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Bess Flowers (November 23, 1898 – July 28, 1984) was an American actress best known for her work as an
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in hundreds of films. She was known as "The Queen of the Hollywood Extras," appearing in more than 350 feature films and numerous comedy shorts in her 41-year career. She holds the record for appearances in films nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture (23).Slide, Anthony. 201
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Career

Born in
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, Flowers' film debut came in 1923, when she appeared in ''
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''. 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
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and
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thrillers to comedic roles alongside of Charley Chase, the Three Stooges,
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, Edgar Kennedy, and
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. She appeared in the following five films which won the
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: ''
It Happened One Night ''It Happened One Night'' is a 1934 American pre-Code romantic comedy film with elements of screwball comedy directed and co-produced by Frank Capra, in collaboration with Harry Cohn, in which a pampered socialite ( Claudette Colbert) tr ...
'', '' You Can't Take it with You'', ''
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'', '' The Greatest Show on Earth'', and '' Around the World in 80 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 ''
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'', 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, Flowers helped to found the Screen Extras Guild (active: 1946–1992, then merged with the
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), where she served as one of its first vice-presidents and recording secretaries.


Personal life

Flowers was first married on September 2, 1923, in
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, to Cullen Tate, an assistant director for Cecil B. DeMille. They had a daughter, and they were divorced in 1928 in
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.


Death

Flowers died on July 28, 1984, at age 85 in the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital in
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.


Selected filmography

;1920s * ''
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'' (1923) as Hortense Towers * '' The Silent Partner'' (1923) as Mrs. Nesbit * '' Irene'' (1926) as Jane Gilmour * '' Lone Hand Saunders'' (1926) as Alice Mills * '' Hands Across the Border'' (1926) as Ysabel Castro * '' Glenister of the Mounted'' (1926) as Elizabeth Danrock * '' Old Ironsides'' (1926) (uncredited) * '' Blondes by Choice'' (1927) as Olga Flint * '' Show People'' (1928) (uncredited) * ''
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'' (1928, Short) as Mrs. Laurel * '' The Saturday Night Kid'' (1929) as Customer (uncredited) * '' Their Own Desire'' (1929) as Miriam the Polo Player (uncredited) ;1930s * '' Ten Cents a Dance'' (1931) as Bridge Player * '' Strangers May Kiss'' (1931) as Diner (uncredited) * '' A Free Soul'' (1931) as Birthday Party Guest (uncredited) * '' Monkey Business'' (1931) as Indian's Wife (uncredited) * ''
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'' (1931) as Party Guest (uncredited) * ''
Sinister Hands ''Sinister Hands'' is a 1932 American pre-Code film directed by Armand Schaefer. Plot A millionaire is murdered at a séance at a fortune-teller's home. Detective Capt Herbert Devlin and Detective Watkins investigate the crime only to discove ...
'' (1932) as Mary Browne * ''
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'' (1932) as Jane Webb * ''
It Happened One Night ''It Happened One Night'' is a 1934 American pre-Code romantic comedy film with elements of screwball comedy directed and co-produced by Frank Capra, in collaboration with Harry Cohn, in which a pampered socialite ( Claudette Colbert) tr ...
'' (1934) - Agnes, Gordon's Secretary (uncredited) * '' One Exciting Adventure'' (1934) * '' Star of Midnight'' (1935) as Mary Smith (uncredited) * '' The Whole Town's Talking'' (1935) as Miss Gower, the Secretary (uncredited) * '' A Night at the Opera'' (1935) as Ship Passenger (uncredited) * '' Mr. Deeds Goes to Town'' (1936) as Party Guest (uncredited) * '' Forgotten Faces'' (1936) as Nurse * '' Two-Fisted Gentleman'' (1936) as Matron * '' My Man Godfrey'' (1936) as Mrs. Merriweather (uncredited) * '' Dodsworth'' (1936) as Ship Passenger (uncredited) * '' Theodora Goes Wild'' (1936) as Reception Guest (uncredited) * '' Topper'' (1937) as Nightclub Patron (uncredited) * '' The Big Game'' (1936) as Woman at Dance * '' The Awful Truth'' (1937) as Viola Heath (uncredited) * '' Nothing Sacred'' (1937) as Nightclub Patron (uncredited) * '' Paid to Dance'' (1937) as Suzy * ''
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'' (1937) as Marianne * '' Ever Since Eve'' (1937) as Woman at Dance (uncredited) * '' Termites of 1938'' (1938, Short) as Mrs. Muriel Van Twitchell (uncredited) * ''
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'' (1938) as Dorothy the Party Guest (uncredited) * '' You Can't Take It with You'' (1938) as Martin's Neighbor (uncredited) * '' Mutts to You'' (1938, Short) as Mrs. Manning * '' The Lady Objects'' (1938) as Miriam Harper * ''
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'' (1939) as Party Guest (uncredited) * '' Rose of Washington Square'' (1939) as Dinner Guest (uncredited) * '' The Roaring Twenties'' (1939) as Nightclub Patron (uncredited) * '' Ninotchka'' (1939) as Gossip (uncredited) * ''
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'' (1939) as Hospital Nurse (uncredited) ;1940s * '' A Plumbing We Will Go'' (1940, Short) as Mrs. Hadley (uncredited) * ''
The Boys from Syracuse ''The Boys from Syracuse'' is a musical with music by Richard Rodgers and lyrics by Lorenz Hart, based on William Shakespeare's play '' The Comedy of Errors'', as adapted by librettist George Abbott. The score includes swing and other contemp ...
'' (1940) as Woman * '' Boom Town'' (1940) as Office Worker (uncredited) * '' Mr. & Mrs. Smith'' (1941) as Nightclub Patron (uncredited) * '' The Lady Eve'' (1941) as Party Guest (uncredited) * '' Meet John Doe'' (1941) as Mattie (uncredited) * '' Ziegfeld Girl'' (1941) as Palm Beach Casino Patron (uncredited) * '' An Ache in Every Stake'' (1941, Short) as Mrs. Lawrence (uncredited) * '' The Man Who Came to Dinner'' (1942) as Fan at Train Station (uncredited) * '' I Married an Angel'' (1942) as Woman (unconfirmed) * '' The Palm Beach Story'' (1942) as Gerry's Maid of Honor / Nightclub Extra (uncredited) * '' The Glass Key'' (1942) (uncredited) * ''
Now, Voyager ''Now, Voyager'' is a 1942 American drama (film and television), drama film starring Bette Davis, Paul Henreid, and Claude Rains, and directed by Irving Rapper. The screenplay by Casey Robinson is based on the 1941 novel of the same name by Oli ...
'' (1942) as Concert Audience Member (uncredited) * '' I Married a Witch'' (1942) as Matron of Honor (uncredited) * '' Springtime in the Rockies'' (1942) as Mrs. Jeepers (uncredited) * '' Tahiti Honey'' (1943) as Nightclub Patron (uncredited) * '' Heaven Can Wait'' (1943) as Party Guest (uncredited) * '' Phantom Lady'' (1944) as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited) * '' Mr. Skeffington'' (1944) as Mrs. Thatcher (uncredited) * ''
Double Indemnity ''Double Indemnity'' is a 1944 American film noir directed by Billy Wilder and produced by Buddy DeSylva and Joseph Sistrom. Wilder and Raymond Chandler adapted the screenplay from James M. Cain's Double Indemnity (novel), novel of the same na ...
'' (1944) as Norton's Secretary (uncredited) * '' Hail the Conquering Hero'' (1944) as Woman at Train Station (uncredited) * '' Laura'' (1944) as Party Guest (uncredited) * '' The Woman in the Window '' (1944) as Bar Patron (uncredited) * '' Hollywood Canteen'' (1944) as Hostess (uncredited) * ''
A Song for Miss Julie ''A Song for Miss Julie'' is a 1945 American Musical film directed by William Rowland. Plot Cast * Shirley Ross as Valerie Kimbro * Barton Hepburn as George Kimbro * Jane Farrar as Julie Charteris * Roger Clark as Stephen Mont * Cheryl Wa ...
'' (1945) as Woman in Audience (uncredited) * '' The Affairs of Susan'' (1945) as Party Guest (uncredited) * '' Mildred Pierce'' (1945) as Restaurant Patron (uncredited) * '' Micro-Phonies'' (1945) as Party Guest (cameo) (uncredited) * '' Gilda'' (1946) Gambler at Roulette Table (uncredited) * '' The Blue Dahlia'' (1946) as Cocktail Party Guest (uncredited) * '' Notorious'' (1946) as Party Guest (uncredited) * '' The Big Sleep'' (1946) as Woman with Bumped Man (uncredited) * '' The Razor's Edge'' (1946) as Party Guest (uncredited) * '' Humoresque'' (1946) as Boray Fan (uncredited) * ''
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'' (1947) as Nightclub Patron (uncredited) * '' The Farmer's Daughter'' (1947) as Party Guest (uncredited) * '' The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer'' (1947) as Nightclub Patron (uncredited) * '' The Secret Life of Walter Mitty'' (1947) as Illustrator (uncredited) * '' Song of the Thin Man'' (1947) as Jessica Thayer * '' Cass Timberlane'' (1947) as Mary Ann Milligan (uncredited) * '' A Double Life'' (1947) as Theater Patron (uncredited) * '' The Bride Goes Wild'' (1948) as Wedding Guest (uncredited) * '' The Big Clock'' (1948) as Conference Room Stylist (uncredited) * '' The Noose Hangs High'' (1948) as Fainting Psychiatrist's Patient (uncredited) * ''
Romance on the High Seas ''Romance on the High Seas'' (released in the United Kingdom as ''It's Magic'') is a 1948 American musical romantic comedy film directed by Michael Curtiz, and starred Jack Carson, Janis Paige, Don DeFore and Doris Day in her film debut. Bus ...
'' (1948) as Ship Passenger (uncredited) * '' A Date with Judy'' (1948) as Nightclub Patron (uncredited) * '' A Song Is Born'' (1948) as Nightclub Patron (uncredited) * '' Neptune's Daughter'' (1949) as Woman at Swimsuit Show (uncredited) * ''
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'' (1949) as New York Woman (uncredited) * '' Mighty Joe Young'' (1949) as Nightclub Patron (uncredited) * '' Sky Liner'' (1949) as Mother (uncredited) * '' My Friend Irma'' (1949) as Gypsy Tea Room Diner (uncredited) ;1950s * '' Paid in Full'' (1950) as Saleslady in Dress Shop (uncredited) * '' Young Man with a Horn'' (1950) as Galba's Patron (uncredited) * '' No Man of Her Own'' (1950) as Woman at Country Club Dance (uncredited) * '' The Damned Don't Cry'' (1950) as Nightclub Patron (uncredited) * '' Father of the Bride'' (1950) as Wedding Reception Guest (uncredited) * '' Born to Be Bad'' (1950) as Mrs. Worthington * ''
All About Eve ''All About Eve'' is a 1950 American Drama (film and television), drama film written and directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, and produced by Darryl F. Zanuck. It is based on the 1946 short story (and subsequent 1949 radio drama) "The Wisdom of E ...
'' (1950) as Sarah Siddons Awards Well-Wisher (uncredited) * '' Lullaby of Broadway'' (1951) as Ship Passenger (uncredited) * ''
Show Boat ''Show Boat'' is a musical theatre, musical with music by Jerome Kern and book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. It is based on Edna Ferber's best-selling 1926 Show Boat (novel), novel of the same name. The musical follows the lives of the per ...
'' (1951) as Racetrack Spectator (uncredited) * '' The Greatest Show on Earth'' (1952) as Spectator (uncredited) * '' Singin' in the Rain'' (1952) as Audience Member (uncredited) * '' The Bad and the Beautiful'' (1952) as Joe's Friend at Party (uncredited) * '' Angel Face'' (1953) as Shirley, Bennett's Secretary (uncredited) * '' Murder Without Tears'' (1953) as Bank Customer (uncredited) * '' Gentlemen Prefer Blondes'' (1953) as Nightclub Patron (uncredited) * '' The Band Wagon'' (1953) as Lady on Train / Investor / Girl Hunt Ballet Extra (uncredited) * '' The Robe'' (1953) as Trial Bystander (uncredited) * ''
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'' (1953) as Woman at Rehearsal (uncredited) * ''
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'' (1953) as Officer's Life in Reception Line (uncredited) * '' Easy to Love'' (1953) as Nightclub Patron (uncredited) * '' Executive Suite'' (1953) as Woman at Bar (uncredited) * '' Dial M for Murder'' (1954) as Woman Departing Ship (uncredited) * ''
The Student Prince ''The Student Prince'' is an operetta in a prologue and four acts with music by Sigmund Romberg and book and lyrics by Dorothy Donnelly. It is based on Wilhelm Meyer-Förster's play ''Old Heidelberg (play), Old Heidelberg''. The piece has a scor ...
'' (1954) as Restaurant Patron (uncredited) * ''
Rear Window ''Rear Window'' is a 1954 American mystery film, mystery thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock and written by John Michael Hayes, based on Cornell Woolrich's 1942 short story "After-Dinner Story, It Had to Be Murder". Originally released ...
'' (1954) as Songwriter's Party Guest with Poodle (uncredited) * '' A Star Is Born'' (1954) as Academy Awards Attendee (uncredited) * '' White Christmas'' (1954) as Nightclub Patron (uncredited) * '' Désirée'' (1954) as Lady of the Court Holding Baby (uncredited) * '' Interrupted Melody'' (1955) as Party Guest (uncredited) * '' To Catch a Thief'' (1955) as Woman at Costume Ball (uncredited) * '' You're Never Too Young'' (1955) as Lobby Extra (uncredited) * ''
Guys and Dolls ''Guys and Dolls'' is a musical theater, musical with music and lyrics by Frank Loesser and book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows. It is based on "The Idyll of Miss Sarah Brown" (1933) and "Blood Pressure", which are two short stories by Damon Run ...
'' (1955) as Spectator at Hot Box Club (uncredited) * ''
I'll Cry Tomorrow ''I'll Cry Tomorrow'' (1955) is a biopic that tells the story of Lillian Roth, a Broadway star who rebels against the pressure of her domineering mother and struggles with alcoholism after the death of her fiancé. It stars Susan Hayward, Rich ...
'' (1955) as Nightclub Patron (uncredited) * ''
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'' (1956) (Season 1 Episode 35: "The Legacy") as Club Patron (uncredited) * '' Ride the High Iron'' (1956) as Nightclub Patron (uncredited) * '' Never Say Goodbye'' (1956) as Restaurant Patron (uncredited) * '' Anything Goes'' (1956) as Ship's Passenger (uncredited) * ''
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'' (1956) as Guest at Banquet (uncredited) * '' Around the World in 80 Days'' (1956) as Tourist at Bombay Baggage Check (uncredited) * '' The Man Who Knew Too Much'' (1956) as Woman in Albert Hall (uncredited) * '' Funny Face'' (1957) as Fashion Show Guest (uncredited) * '' Designing Woman'' (1957) as Lady at Fashion Show (uncredited) * '' Sweet Smell of Success'' (1957) as Patron at 21 (uncredited) * '' Jailhouse Rock'' (1957) as Van Alden Party Guest (uncredited) * '' Pal Joey'' (1957) as Charity Ball Guest (scenes cut) * '' Witness for the Prosecution'' (1957) as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited) * ''
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'' (1958) (Season 3 Episode 19: "The Equalizer") as Club Patron (uncredited) * ''
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'' (1958) as Diner at Ernie's (uncredited) * ''
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'' (1958) as Country Club Patron / Wedding Guest (uncredited) * '' I Married a Monster from Outer Space'' (1958) as Wedding Guest (uncredited) * ''
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'' (1959) (Season 4 Episode 36: "Invitation to an Accident") as Party Guest (uncredited) * '' Imitation of Life'' (1959) as Geraldine Moore (uncredited) * ''
North by Northwest ''North by Northwest'' is a 1959 American spy thriller film produced and directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, and James Mason. The original screenplay written by Ernest Lehman was intended to be the basis for ...
'' (1959) as Hotel Lounge Patron (uncredited) ;1960s * '' Please Don't Eat the Daisies'' (1960) as Elevator Passenger (uncredited) * '' Where the Boys Are'' (1960) as Nightclub Patron (uncredited) * ''
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'' (1961) as Wedding Guest (uncredited) * '' Return to Peyton Place'' (1961) as Townswoman at Meeting (uncredited) * ''
Blue Hawaii ''Blue Hawaii'' is a 1961 American musical romantic comedy drama film directed by Norman Taurog and starring Elvis Presley. The screenplay by Hal Kanter was nominated by the Writers Guild of America in 1962 in the category of Best Written Amer ...
'' (1961) as Maile's Tourist Customer (uncredited) * '' Judgment at Nuremberg'' (1961) as Concert Attendee (uncredited) * '' Pocketful of Miracles'' (1961) as Pedestrian Entering Club (uncredited) * '' The Notorious Landlady'' (1962) as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited) * ''
Alfred Hitchcock Presents ''Alfred Hitchcock Presents'' is an American television anthology series created, hosted and produced by Alfred Hitchcock, airing on CBS and NBC, alternately, between 1955 and 1965. It features dramas, thrillers, and mysteries. Between 1962 ...
'' (1962) (Season 7 Episode 17: "The Faith of Aaron Menefee") as Meeting Guest (uncredited) * ''
Alfred Hitchcock Presents ''Alfred Hitchcock Presents'' is an American television anthology series created, hosted and produced by Alfred Hitchcock, airing on CBS and NBC, alternately, between 1955 and 1965. It features dramas, thrillers, and mysteries. Between 1962 ...
'' (1962) (Season 7 Episode 27: "Act of Faith") as Bookstore Customer (uncredited) * '' Sweet Bird of Youth'' (1962) as Finley Supporter at Rally (uncredited) * '' The Manchurian Candidate'' (1962) as Gomel's Lady Counterpart (uncredited) * '' The Alfred Hitchcock Hour'' (1963) (Season 1 Episode 29: "The Dark Pool") as Mrs. Pradanos * '' Who's Minding the Store?'' (1963) as Gourmet Department Shopper (uncredited) * ''
Move Over, Darling ''Move Over, Darling'' is a 1963 American comedy film starring Doris Day, James Garner, and Polly Bergen and directed by Michael Gordon filmed in DeLuxe Color and CinemaScope released by 20th Century Fox. The film is a remake of a 1940 sc ...
'' (1963) as Seymour's Wife (uncredited) * '' 7 Faces of Dr. Lao'' (1964) (uncredited) * '' The Carpetbaggers'' (1964) as Wedding Guest (uncredited) * '' Good Neighbor Sam'' (1964) as Mrs. Burke (uncredited)


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"Bess Flowers: Film Star" by Joe McElhaney
at '' Senses of Cinema''
Bess Flowers
at Virtual History {{DEFAULTSORT:Flowers, Bess 1898 births 1984 deaths 20th-century American actresses Actresses from Texas American film actresses American silent film actresses People from Sherman, Texas