881
Honky Tonk
95131
Three Girls About Town
95346
This Could Be the Night
95359
Family Honeymoon
95504
Man Wanted
95724
Merry Wives of Reno
96401
My Friend Irma
96432
Bachelor Apartment
96482
Pacific Blackout
97007
The Half Naked Truth
97657
Brooklyn Orchid
97909
It Happened in Flatbush
98239
The Big Street
98262
Adventure in Manhattan
98301
The Great Caruso
98328
Mexican Spitfire's Elephant
98515
Thunder Birds
99234
Louisa
99492
Dirigible
99922
They Made Her a Spy
99995
The Woman in Red
100575
The Notorious Lone Wolf
100866
Over 21
101256
Something to Live For
103544
Never Wave at a WAC
107236
Mary Ryan, Detective
107694
Private Worlds
107876
Kid Millions
108209
On the Avenue
108217
Tin Pan Alley
108222
The Mating Season
108232
I Married a Woman
108356
Wake Me When It's Over
109368
Mr. Music
109930
My Gal Sal
109933
Beloved Infidel
109949
A Gentleman at Heart
110191
Girls in Chains
110935
Return to Peyton Place
111017
Sally and Saint Anne
111028
Over My Dead Body
111073
Zenobia
111317
Ghost Chasers
111461
The Helen Morgan Story
111477
The Richest Girl in the World
111623
Small Town Girl
111625
Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys!
111678
Incident in an Alley
112552
Dangerous Mission
112710
The Affairs of Cellini
112951
Love Before Breakfast
114888
Blue Denim
115549
Mutts to You
115921
Incendiary Blonde
116500
Flesh and Fantasy
116712
Career Girl
117392
Delightfully Dangerous
117393
Trocadero
117396
Road Show
117533
Meet the Baron
117970
The Buster Keaton Story
118111
Piccadilly Jim
119006
The Lady and the Monster
119168
Shanghai
119795
Craig's Wife
120357
Women in Prison
120681
Special Investigator
120804
Strangers May Kiss
120844
Wife, Husband and Friend
120996
Take a Letter, Darling
121010
Shopworn
121013
Ten Cents a Dance
121018
If I Had a Million
121238
Lady with Red Hair
121259
For Those Who Think Young
121716
Michael Shayne: Private Detective
121992
Her Majesty, Love
122805
The Great Jewel Robber
123070
My Reputation
123295
First Lady
126019
If You Could Only Cook
126083
Her Sister's Secret
129169
Rendezvous with Annie
129999
Going Wild
130086
One in a Million
130342
The Story of Three Loves
130424
Young Man with Ideas
130472
Nancy Goes to Rio
130900
Meet Me in Las Vegas
131504
Arise, My Love
131770
No Time for Comedy
132928
Danger Street
139391
She's Working Her Way Through College
139922
Strike Me Pink
144384
Bedside
144469
Smart Woman
145994
The Personality Kid
146145
Let's Dance
147810
'Til We Meet Again
148678
Forever Female
148766
Grand Slam
149636
The Perils of Pauline
149687
Lady in a Jam
151106
Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise)
151590
I've Got Your Number
152569
The Lone Wolf in Paris
152823
Young Dr. Kildare
153161
The People Vs. Dr. Kildare
153166
Ladies of Washington
153498
Hard to Handle
157343
Ever in My Heart
159424
The Girl Rush
160594
The Saturday Night Kid
160795
Son of the Gods
166658
Twice Blessed
167049
Day of Reckoning
167657
To Please a Lady
168045
Tahiti Honey
168442
Mardi Gras
169922
Made on Broadway
170252
Road To Paradise
170297
Wallflower
173645
Go Naked In The World
174709
Ride The High Iron
174860
Fun on a Weekend
175065
It Started with a Kiss
175681
The Expert
175993
The Golden Arrow
176259
A Life of Her Own
176734
The Life of the Party
177178
Undercover Maisie
177547
Speed
177937
Notorious But Nice
178092
Hollywood Party
178452
Shipmates Forever
178580
Holy Matrimony
180114
Don't Knock the Twist
180902
I'll Take Romance
183172
Daybreak
183292
Untamed
187284
China Passage
187333
The Boys from Syracuse
188123
Journal of a Crime
188463
Give Me Your Heart
188609
Stolen Holiday
188729
Chicago Syndicate
188750
Old Ironsides
190163
Black Sheep
191471
Idaho
192195
Bloodhounds of Broadway
192550
The Affairs of Susan
192938
Iron Man
194310
The Looters
195213
Ginger
195505
Society Lawyer
198143
Hotel for Women
198379
Let's Do It Again
198563
Three Sailors and a Girl
198600
One Mile From Heaven
200717
The Shadow
201000
Dixie
202825
Nobody's Baby
204850
Anything Goes
204948
Pretty Baby
205673
Dear Brat
206414
The St. Louis Kid
207185
Last of the Buccaneers
209207
Latin Lovers
209970
It's a Pleasure
210950
Juke Box Rhythm
211586
Marry the Girl
212255
Rich Man, Poor Girl
213064
Sergeant Madden
214486
The Jazz Singer
216925
I'll Get By
217185
What a Woman
217295
You Were Meant for Me
218213
Ten Gentlemen from West Point
218302
Sing, Baby, Sing
218365
Stage Struck
221346
Sorority House
221693
Go Into Your Dance
223361
Teenage Millionaire
223634
Fugitives for a Night
223916
City Park
224154
The Heckler
229206
Spring Is Here
229221
Love Me Forever
234207
The Law and the Lady
235416
The Lady Objects
235422
In Caliente
235546
Success At Any Price
236395
I Want a Divorce
238645
The Big Game
238907
Five Little Peppers in Trouble
239314
Sky Liner
240603
Five Finger Exercise
241584
Slightly French
241794
The Missing Corpse
242115
Polo Joe
242743
For Love or Money
242835
The Searching Wind
242907
Mr. Reckless
242957
Sunny Side of the Street
243515
Attorney for the Defense
243516
One in a Million
244476
Meet Me After the Show
245297
Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round
246304
A Feather in Her Hat
246598
New Morals for Old
246875
Man About Town
247441
The Big Timer
247773
Charlie McCarthy, Detective
248805
Adventure in Washington
248903
An Innocent Affair
249333
She Couldn't Take It
249783
Mister Big
250827
Runaway Daughters
251380
Up in Central Park
253728
A Doggone Mixup
254289
The View from Pompey's Head
255620
I Found Stella Parish
256342
A Song for Miss Julie
256762
Change of Heart
258283
There's One Born Every Minute
259167
Hit the Hay
259561
Three for the Show
261550
Finn and Hattie
262508
Ladies' Man
263142
Married Bachelor
263200
The Defense Rests
263974
Wanted: Jane Turner
266216
You Said a Mouthful
266545
City Streets
269004
Strange Affair
269077
Meet the Missus
271048
John Loves Mary
274060
A Private's Affair
277513
The Spellbinder
282397
Cross-Country Romance
282476
The Costume Designer
283174
Irene
284529
Hold That Blonde!
285406
Old Man Rhythm
286232
Let's Live a Little
286856
Sin's Pay Day
287167
Three Hearts for Julia
290461
One More Tomorrow
295335
Hooray for Love
305543
Chinatown Nights
305571
Twin Triplets
320304
You Can't Buy Luck
321067
Dixie Dugan
322441
Mr. Ace
329542
Mr. Noisy
348836
Society Mugs
348847
Whispering Smith Speaks
358049
Should a Girl Marry?
361780
Women of Glamour
362455
Thunder in the Night
375952
Peggy
397884
The Lady or the Tiger?
398310
The Night Before the Divorce
398764
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