
Bess Flowers
Born November 23, 1898 · Sherman, Texas, USA
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 when she appeared in Hollywood (1923). 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. From Wikipedia.
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Giant

Judgment at Nuremberg

The Seven Year Itch

The Day the Earth Stood Still

Double Indemnity

It Happened One Night

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

A Night to Remember

Funny Face

The Fly

The Manchurian Candidate

Notorious

A Star Is Born

An American in Paris

For Those Who Think Young

Sweet Smell of Success

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

You Can't Take It with You

In a Lonely Place

I Married a Witch

Written on the Wind

Laura

The Greatest Show on Earth

The Caine Mutiny

A Place in the Sun

Deadline - U.S.A.

Gilda

The Robe

White Christmas

The Bad and the Beautiful

Guys and Dolls

The Thin Man

Ninotchka

Mighty Joe Young

Imitation of Life

Mildred Pierce

Grand Hotel

The Big Clock

Susan Lenox

Ziegfeld Girl

His Kind of Woman

The Absent-Minded Professor

Father of the Bride

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

Sweet Bird of Youth

The Roaring Twenties

Houseboat

The Great Caruso

Operation Pacific

Niagara

Calamity Jane

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

The Story of Three Loves

Mr. Skeffington

The Woman in the Window

Make Way for Tomorrow

The Awful Truth

The Woman in Green

Where the Boys Are

The Band Wagon

Blue Hawaii

The Lost World

A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate

A Night at the Opera

The Locket

The Thrill of It All

Heaven Can Wait

Home from the Hill

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The Major and the Minor

Meet John Doe

42nd Street

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Blood and Sand

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Romance on the High Seas

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Edge of Doom

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New Morals for Old

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Dirigible

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Ever Since Eve

I Believed in You

King of Burlesque

Spring Is Here

The Life of the Party

Texas Carnival

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Intrigue

You Can't Buy Luck

Up in Central Park

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Star of Midnight

The Boys from Syracuse

I've Got Your Number

Best Foot Forward

Way Down East

Sorority House

My Blue Heaven

I'll Fix It

Whistling in Brooklyn

The Jolson Story

An Ache in Every Stake

The Defense Rests

For Beauty's Sake

Rhumba Rhythm at the Hollywood La Conga

Shakedown

Women of Glamour

The Human Jungle

One in a Million

Women in Prison

Ain't Misbehavin'

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Redheads on Parade

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Kid Millions

Success at Any Price

The Clown

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The Looters

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A Song for Miss Julie

Untamed

Girls in Chains

Palm Springs Weekend

Blondie in the Dough

Man Wanted

Blue Denim

Eternally Yours

Remember the Day

Her Majesty, Love

Zotz!

Time Out for Trouble

Anything Goes

Immortal Sergeant

Man About Town

Society Lawyer

Crime Doctor

Hi Diddle Diddle

Tin Pan Alley

Ship Ahoy

Laugh Your Blues Away

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These Wilder Years

Craig's Wife

Wanted: Jane Turner

The Gorgeous Hussy

The Restless Years

Beyond the Forest

Anything Goes

Honolulu

Thunder in the Night

Music for Millions

Cruisin' Down the River

The Magnificent Dope

Linda

Latin Lovers

Delightfully Dangerous

Don't Knock the Twist

Old Man Rhythm

Strangers May Kiss

On the Avenue

Merry Wives of Reno

Three Bad Sisters

Together Again

Dangerous Blondes

Experiment Alcatraz

Private Worlds

Monte Carlo

That Certain Age

Forever Female

Strike Me Pink

Lady Be Good

The Lone Wolf in Paris

Angels Over Broadway

No Marriage Ties

Hard to Handle

Cigarette Girl

Sprucin' Up

Blood Money

Peggy

The Expert

No Questions Asked

Theodora Goes Wild

Heartbeat

China Passage

Silver Queen

Musical Movieland

Girl in Danger

Private Number

Smart Blonde

The Lady or the Tiger?

One More Tomorrow

Iron Man

Broadway Rhythm

A Free Soul

Louisa

City Streets

Thicker Than Water

Blondie Knows Best

Going Wild

The Fabulous Dorseys

What a Woman

Hotel for Women

The Age of Desire

John Loves Mary

Tropic Zone

First Lady

The Girl Rush

Chicago Syndicate

Twist Around The Clock

Black Sheep

Stage Struck

Dear Brat

Sunny

She Devil

The Golden Arrow

Piccadilly Jim

Postal Inspector

The Spellbinder

The Maze

We Faw Down

Three for Bedroom C

Blondie in Society

Zombies on Broadway

Idaho

The Cheat

Pilgrimage

Goin' to Town

City of Chance

Ginger

Mary Ryan, Detective

The Shadow

Runaway Daughters

Blondie Goes Latin

Stolen Holiday

Murder Without Tears

Adventure in Manhattan

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Shanghai

Cross-Country Romance

Mutts to You

Accused of Murder

Nobody's Baby

Lover Come Back

Crazy House

The Big Game

The Mad Ghoul

After Office Hours

Tonight We Sing

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Girl in 313

Smart Woman

Hands Across the Border

Loose in London

Married Bachelor

Sing, Baby, Sing

The Personality Kid

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Day of Reckoning

Glenister of the Mounted

Young Dr. Kildare

Dixie Dugan

Step Lively, Jeeves!

Special Investigator

Polo Joe

Grand Slam

Wallflower

Five Finger Exercise

Day-time Wife

Brooklyn Orchid

Road Show

A Doggone Mixup

Golden Hoofs

Mannequin

Rendezvous with Annie

The Screen Director

The Missing Corpse

Winter Meeting

Shipmates Forever

Adventure in Washington

The Greater Glory

Lone Hand Saunders

Wintertime

Paid to Dance

Ghost Chasers

Ladies of Washington

No Escape

Danger Street

Murder Among Friends

Society Mugs

Teenage Millionaire

Mr. Reckless

The Single Standard

Charlie McCarthy, Detective

Meet the Baron

Irene

Mister Big

Parole, Inc.

Love Before Breakfast

Hi, Beautiful

Road to Paradise

Tahiti Honey

My Lips Betray

Mr. Noisy

Bachelor Apartment

Love Me Forever

Ladies' Man

The Public Pays

The Big Timer

Lightnin'

Forgotten Faces

Their Own Desire

The Fabulous Joe

Disaster

Footlight Varieties

Made on Broadway

The Searching Wind

Chinatown Nights

Twice Blessed

Whispering Smith Speaks

The Heckler

Puddin' Head

Sky Liner

Bedside

Career Girl

Trocadero

Silks and Saddles

Finn and Hattie

The Mind Needer

Neighborhood House

City Park

Two Sinners

Divorce Among Friends

Juke Box Rhythm

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