
Biography
Bess Flowers (November 23, 1898 – July 28, 1984) was an American actress best known for her work as an extra 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 which won the Academy Award for Best Picture (5), and films nominated for the award (23).
Personal Life
Flowers was first married on September 2, 1923, in Ventura County, California, to Cullen Tate, an assistant director for Cecil B. DeMille. They had a daughter, and they were divorced in 1928 in Los Angeles. Her second marriage took place on August 5, 1929, in Los Angeles, to William S. Holman. They were divorced in 1930 in Los Angeles. She and Tate had one child, Patricia E. Tate.
Filmography
All 639
Movies 634
TV shows 5
Writter 1

Good Neighbor Sam (1964)

For Those Who Think Young (1964)

The Carpetbaggers (1964)

The Prize (1963)

Move Over, Darling (1963)

Who's Minding the Store? (1963)

Palm Springs Weekend (1963)

For Love or Money (1963)

The Thrill of It All (1963)

Zotz! (1962)

The Manchurian Candidate (1962)

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962)

Incident in an Alley (1962)

Five Finger Exercise (1962)

The Notorious Landlady (1962)

Don't Knock the Twist (1962)

Sweet Bird of Youth (1962)

40 Pounds of Trouble (1962)

Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)

Pocketful of Miracles (1961)

Babes in Toyland (1961)

Blue Hawaii (1961)

The Honeymoon Machine (1961)

Teenage Millionaire (1961)

Return to Peyton Place (1961)

Parrish (1961)

The Absent-Minded Professor (1961)

Go Naked in the World (1961)

Mister Ed (1961)

All in a Night's Work (1961)

Where the Boys Are (1960)

G.I. Blues (1960)

The Facts of Life (1960)

All the Fine Young Cannibals (1960)

Coronado 9 (1960)

Song Without End (1960)

Wake Me When It's Over (1960)

Please Don't Eat the Daisies (1960)

Seven Thieves (1960)

Home from the Hill (1960)

Beloved Infidel (1959)

Imitation of Life (1959)

It Started with a Kiss (1959)

A Private's Affair (1959)

Juke Box Rhythm (1959)

Blue Denim (1959)

North by Northwest (1959)

The Wild and the Innocent (1959)

Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys! (1958)

The Buccaneer (1958)

Houseboat (1958)

Mardi Gras (1958)

I Married a Monster from Outer Space (1958)

Twilight for the Gods (1958)

The Fly (1958)

Vertigo (1958)

Too Much, Too Soon (1958)

Teacher's Pet (1958)

Merry Andrew (1958)

I Married a Woman (1958)

Witness for the Prosecution (1957)

The Tarnished Angels (1957)

My Man Godfrey (1957)

The Real McCoys (1957)

The Helen Morgan Story (1957)

Sweet Smell of Success (1957)

Designing Woman (1957)

This Could Be the Night (1957)

The Buster Keaton Story (1957)

Ten Thousand Bedrooms (1957)

She Devil (1957)

Funny Face (1957)

Ride The High Iron (1956)

The Opposite Sex (1956)

Nightfall (1956)

Giant (1956)

Around the World in Eighty Days (1956)

Written on the Wind (1956)

These Wilder Years (1956)

The She-Creature (1956)

The First Traveling Saleslady (1956)

The Eddy Duchin Story (1956)

Anything Goes (1956)

The Scarlet Hour (1956)

Serenade (1956)

The Price of Fear (1956)

Meet Me in Las Vegas (1956)

Forever, Darling (1956)

Runaway Daughters (1956)

Three Bad Sisters (1956)

I'll Cry Tomorrow (1955)

Guys and Dolls (1955)

The View from Pompey's Head (1955)

Illegal (1955)

The Girl Rush (1955)

To Catch a Thief (1955)

Strategic Air Command (1955)

Chicago Syndicate (1955)

Ain't Misbehavin' (1955)

Hell's Island (1955)

Interrupted Melody (1955)

The Looters (1955)

Three for the Show (1955)

Désirée (1954)

White Christmas (1954)

The Human Jungle (1954)

A Star Is Born (1954)

Rear Window (1954)

Living It Up (1954)

The Caine Mutiny (1954)

Dial M for Murder (1954)

The Long Wait (1954)

Casanova's Big Night (1954)

Dangerous Mission (1954)

The French Line (1954)

The Bigamist (1953)

Forever Female (1953)

Three Sailors and a Girl (1953)

Calamity Jane (1953)

The Robe (1953)

Latin Lovers (1953)

The Caddy (1953)

The Band Wagon (1953)

Cruisin' Down the River (1953)

No Escape (1953)

A Blueprint for Murder (1953)

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)

Let's Do It Again (1953)

Loose in London (1953)

Scared Stiff (1953)

Small Town Girl (1953)

The Story of Three Loves (1953)

Call Me Madam (1953)

The Jazz Singer (1953)

General Electric Theater (1953)

Never Wave at a WAC (1953)

Tonight We Sing (1953)

The Clown (1953)

Above and Beyond (1953)

Angel Face (1953)

The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)

Stop, You're Killing Me (1952)

Bloodhounds of Broadway (1952)

Sudden Fear (1952)

Dreamboat (1952)

Don't Bother to Knock (1952)

She's Working Her Way Through College (1952)

Sally and Saint Anne (1952)

The Narrow Margin (1952)

Young Man with Ideas (1952)

Singin' in the Rain (1952)

Deadline - U.S.A. (1952)

Something to Live For (1952)

Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder (1952)

The Greatest Show on Earth (1952)

The Unknown Man (1951)

The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)

Here Comes the Groom (1951)

Sunny Side of the Street (1951)

People Will Talk (1951)

Meet Me After the Show (1951)

Mr. Belvedere Rings the Bell (1951)

The Law and the Lady (1951)

Show Boat (1951)

Rich, Young and Pretty (1951)

No Questions Asked (1951)

A Place in the Sun (1951)

Dear Brat (1951)

Home Town Story (1951)

Ghost Chasers (1951)

The Great Caruso (1951)

I Can Get It for You Wholesale (1951)

Lullaby of Broadway (1951)

The Screen Director (1951)

Royal Wedding (1951)

Payment on Demand (1951)

Operation Pacific (1951)

The Mating Season (1951)

Footlight Varieties (1951)

Mr. Music (1950)

Let's Dance (1950)

Experiment Alcatraz (1950)

Last of the Buccaneers (1950)

Hot Rod (1950)

Walk Softly, Stranger (1950)

To Please a Lady (1950)

All About Eve (1950)

I'll Get By (1950)

Born to Be Bad (1950)

Pretty Baby (1950)

My Blue Heaven (1950)

A Life of Her Own (1950)

Edge of Doom (1950)

The Great Jewel Robber (1950)

The Costume Designer (1950)

The Second Woman (1950)

Peggy (1950)

Louisa (1950)

Father of the Bride (1950)

In a Lonely Place (1950)

Champagne for Caesar (1950)

The Damned Don't Cry (1950)

Nancy Goes to Rio (1950)

No Man of Her Own (1950)

The File on Thelma Jordon (1949)

Mary Ryan, Detective (1949)

Beyond the Forest (1949)

My Friend Irma (1949)

It's a Great Feeling (1949)

Look for the Silver Lining (1949)

Sky Liner (1949)

Mighty Joe Young (1949)

You're My Everything (1949)

Neptune's Daughter (1949)

Hideout (1949)

Alias Nick Beal (1949)

John Loves Mary (1949)

Slightly French (1949)

The Accused (1949)

Every Girl Should Be Married (1948)

Whiplash (1948)

Let's Live a Little (1948)

Family Honeymoon (1948)

Parole, Inc. (1948)

My Dear Secretary (1948)

An Innocent Affair (1948)

One Touch of Venus (1948)

The Velvet Touch (1948)

Up in Central Park (1948)

Romance on the High Seas (1948)

Wallflower (1948)

Hazard (1948)

Trapped by Boston Blackie (1948)

Smart Woman (1948)

Winter Meeting (1948)

The Noose Hangs High (1948)

Mr. Reckless (1948)

The Big Clock (1948)

Sleep, My Love (1948)

To the Ends of the Earth (1948)

You Were Meant for Me (1948)

I Walk Alone (1947)

Blondie in the Dough (1947)

The Unsuspected (1947)

Magic Town (1947)

The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947)

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947)

The Fabulous Joe (1947)

Song of the Thin Man (1947)

The Perils of Pauline (1947)

Ivy (1947)

Danger Street (1947)

So You Want to Be in Pictures (1947)

Fun on a Weekend (1947)

Undercover Maisie (1947)

The Fabulous Dorseys (1947)

Nora Prentiss (1947)

Cigarette Girl (1947)

Humoresque (1947)

Dead Reckoning (1947)

The Farmer's Daughter (1947)

Till the Clouds Roll By (1946)

The Razor's Edge (1946)

The Chase (1946)

Undercurrent (1946)

Blondie Knows Best (1946)

The Dark Mirror (1946)

The Jolson Story (1946)

Her Sister's Secret (1946)

Society Mugs (1946)

The Big Sleep (1946)

Notorious (1946)

The Searching Wind (1946)

Mr. Ace (1946)

Rendezvous with Annie (1946)

The Walls Came Tumbling Down (1946)

Two Sisters from Boston (1946)

One More Tomorrow (1946)

Her Kind of Man (1946)

Heartbeat (1946)

A Stolen Life (1946)

Gilda (1946)

The Blue Dahlia (1946)

Blondie's Lucky Day (1946)

The Lady or the Tiger? (1946)

Mr. Noisy (1946)

The Kid from Brooklyn (1946)

The Notorious Lone Wolf (1946)

My Reputation (1946)

Adventure (1945)

Hit the Hay (1945)

Hold That Blonde! (1945)

Mildred Pierce (1945)

Week-End at the Waldorf (1945)

The Crime Doctor's Warning (1945)

Over 21 (1945)

Incendiary Blonde (1945)

The Affairs of Susan (1945)

The Woman in Green (1945)

Conflict (1945)

The Missing Corpse (1945)

Twice Blessed (1945)

Zombies on Broadway (1945)

Delightfully Dangerous (1945)

It's a Pleasure (1945)

A Song for Miss Julie (1945)

Wonder Man (1945)

Together Again (1944)

Here Come the Waves (1944)

Hollywood Canteen (1944)

The Woman in the Window (1944)

Laura (1944)

Strange Affair (1944)

Musical Movieland (1944)

In Society (1944)

The Mummy's Ghost (1944)

Double Indemnity (1944)

Ladies of Washington (1944)

Mr. Skeffington (1944)

Pin Up Girl (1944)

Trocadero (1944)

The Lady and the Monster (1944)

The Heavenly Body (1944)

Broadway Rhythm (1944)

The Lodger (1944)

Career Girl (1944)

What a Woman (1943)

He Was Only Feudin' (1943)

Old Acquaintance (1943)

The Mad Ghoul (1943)

Flesh and Fantasy (1943)

Best Foot Forward (1943)

Crazy House (1943)

Dangerous Blondes (1943)

Wintertime (1943)

Holy Matrimony (1943)

Heaven Can Wait (1943)

Hi Diddle Diddle (1943)

Dixie (1943)

The Constant Nymph (1943)

Crime Doctor (1943)

Coney Island (1943)

Mister Big (1943)

Three Hearts for Julia (1943)

Girls in Chains (1943)

Immortal Sergeant (1943)

Tahiti Honey (1943)

Dixie Dugan (1943)

Idaho (1943)

The Amazing Mrs. Holliday (1943)

No Place for a Lady (1943)

Pittsburgh (1942)

Once Upon a Honeymoon (1942)

Silver Queen (1942)

Springtime in the Rockies (1942)

I Married a Witch (1942)

Thunder Birds (1942)

Now, Voyager (1942)

Mexican Spitfire's Elephant (1942)

The Major and the Minor (1942)

The Glass Key (1942)

The Palm Beach Story (1942)

The Big Street (1942)

Ten Gentlemen from West Point (1942)

There's One Born Every Minute (1942)

Lady in a Jam (1942)

Private Buckaroo (1942)

It Happened in Flatbush (1942)

Meet the Stewarts (1942)

Take a Letter, Darling (1942)

My Gal Sal (1942)

Larceny, Inc. (1942)

Ship Ahoy (1942)

The Male Animal (1942)

The Night Before the Divorce (1942)

The Mad Doctor of Market Street (1942)

Brooklyn Orchid (1942)

A Gentleman at Heart (1942)

Blondie Goes to College (1942)

Over My Dead Body (1942)

The Man Who Came to Dinner (1942)

Pacific Blackout (1941)

Remember the Day (1941)

Hellzapoppin' (1941)

I Wake Up Screaming (1941)

Three Girls About Town (1941)

Married Bachelor (1941)

Honky Tonk (1941)

It Started with Eve (1941)

Lady Be Good (1941)

An Ache in Every Stake (1941)

Blondie in Society (1941)

Puddin' Head (1941)

Tom, Dick and Harry (1941)

For Beauty's Sake (1941)

Adventure in Washington (1941)

The People Vs. Dr. Kildare (1941)

Ziegfeld Girl (1941)

That Uncertain Feeling (1941)

That Night in Rio (1941)

The Devil and Miss Jones (1941)

Meet John Doe (1941)

Blondie Goes Latin (1941)

The Lady Eve (1941)

Play Your Part (1941)

Road Show (1941)

Golden Hoofs (1941)

Tall, Dark and Handsome (1941)

Michael Shayne: Private Detective (1940)

No, No, Nanette (1940)

Lady with Red Hair (1940)

Tin Pan Alley (1940)

You'll Find Out (1940)

Arise, My Love (1940)

Angels Over Broadway (1940)

I Want a Divorce (1940)

No Time for Comedy (1940)

Five Little Peppers in Trouble (1940)

Boom Town (1940)

Dance, Girl, Dance (1940)

I Love You Again (1940)

The Boys from Syracuse (1940)

They Drive by Night (1940)

Cross-Country Romance (1940)

Girl in 313 (1940)

If I Had My Way (1940)

'Til We Meet Again (1940)

Johnny Apollo (1940)

A Plumbing We Will Go (1940)

It All Came True (1940)

The Heckler (1940)

Broadway Melody of 1940 (1940)

City of Chance (1940)

Charlie McCarthy, Detective (1939)

South of the Border (1939)

Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President (1939)

Day-time Wife (1939)

Ninotchka (1939)

First Love (1939)

The Roaring Twenties (1939)

Eternally Yours (1939)

5th Ave Girl (1939)

Rhumba Rhythm at the Hollywood La Conga (1939)

Hotel for Women (1939)

The Spellbinder (1939)

Man About Town (1939)

Should a Girl Marry? (1939)

Sorority House (1939)

Rose of Washington Square (1939)

Zenobia (1939)

They Made Her a Spy (1939)

Love Affair (1939)

Sergeant Madden (1939)

Three Smart Girls Grow Up (1939)

Midnight (1939)

Society Lawyer (1939)

Wife, Husband and Friend (1939)

Honolulu (1939)

Topper Takes a Trip (1938)

A Doggone Mixup (1938)

The Shining Hour (1938)

The Great Waltz (1938)

The Mad Miss Manton (1938)

Men in Fright (1938)

Young Dr. Kildare (1938)

Mutts to You (1938)

The Lady Objects (1938)

That Certain Age (1938)

Fugitives for a Night (1938)

Three Loves Has Nancy (1938)

You Can't Take It with You (1938)

Rich Man, Poor Girl (1938)

City Streets (1938)

The Lone Wolf in Paris (1938)

Ankles Away (1938)

The Mind Needer (1938)

In Old Chicago (1938)

Tassels in the Air (1938)

Time Out for Trouble (1938)

Women in Prison (1938)

Termites of 1938 (1938)

The Shadow (1937)

First Lady (1937)

Nothing Sacred (1937)

I'll Take Romance (1937)

The Awful Truth (1937)

Life Begins with Love (1937)

Double or Nothing (1937)

One Hundred Men and a Girl (1937)

The Life of the Party (1937)

One Mile From Heaven (1937)

Topper (1937)

Ever Since Eve (1937)

Marry the Girl (1937)

Step Lively, Jeeves! (1937)

A Day at the Races (1937)

Meet the Missus (1937)

Kid Galahad (1937)

You Can't Buy Luck (1937)

Nobody's Baby (1937)

China Passage (1937)

Women of Glamour (1937)

The Last of Mrs. Cheyney (1937)

On the Avenue (1937)

When You're in Love (1937)

Stolen Holiday (1937)

Smart Blonde (1937)

One in a Million (1937)

Silks and Saddles (1936)

Wanted: Jane Turner (1936)

Theodora Goes Wild (1936)

Polo Joe (1936)

The Public Pays (1936)

The Big Game (1936)

Adventure in Manhattan (1936)

Craig's Wife (1936)

Dodsworth (1936)

Give Me Your Heart (1936)

Stage Struck (1936)

My Man Godfrey (1936)

Anthony Adverse (1936)

Sing, Baby, Sing (1936)

Piccadilly Jim (1936)

The Golden Arrow (1936)

Special Investigator (1936)

Speed (1936)

How to Behave (1936)

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)

Love Before Breakfast (1936)

Neighborhood House (1936)

Wife vs. Secretary (1936)

Strike Me Pink (1936)

Anything Goes (1936)

If You Could Only Cook (1935)

The Calling of Dan Matthews (1935)

A Night at the Opera (1935)

I Found Stella Parish (1935)

A Feather in Her Hat (1935)

Twin Triplets (1935)

Shipmates Forever (1935)

She Couldn't Take It (1935)

Honeymoon Bridge (1935)

Thunder in the Night (1935)

Old Man Rhythm (1935)

Black Sheep (1935)

Curly Top (1935)

Shanghai (1935)

Ginger (1935)

Love Me Forever (1935)

Hooray for Love (1935)

In Caliente (1935)

Whispering Smith Speaks (1935)

Alias Mary Dow (1935)

Goin' to Town (1935)

Les Misérables (1935)

Go Into Your Dance (1935)

Private Worlds (1935)

Star of Midnight (1935)

One in a Million (1935)

Thicker Than Water (1935)

After Office Hours (1935)

The Whole Town's Talking (1935)

The Woman in Red (1935)

Okay Toots! (1935)

The St. Louis Kid (1934)

Kid Millions (1934)

Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round (1934)

The Curtain Falls (1934)

The Richest Girl in the World (1934)

The Affairs of Cellini (1934)

The Defense Rests (1934)

The Personality Kid (1934)

Hollywood Party (1934)

Change of Heart (1934)

City Park (1934)

Merry Wives of Reno (1934)

I Believed in You (1934)

Once to Every Woman (1934)

Success at Any Price (1934)

Journal of a Crime (1934)

I've Got Your Number (1934)

It Happened One Night (1934)

Bedside (1934)

Blood Money (1933)

Ever in My Heart (1933)

Day of Reckoning (1933)

Meet the Baron (1933)

No Marriage Ties (1933)

Notorious But Nice (1933)

Made on Broadway (1933)

Grand Slam (1933)

Hard to Handle (1933)

The Half Naked Truth (1932)

If I Had a Million (1932)

You Said a Mouthful (1932)

The Phantom of Crestwood (1932)

Blonde Venus (1932)

New Morals for Old (1932)

Attorney for the Defense (1932)

Man Wanted (1932)

Shopworn (1932)

One Hour with You (1932)

The Big Timer (1932)

The Expert (1932)

Sin's Pay Day (1932)

Her Majesty, Love (1931)

Possessed (1931)

Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise) (1931)

Monkey Business (1931)

A Free Soul (1931)

Ladies' Man (1931)

Daybreak (1931)

Iron Man (1931)

Bachelor Apartment (1931)

Dirigible (1931)

Strangers May Kiss (1931)

Ten Cents a Dance (1931)

Finn and Hattie (1931)

Going Wild (1930)

Divorce Among Friends (1930)

Lightnin' (1930)

Road to Paradise (1930)

Spring Is Here (1930)

Son of the Gods (1930)

Their Own Desire (1929)

Untamed (1929)

The Saturday Night Kid (1929)

Linda (1929)

Chinatown Nights (1929)

We Faw Down (1928)

Blondes by Choice (1927)

Old Ironsides (1926)

Glenister of the Mounted (1926)

The Greater Glory (1926)

Hands Across the Border (1926)

Irene (1926)

Mannequin (1926)

A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate (1923)
