Bess Flowers
Actor

Bess Flowers

6 Movies
6 Credits
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Known For Acting
Known Credits 6
Birthday November 23, 1898 (127 years old)
Place of Birth Sherman, Texas, USA
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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.

Filmography (754)

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Bedtime Story 1964
The Carpetbaggers 1964
Good Neighbor Sam 1964
For Those Who Think Young 1964
The Prize 1963
The Thrill of It All 1963
Move Over, Darling 1963
For Love or Money 1963
Palm Springs Weekend 1963
Who's Minding the Store? 1963
Don't Knock the Twist 1962
Sweet Bird of Youth 1962
Two Weeks in Another Town 1962
Incident in an Alley 1962
The Notorious Landlady 1962
Five Finger Exercise 1962
40 Pounds of Trouble 1962
The Manchurian Candidate 1962
Zotz! 1962
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour 1962
Pocketful of Miracles 1961
Judgment at Nuremberg 1961
Babes in Toyland 1961
Twist Around The Clock 1961
The Absent-Minded Professor 1961
Blue Hawaii 1961
All in a Night's Work 1961
Go Naked in the World 1961
Teenage Millionaire 1961
Parrish 1961
The Honeymoon Machine 1961
Return to Peyton Place 1961
Mister Ed 1961
Seven Thieves 1960
The Facts of Life 1960
Please Don't Eat the Daisies 1960
The Lost World 1960
G.I. Blues 1960
Wake Me When It's Over 1960
Home from the Hill 1960
Where the Boys Are 1960
All the Fine Young Cannibals 1960
Song Without End 1960
Because They're Young 1960
Coronado 9 1960
The Chevy Mystery Show 1960
North by Northwest 1959
A Private's Affair 1959
The Wild and the Innocent 1959
It Started with a Kiss 1959
Juke Box Rhythm 1959
Beloved Infidel 1959
Blue Denim 1959
Imitation of Life 1959
NBC Sunday Showcase 1959
Vertigo 1958
Houseboat 1958
Teacher's Pet 1958
Twilight for the Gods 1958
Merry Andrew 1958
A Night to Remember 1958
Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys! 1958
Mardi Gras 1958
I Married a Woman 1958
The Buccaneer 1958
The Fly 1958
Too Much, Too Soon 1958
I Married a Monster from Outer Space 1958
Man with a Camera 1958
Funny Face 1957
Witness for the Prosecution 1957
She Devil 1957
This Could Be the Night 1957
The Helen Morgan Story 1957
My Man Godfrey 1957
Sweet Smell of Success 1957
The Tarnished Angels 1957
Designing Woman 1957
The Buster Keaton Story 1957
Ten Thousand Bedrooms 1957
The Real McCoys 1957
Leave It to Beaver 1957
Forever, Darling 1956
The She-Creature 1956
Accused of Murder 1956
Three Bad Sisters 1956
Meet Me in Las Vegas 1956
Bundle of Joy 1956
Nightfall 1956
Runaway Daughters 1956
Written on the Wind 1956
Ride The High Iron 1956
The Eddy Duchin Story 1956
Around the World in 80 Days 1956
These Wilder Years 1956
Giant 1956
The Opposite Sex 1956
Serenade 1956
The First Traveling Saleslady 1956
The Bitter Waters 1956
To Catch a Thief 1955
Strategic Air Command 1955
The Looters 1955
Guys and Dolls 1955
The View from Pompey's Head 1955
Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops 1955
Hell's Island 1955
Illegal 1955
Battle Cry 1955
Three for the Show 1955
I'll Cry Tomorrow 1955
The Girl Rush 1955
Chicago Syndicate 1955
Interrupted Melody 1955
Ain't Misbehavin' 1955
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde 1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents 1955
Screen Director's Playhouse 1955
Dial M for Murder 1954
Rear Window 1954
White Christmas 1954
Dangerous Mission 1954
DΓ©sirΓ©e 1954
Phffft 1954
A Star Is Born 1954
The Long Wait 1954
The Caine Mutiny 1954
The Human Jungle 1954
Living It Up 1954
The French Line 1954
Casanova's Big Night 1954
The Country Girl 1954
Executive Suite 1954
Scared Stiff 1953
The Robe 1953
The Caddy 1953
Call Me Madam 1953
No Escape 1953
Loose in London 1953
The Bigamist 1953
Tonight We Sing 1953
Tropic Zone 1953
The Story of Three Loves 1953
Forever Female 1953
Latin Lovers 1953
Let's Do It Again 1953
Dangerous Crossing 1953
Torch Song 1953
The Maze 1953
The Band Wagon 1953
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes 1953
Angel Face 1953
Above and Beyond 1953
The Jazz Singer 1953
Three Sailors and a Girl 1953
Calamity Jane 1953
Never Wave at a WAC 1953
Cruisin' Down the River 1953
The Clown 1953
Small Town Girl 1953
A Blueprint for Murder 1953
Murder Without Tears 1953
General Electric Theater 1953
Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder 1952
Stop, You're Killing Me 1952
Sally and Saint Anne 1952
Singin' in the Rain 1952
She's Working Her Way Through College 1952
Bloodhounds of Broadway 1952
Dreamboat 1952
The Bad and the Beautiful 1952
Phone Call from a Stranger 1952
Three for Bedroom C 1952
Sudden Fear 1952
The Greatest Show on Earth 1952
Don't Bother to Knock 1952
Deadline - U.S.A. 1952
Something to Live For 1952
Young Man with Ideas 1952
The Narrow Margin 1952
April in Paris 1952
The Abbott and Costello Show 1952
The Day the Earth Stood Still 1951
The Mating Season 1951
Mr. Belvedere Rings the Bell 1951
Show Boat 1951
Royal Wedding 1951
No Questions Asked 1951
Painting the Clouds with Sunshine 1951
Ghost Chasers 1951
Dear Brat 1951
The Unknown Man 1951
The Law and the Lady 1951
Operation Pacific 1951
Sunny Side of the Street 1951
Lullaby of Broadway 1951
Home Town Story 1951
An American in Paris 1951
On the Riviera 1951
Here Comes the Groom 1951
The Prowler 1951
I Can Get It for You Wholesale 1951
Footlight Varieties 1951
The Great Caruso 1951
Meet Me After the Show 1951
Payment on Demand 1951
A Place in the Sun 1951
The Screen Director 1951
Rich, Young and Pretty 1951
People Will Talk 1951
His Kind of Woman 1951
So You Want to Be a Paper Hanger 1951
Texas Carnival 1951
The Red Skelton Show 1951
Edge of Doom 1950
Born to Be Bad 1950
Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town 1950
I Was a Shoplifter 1950
The Great Jewel Robber 1950
Pretty Baby 1950
Let's Dance 1950
To Please a Lady 1950
The Damned Don't Cry 1950
I'll Get By 1950
Last of the Buccaneers 1950
Nancy Goes to Rio 1950
Louisa 1950
Shakedown 1950
All About Eve 1950
No Man of Her Own 1950
Peggy 1950
The Costume Designer 1950
My Blue Heaven 1950
Walk Softly, Stranger 1950
A Life of Her Own 1950
Hot Rod 1950
The Second Woman 1950
Father of the Bride 1950
Champagne for Caesar 1950
Experiment Alcatraz 1950
Mr. Music 1950
In a Lonely Place 1950
The Toast of New Orleans 1950
The File on Thelma Jordon 1949
Neptune's Daughter 1949
Mighty Joe Young 1949
Hideout 1949
Look for the Silver Lining 1949
Slightly French 1949
The Accused 1949
Mary Ryan, Detective 1949
Beyond the Forest 1949
Red, Hot and Blue 1949
You're My Everything 1949
Sky Liner 1949
My Friend Irma 1949
Alias Nick Beal 1949
John Loves Mary 1949
It's a Great Feeling 1949
Disaster 1948
The Velvet Touch 1948
One Touch of Venus 1948
Winter Meeting 1948
To the Ends of the Earth 1948
Trapped by Boston Blackie 1948
The Countess of Monte Cristo 1948
Smart Woman 1948
Wallflower 1948
You Were Meant for Me 1948
Mr. Reckless 1948
An Innocent Affair 1948
Family Honeymoon 1948
The Big Clock 1948
Up in Central Park 1948
Every Girl Should Be Married 1948
Whiplash 1948
Sleep, My Love 1948
Hazard 1948
Parole, Inc. 1948
My Dear Secretary 1948
Arch of Triumph 1948
The Bride Goes Wild 1948
Let's Live a Little 1948
The Noose Hangs High 1948
Romance on the High Seas 1948
On an Island with You 1948
Blondie in the Dough 1947
A Double Life 1947
Song of the Thin Man 1947
The Unsuspected 1947
Intrigue 1947
Danger Street 1947
Humoresque 1947
Magic Town 1947
Ivy 1947
I Walk Alone 1947
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer 1947
That's My Man 1947
The Flame 1947
Nora Prentiss 1947
It Had to Be You 1947
The Farmer's Daughter 1947
The Fabulous Dorseys 1947
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty 1947
The Perils of Pauline 1947
Undercover Maisie 1947
Cigarette Girl 1947
Fun on a Weekend 1947
So You Want to Be in Pictures 1947
The Fabulous Joe 1947
Heartbeat 1946
A Stolen Life 1946
Her Kind of Man 1946
The Notorious Lone Wolf 1946
Deception 1946
The Searching Wind 1946
The Chase 1946
Till the Clouds Roll By 1946
Blondie Knows Best 1946
Her Sister's Secret 1946
Mr. Ace 1946
Gilda 1946
Mr. Noisy 1946
Society Mugs 1946
The Walls Came Tumbling Down 1946
Notorious 1946
Dead Reckoning 1946
The Dark Mirror 1946
One More Tomorrow 1946
My Reputation 1946
The Big Sleep 1946
The Blue Dahlia 1946
Rendezvous with Annie 1946
Undercurrent 1946
The Razor's Edge 1946
Two Sisters from Boston 1946
Blondie's Lucky Day 1946
The Jolson Story 1946
The Kid from Brooklyn 1946
The Locket 1946
Lover Come Back 1946
The Harvey Girls 1946
You Came Along 1945
Conflict 1945
The Woman in Green 1945
Incendiary Blonde 1945
It's a Pleasure 1945
The Missing Corpse 1945
A Song for Miss Julie 1945
Adventure 1945
Twice Blessed 1945
Delightfully Dangerous 1945
Week-End at the Waldorf 1945
It's in the Bag! 1945
Mildred Pierce 1945
The Crime Doctor's Warning 1945
The Affairs of Susan 1945
Hold That Blonde! 1945
Zombies on Broadway 1945
Wonder Man 1945
Hit the Hay 1945
Over 21 1945
The Heavenly Body 1944
Mr. Skeffington 1944
Hail the Conquering Hero 1944
The Bridge of San Luis Rey 1944
Ladies of Washington 1944
Career Girl 1944
It Happened Tomorrow 1944
The Lodger 1944
Here Come the Waves 1944
The Lady and the Monster 1944
Trocadero 1944
Pin Up Girl 1944
Together Again 1944
Double Indemnity 1944
Laura 1944
Phantom Lady 1944
Roger Touhy, Gangster 1944
Music for Millions 1944
The Woman in the Window 1944
Broadway Rhythm 1944
Strange Affair 1944
The Mummy's Ghost 1944
Hollywood Canteen 1944
In Society 1944
Musical Movieland 1944
Hi, Beautiful 1944
Wintertime 1943
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday 1943
The Mad Ghoul 1943
Holy Matrimony 1943
Girls in Chains 1943
Three Hearts for Julia 1943
The Constant Nymph 1943
Best Foot Forward 1943
Sweet Rosie O'Grady 1943
Dixie Dugan 1943
Coney Island 1943
Immortal Sergeant 1943
Hi Diddle Diddle 1943
Tahiti Honey 1943
What a Woman 1943
Dixie 1943
Crime Doctor 1943
Idaho 1943
Flesh and Fantasy 1943
Heaven Can Wait 1943
Dangerous Blondes 1943
Crazy House 1943
No Place for a Lady 1943
Old Acquaintance 1943
Mister Big 1943
Whistling in Brooklyn 1943
Blondie Goes to College 1942
Once Upon a Honeymoon 1942
Pittsburgh 1942
Larceny, Inc. 1942
My Gal Sal 1942
A Gentleman at Heart 1942
Frisco Lil 1942
Now, Voyager 1942
Thunder Birds 1942
The Magnificent Dope 1942
Laugh Your Blues Away 1942
Lady in a Jam 1942
It Happened in Flatbush 1942
The Mad Doctor of Market Street 1942
The Lady or the Tiger? 1942
The Night Before the Divorce 1942
Brooklyn Orchid 1942
The Big Street 1942
Take a Letter, Darling 1942
Ten Gentlemen from West Point 1942
Springtime in the Rockies 1942
There's One Born Every Minute 1942
Over My Dead Body 1942
Mexican Spitfire's Elephant 1942
The Glass Key 1942
Private Buckaroo 1942
The Major and the Minor 1942
I Married a Witch 1942
Ship Ahoy 1942
The Palm Beach Story 1942
The Male Animal 1942
Silver Queen 1942
Meet the Stewarts 1942
A Yank at Eton 1942
Penny Serenade 1941
Blondie in Society 1941
It Started with Eve 1941
That Uncertain Feeling 1941
The Devil and Miss Jones 1941
Sunny 1941
Remember the Day 1941
Tall, Dark and Handsome 1941
Murder Among Friends 1941
An Ache in Every Stake 1941
Adventure in Washington 1941
That Night in Rio 1941
Three Girls About Town 1941
The People Vs. Dr. Kildare 1941
Married Bachelor 1941
Ziegfeld Girl 1941
Blood and Sand 1941
Lady Be Good 1941
Road Show 1941
Honky Tonk 1941
Golden Hoofs 1941
The Lady Eve 1941
Pacific Blackout 1941
Meet John Doe 1941
I Wake Up Screaming 1941
Tom, Dick and Harry 1941
For Beauty's Sake 1941
Hellzapoppin' 1941
Puddin' Head 1941
The Man Who Came to Dinner 1941
Blondie Goes Latin 1941
You'll Find Out 1940
Boom Town 1940
Lady with Red Hair 1940
A Plumbing We Will Go 1940
Five Little Peppers in Trouble 1940
Arise, My Love 1940
'Til We Meet Again 1940
Michael Shayne: Private Detective 1940
I Love You Again 1940
Broadway Melody of 1940 1940
The Heckler 1940
I Want a Divorce 1940
Johnny Apollo 1940
Pound Foolish 1940
Cross-Country Romance 1940
Tin Pan Alley 1940
No Time for Comedy 1940
Dance, Girl, Dance 1940
It All Came True 1940
They Drive by Night 1940
Angels Over Broadway 1940
No, No, Nanette 1940
The Boys from Syracuse 1940
Girl in 313 1940
City of Chance 1940
If I Had My Way 1940
Honolulu 1939
Society Lawyer 1939
Sergeant Madden 1939
Zenobia 1939
Midnight 1939
Sorority House 1939
The Roaring Twenties 1939
Wife, Husband and Friend 1939
Love Affair 1939
Three Smart Girls Grow Up 1939
They Made Her a Spy 1939
Rose of Washington Square 1939
Fifth Avenue Girl 1939
Man About Town 1939
The Spellbinder 1939
Charlie McCarthy, Detective 1939
Day-time Wife 1939
First Love 1939
Ninotchka 1939
Eternally Yours 1939
South of the Border 1939
Should a Girl Marry? 1939
Gone with the Wind 1939
Hotel for Women 1939
Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President 1939
Rhumba Rhythm at the Hollywood La Conga 1939
Three Loves Has Nancy 1938
Termites of 1938 1938
In Old Chicago 1938
Women in Prison 1938
Tassels in the Air 1938
Mutts to You 1938
Rich Man, Poor Girl 1938
A Doggone Mixup 1938
Topper Takes a Trip 1938
The Mad Miss Manton 1938
Young Dr. Kildare 1938
Fugitives for a Night 1938
The Lady Objects 1938
Holiday 1938
I Am the Law 1938
Smashing the Spy Ring 1938
City Streets 1938
The Great Waltz 1938
You Can't Take It with You 1938
That Certain Age 1938
Time Out for Trouble 1938
The Mind Needer 1938
The Lone Wolf in Paris 1938
The Shining Hour 1938
Men in Fright 1938
Step Lively, Jeeves! 1937
First Lady 1937
Kid Galahad 1937
The Shadow 1937
Nobody's Baby 1937
Marry the Girl 1937
Double or Nothing 1937
Meet the Missus 1937
The Life of the Party 1937
Stolen Holiday 1937
Ever Since Eve 1937
I'll Take Romance 1937
It's Love I'm After 1937
On the Avenue 1937
Paid to Dance 1937
You Can't Buy Luck 1937
Women of Glamour 1937
Smart Blonde 1937
The Awful Truth 1937
One Mile from Heaven 1937
Nothing Sacred 1937
Topper 1937
When You're in Love 1937
China Passage 1937
A Day at the Races 1937
Life Begins with Love 1937
One Hundred Men and a Girl 1937
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney 1937
Make Way for Tomorrow 1937
The Last Train from Madrid 1937
Theodora Goes Wild 1936
Dodsworth 1936
The Gorgeous Hussy 1936
Private Number 1936
King of Burlesque 1936
Craig's Wife 1936
How to Behave 1936
Piccadilly Jim 1936
Stage Struck 1936
Neighborhood House 1936
Polo Joe 1936
Silks and Saddles 1936
Anything Goes 1936
Speed 1936
Special Investigator 1936
Give Me Your Heart 1936
Wanted: Jane Turner 1936
Postal Inspector 1936
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town 1936
Adventure in Manhattan 1936
Wife vs. Secretary 1936
Sing, Baby, Sing 1936
The Golden Arrow 1936
Love Before Breakfast 1936
Anthony Adverse 1936
The Big Game 1936
The Public Pays 1936
Strike Me Pink 1936
Forgotten Faces 1936
Yours for the Asking 1936
The Prisoner of Shark Island 1936
Camille 1936
Curly Top 1935
Honeymoon Bridge 1935
Les MisΓ©rables 1935
Black Sheep 1935
In Caliente 1935
The Woman in Red 1935
Hooray for Love 1935
Twin Triplets 1935
Shanghai 1935
Old Man Rhythm 1935
Two Sinners 1935
Thicker Than Water 1935
One in a Million 1935
I Found Stella Parish 1935
Star of Midnight 1935
After Office Hours 1935
Whispering Smith Speaks 1935
Thunder in the Night 1935
Love Me Forever 1935
Ginger 1935
Alias Mary Dow 1935
Shipmates Forever 1935
The Whole Town's Talking 1935
Go Into Your Dance 1935
A Feather in Her Hat 1935
She Couldn't Take It 1935
Private Worlds 1935
The Calling of Dan Matthews 1935
If You Could Only Cook 1935
A Night at the Opera 1935
Goin' to Town 1935
Okay Toots! 1935
Sprucin' Up 1935
Redheads on Parade 1935
She Married Her Boss 1935
Let's Live Tonight 1935
The Richest Girl in the World 1934
Bedside 1934
The Personality Kid 1934
Journal of a Crime 1934
Success at Any Price 1934
I've Got Your Number 1934
The Affairs of Cellini 1934
Change of Heart 1934
The Curtain Falls 1934
The Defense Rests 1934
City Park 1934
Merry Wives of Reno 1934
It Happened One Night 1934
Kid Millions 1934
Girl in Danger 1934
The St. Louis Kid 1934
Hollywood Party 1934
Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round 1934
I Believed in You 1934
Once to Every Woman 1934
The Thin Man 1934
Stand Up and Cheer! 1934
Sadie McKee 1934
I'll Fix It 1934
Finishing School 1934
Bondage 1933
Hard to Handle 1933
Meet the Baron 1933
Grand Slam 1933
Made on Broadway 1933
No Marriage Ties 1933
Dinner at Eight 1933
Wild Boys of the Road 1933
Notorious But Nice 1933
Blood Money 1933
Ever in My Heart 1933
Pilgrimage 1933
Day of Reckoning 1933
My Lips Betray 1933
42nd Street 1933
Hello, Sister! 1933
The Phantom of Crestwood 1932
The Expert 1932
The Half-Naked Truth 1932
Sin's Pay Day 1932
You Said a Mouthful 1932
Grand Hotel 1932
Man Wanted 1932
The Big Timer 1932
Attorney for the Defense 1932
If I Had a Million 1932
Shopworn 1932
New Morals for Old 1932
Blonde Venus 1932
One Hour with You 1932
Susan Lenox 1931
Finn and Hattie 1931
The Cheat 1931
Dirigible 1931
Daybreak 1931
Ten Cents a Dance 1931
Iron Man 1931
Her Majesty, Love 1931
Ladies' Man 1931
Strangers May Kiss 1931
Bachelor Apartment 1931
A Free Soul 1931
Monkey Business 1931
Possessed 1931
Road to Paradise 1930
Spring Is Here 1930
Going Wild 1930
Divorce Among Friends 1930
Son of the Gods 1930
Lightnin' 1930
Monte Carlo 1930
The Ghost Talks 1929
The Saturday Night Kid 1929
Untamed 1929
The Single Standard 1929
Chinatown Nights 1929
Linda 1929
Their Own Desire 1929
Show People 1928
We Faw Down 1928
The Ladies' Man 1928
Blondes by Choice 1927
Laddie 1926
Hands Across the Border 1926
Mannequin 1926
Irene 1926
Old Ironsides 1926
The Greater Glory 1926
Glenister of the Mounted 1926
Lone Hand Saunders 1926
A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate 1923
Hollywood 1923
The Silent Partner 1923
The Age of Desire 1923