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Bess Flowers

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.

English
Filmography

Funny Face

1957
as Fashion Show Spectator

North by Northwest

1959
as Plaza Hotel lounge patron

Nobody's Baby

1937
as Nurse

Meet the Missus

1937
as Mrs. New England

You Can't Buy Luck

1937
as Nightclub Patron (archive footage)

Hell's Island

1955
as Casino Patron

No Questions Asked

1951
as Woman in Theatre Powder Room

Gilda

1946
as Gambler at Roulette Table

Chicago Syndicate

1955
as Blackjack Gambler

Beyond the Forest

1949
as Secretary

It Started With A Kiss

1959
as Party guest

Too Much, Too Soon

1958
as Party Guest

Danger Street

1947
as Birthday party guest

The Facts of Life

1960
as Lady At Airport

The Shadow

1937
as Marianne

Désirée

1954
as Attendant Holding Baby at Palace Ball

Day of Reckoning

1933
as Party Guest

If I Had My Way

1940
as Nightclub Patron

The Honeymoon Machine

1961
as Bar Patron

Shipmates Forever

1935
as Nurse

Here Comes the Groom

1951
as Woman Exiting Emmadel's Home

Curly Top

1935
as Guest at Charity Bazaar

A Star Is Born

1954
as Academy Awards Attendee

Adventure In Manhattan

1936
as Beauty Salon Attendant

Ninotchka

1939
as Gossip

The Lady Objects

1938
as Miriam Harper

Cross-Country Romance

1940
as Mrs. North's secretary

The Band Wagon

1953
as Train Passenger

Royal Wedding

1951
as Backstage guest

Three Hearts For Julia

1943
as Bar Patron at Lisbon Hotel / Party Guest in New York

Artists and Models

1955
as Stork Club Patron

Love Me Forever

1935
as Guest

Untamed

1929
as Manicurist

The Searching Wind

1946
as Reporter

Broadway Hostess

1935
as Casino patron

Success At Any Price

1934
as Secretary

Blue Hawaii

1961
as Restaurant patron

Sky Liner

1949
as Little Girl's Grandmother

The Buster Keaton Story

1957
as Restaurant Patron

All About Eve

1950
as Woman at Awards Ceremony

Mr. Skeffington

1944
as Mrs. Thatcher

Larceny Inc.

1942
as Pedestrian on sidewalk

The Heavenly Body

1944
as Audience member at violin concert

The Expert

1932
as Member of Women's Auxilary Committee

Attorney for the Defense

1932
as Telephone Operator

Return to Peyton Place

1961
as Woman at Town Meeting

A Doggone Mixup

1938
as Neighbor

Born to Be Bad

1950
as Mrs. Worthington

Five Finger Exercise

1962
as Woman on Beach

South of the Border

1939
as La Casa Cantina Patron

Black Sheep

1935
as Ship's Bar Patron

Pacific Blackout

1941
as Cascade Club Dancer

Stage Struck

1936
as Horrified woman during "The Body Beautiful" number

Society Lawyer

1939
as Secretary

Witness for the Prosecution

1957
as Courtroom spectator

I'll Get By

1950
as Lady in Audience at The Roxy

Rendezvous with Annie

1946
as Woman in Nightclub

The People Vs. Dr. Kildare

1941
as Nurse

No Escape

1953
as Department Store Shopper

Rich Man, Poor Girl

1938
as Typist

Forever Female

1954
as Patron at Maine restaurant

The Robe

1953
as Spectator at Caligula's court

First Lady

1937
as Party guest

That Certain Age

1938
as Party Guest

Hold That Blonde!

1945
as Party Guest

Houseboat

1958
as Wedding guest

Parole, Inc.

1948
as Mary - Nurse

Dangerous Blondes

1943
as Madge Lawrence / 1st Mrs. Fleming

For Love or Money

1963
as Surprised Diner at The Flame Room

Hollywood

1923
as Hortense Towers

The View from Pompey's Head

1955
as Miss Mabry

When You're in Love

1937
as Backstage Guest

The Phantom of Crestwood

1932
as Secretary

Her Sister's Secret

1946
as Dancing Patron at Chez Pepe

I'll Cry Tomorrow

1955
as Restaurant Patron

Sinister Hands

1932
as Mary Browne

You Were Meant for Me

1948
as Lady Dancing at Nightclub

Three for the Show

1955
as Theatre patron in loge

The Carpetbaggers

1964
as Wedding Guest

Up in Central Park

1948
as Diner at The Stetson House

Wife, Husband and Friend

1939
as Doris' Friend

The Phantom of Crestwood

1932
as Priam's Secretary

Here Come the Co-eds

1945
as Spectator at bonfire rally

Illegal

1955
as Diner at Bar of Justice Restaurant

40 Pounds of Trouble

1962
as Casino Patron

The Day the Earth Stood Still

1951
as Lady Outside Jewelry Store

Sweet Bird of Youth

1962
as Spectator at political rally

Lady with Red Hair

1940
as Mother in Miss Humbert's office

The Affairs of Susan

1945
as Party Guest

Dangerous Mission

1954
as Guest at Lodge Party

Beloved Infidel

1959
as Lady at studio screening

We Faw Down

1928
as Mrs. Laurel

Charlie McCarthy, Detective

1939
as Mrs. Aldrich - Party Guest

Zotz!

1962
as Party Guest

I Married a Woman

1958
as Beauty Contest Chaperone

The Bigamist

1953
as Bus passenger

Anything Goes

1936
as Passenger on Ship

Ankles Away

1938
as Society Lady

Immortal Sergeant

1943
as Nightclub patron

Merry Andrew

1958
as Wedding Guest

Old Ironsides

1926
as Minor Role

The Mummy's Ghost

1944
as ? - Unconfirmed

Babes in Toyland

1961
as Villager

The Thrill of It All

1963
as Party Guest

The St. Louis Kid

1934
as Telephone Operator

Murder Without Tears

1953
as Bank Customer

Judgment at Nuremberg

1961
as Lady in Theatre Box

Undercurrent

1946
as Julia Donnegan

A Place in the Sun

1951
as Courtroom Reporter

In Caliente

1935
as Lady On Staircase

The Lady and the Monster

1944
as Party Guest at Arizona Palms Club

Strategic Air Command

1955
as Party guest

Every Girl Should Be Married

1948
as Pierre's Restaurant Patron

Meet Me in Las Vegas

1956
as Roulette Player at Sands Casino

A Woman of Paris

1923
as Woman "Unwrapped" at Party

Hi Diddle Diddle

1943
as Wedding Guest

Ten Gentlemen From West Point

1942
as Graduation Ceremony Guest

Here Come the Waves

1944
as Patron at Cabana Club

Deadline - U.S.A.

1952
as Restaurant Patron

Thunder Birds

1942
as Nurse

Home from the Hill

1960
as Guest at backyard party

The Damned Don't Cry

1950
as Restaurant Patron

The Human Jungle

1954
as Dining Patron

Sorority House

1939
as Shirley

Palm Springs Weekend

1963
as Woman in Hotel Lobby

I Married a Monster from Outer Space

1958
as Wedding guest

Living It Up

1954
as Patron at Wonderland Ballroom

Marsha Hunt's Sweet Adversity

2015
as (archive footage)

Tin Pan Alley

1940
as Nightclub Extra

One More Tomorrow

1946
as Woman at airport

Who's Minding the Store?

1963
as Shopper, Gourmet Department

Holy Matrimony

1943
as Lady at Wake

Anything Goes

1956
as Ship Passenger

The Jazz Singer

1953
as Party Guest

Operation Pacific

1951
as Honolulu Nightclub Patron

Pittsburgh

1942
as Wedding party guest

Parrish

1961
as Party Guest

Sudden Fear

1952
as Party Guest

My Man Godfrey

1936
as Mrs. Merriweather

Wallflower

1948
as Guest at country club dance

Girl in 313

1940
as Extra af Fashion Show

Please Don't Eat the Daisies

1960
as Lady in elevator

Peggy

1950
as Tournament of Roses Spectator

One Touch of Venus

1948
as Department Store Shopper

All in a Night's Work

1961
as Fur Salon Customer

The Walls Came Tumbling Down

1946
as Diner at Bianca's

They Made Her a Spy

1939
as Plane Crash Spectator

Journal of a Crime

1934
as Party Guest

The Richest Girl in the World

1934
as Nightclub patron

Blondes by Choice

1927
as Olga Flint

Eternally Yours

1939
as Nightclub Extra

Fugitives for a Night

1938
as Gambler at Roulette Table

I've Got Your Number

1934
as Miss Banks

Calamity Jane

1953
as Officer's Wife in Reception Line

The Big Clock

1948
as Woman in Conference Room

Boom Town

1940
as Worker in McMasters' New York Office

The Lady Eve

1941
as Party Guest

The Boys from Syracuse

1940
as Woman

The Caine Mutiny

1954
as Nightclub patron

Go Naked In The World

1961
as Restaurant patron

Heaven Can Wait

1943
as Party Guest

Time Out for Trouble

1938
as Sales Clerk

They Drive by Night

1940
as Party Guest

Three Sailors and a Girl

1953
as Angry Nightclub Patron

She's Working Her Way Through College

1952
as Lady in College Theatre Audience

Over 21

1945
as Woman in Gow's Outer Office

Blondie Goes to College

1942
as Dance Spectator

Delightfully Dangerous

1945
as Lady at Mr. Hopkins' Table

The Defense Rests

1934
as Receptionist

He Forgot to Remember

1944
as Nightclub Patron

Dreamboat

1952
as Woman Exiting Savoy Arms Hotel

My Man Godfrey

1957
as Party Guest

Sally and Saint Anne

1952
as Party guest

The She-Creature

1956
as Party Guest

Mighty Joe Young

1949
as Nightclub patron

Speed

1936
as Extra at Company Dance

My Gal Sal

1942
as Lady Dancing at Party

Broadway Melody of 1940

1940
as Nightclub Patron

First Love

1939
as Ball Guest

The Helen Morgan Story

1957
as Woman at boat dock

Sin's Pay Day

1932
as Jane Webb

The Looters

1955
as Airplane Passenger

Hazard

1948
as Woman Exiting Hilo Club

Never Wave at a WAC

1953
as Catherine

Somewhat Secret

1939
as Faculty Member

The Curtain Falls

1934
as Hotel Manager's Secretary

The Woman in Red

1935
as Spectator at Horse Show

A Stolen Life

1946
as Department store shopper

No Time for Comedy

1940
as First-Nighter

Romance on the High Seas

1948
as Ship Passenger

Imitation of Life

1959
as Geraldine Moore

The Notorious Lone Wolf

1946
as Nightclub patron

The Chase

1946
as Woman sitting at bar at Florida Club

The Night Before the Divorce

1942
as Party Guest

Special Investigator

1936
as Roulette Player

Young Dr. Kildare

1938
as Nurse

Johnny Apollo

1940
as Secretary to Mr. Peterson

Whispering Smith Speaks

1935
as Secretary

The Buccaneer

1958
as Party Guest

Shanghai

1935
as Party Guest

Pin Up Girl

1944
as Patron at Club Diplomacy

Mardi Gras

1958
as Restaurant patron

Sprucin' Up

1935
as Scotty's mother

The Prize

1963
as Lady In Audience

Hard to Handle

1933
as Merrill's Secretary

You'll Find Out

1940
as Lady In Taxi

Five Little Peppers in Trouble

1940
as Miss Roberts

Best Foot Forward

1943
as Prom Guest

Louisa

1950
as Wedding Guest at Park

Sweet Smell of Success

1957
as Patron at '21'

That Uncertain Feeling

1941
as une femme aux toilettes

Pound Foolish

1940
as Party Guest

Private Worlds

1935
as Bessie

Sergeant Madden

1939
as Nurse

Giant

1956
as Guest at Jeff Rink's Banquet

This Could Be the Night

1957
as Nightclub Patron

The Absent-Minded Professor

1961
as Wedding guest

Old Acquaintance

1943
as Club Patron

The Missing Corpse

1945
as Tribune staff worker

Trocadero

1944
as Nightclub Patron

Ten Cents a Dance

1931
as Bridge Player

Theodora Goes Wild

1936
as Party Guest

Sunny Side of the Street

1951
as Actress playing "Queen" in TV beer commercial

City Park

1934
as Stevens' Secretary

Notorious But Nice

1933
as Miss Price

Three Girls About Town

1941
as Mortician's Wife

Mister Big

1943
as Member of Visiting Theatre Party

Week-End at the Waldorf

1945
as Guest at Starlight Roof

Iron Man

1931
as Party Guest

Three Bad Sisters

1956
as Stenographer

Winter Meeting

1948
as Restaurant patron

Ever Since Eve

1937
as Dance Extra

Trapped by Boston Blackie

1948
as Party guest

Day-time Wife

1939
as Nightclub Patron

You Can't Take It with You

1938
as Martin's Neighbor in Courtroom

The Story of Three Loves

1953
as Woman in hotel bar

Dance, Girl, Dance

1940
as Nightclub Patron

The Personality Kid

1934
as Nurse

Hooray for Love

1935
as Nightclub Patron

Star of Midnight

1935
as Mary Smith

Smart Woman

1948
as Starlit Roof patron

Show Boat

1951
as Racetrack spectator

Mister Big

1943
as Theatrical Party Member

Girls in Chains

1943
as Courtroom Spectator

The Girl Rush

1955
as Casino patron

Wake Me When It's Over

1960
as Lady in Hotel Lobby

Mutts To You

1938
as Mrs. Manning

Call Me Madam

1953
as Lady Seated Behind Duchess

One Mile From Heaven

1937
as Party Guest

Honky Tonk

1941
as Governor's Wife

To the Ends of the Earth

1948
as Ship's passenger

Anthony Adverse

1936
as Nun

City of Chance

1940
as Bess - Gambling House Patron

A Life of Her Own

1950
as Cocktail Lounge Patron

Look for the Silver Lining

1949
as Lady in Agent's Office

Whiplash

1948
as Patron at Pelican Club

Edge of Doom

1950
as Flower shop customer

The Mad Doctor of Market Street

1942
as Ship Passenger

Father of the Bride

1950
as Wedding Reception Guest

The Big Game

1936
as Woman at Dance

'Til We Meet Again

1940
as Ship's Passenger

The Manchurian Candidate

1962
as Woman in Dream Sequence

The Devil and Miss Jones

1941
as Saleslady

Chinatown Nights

1929
as Woman on Stairway

The Mind Needer

1938
as Mrs. Ryan

John Loves Mary

1949
as Patron at Pelican Club

One Exciting Adventure

1934
as Woman

Pretty Baby

1950
as Caravan Club patron

Seven Thieves

1960
as Lady at Casino Party

Teacher's Pet

1958
as Patron at Bongo Club

Blondie in Society

1941
as Pet Store Clerk

Sleep, My Love

1948
as Miss Miller

Special Agent

1935
as 122 Club Patron

The File on Thelma Jordon

1950
as Dinner Party Guest

Night Song

1947
as Lady in Carnegie Hall Audience

The Greatest Show on Earth

1952
as Spectator

Remember the Day

1941
as Lady in Political Entourage

Over My Dead Body

1942
as Courtroom Spectator

Mary Ryan, Detective

1949
as Mrs. Moss (aka Mrs. Horne)

No Place for a Lady

1943
as Yvonne's Employee

Irene

1926
as Jane Gilmour

Guys and Dolls

1955
as Nightclub patron

Lullaby of Broadway

1951
as Ship Passenger

The Life of the Party

1937
as Night Club Extra

Angels Over Broadway

1940
as Nightclub Patron

The Unsuspected

1947
as Birthday party guest

Piccadilly Jim

1936
as Nightclub patron

Champagne for Caesar

1950
as Backstage Woman at Hollywood Bowl

He Was Only Feudin'

1943
as Hotel Guest

Three Smart Girls Grow Up

1939
as Secretary

Fun on a Weekend

1947
as Party Guest

Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys!

1958
as Town Meeting Spectator

Song of the Thin Man

1947
as Jessica Thayar

Twin Triplets

1935
as Nurse with Dr. Smith

Change of Heart

1934
as Party Guest

The Second Woman

1950
as Fiesta Guest

Angel Face

1952
as Shirley - Barrett's Secretary

Heartbeat

1946
as Ball Guest

Polo Joe

1936
as Party Guest

Rhumba Rhythm at the Hollywood La Conga

1939
as La Conga Patron

The Scarlet Hour

1956
as Nightclub patron

The Bad and the Beautiful

1952
as Party Guest

Conflict

1945
as Guest at Rainbow Lodge

The Amazing Mrs. Holliday

1943
as Reporter

I'll Take Romance

1937
as Buenos Aires Operagoer

Hotel for Women

1939

The Whole Town's Talking

1935
as Miss Gower

Divorce Among Friends

1930
as Guest

Last of the Buccaneers

1950
as New Orleans Party Guest

A Blueprint for Murder

1953
as Club Patron

The Velvet Touch

1948
as Party guest

Ride The High Iron

1956
as Nightclub patron

Glenister of the Mounted

1926
as Elizabeth Danrock

Mr. Reckless

1948
as Wedding Guest

These Wilder Years

1956
as Lounge Patron

Marry the Girl

1937
as Secretary to Radway

Alias Nick Beal

1949
as Woman at Press Conference

The Great Jewel Robber

1950
as Party guest

You Said a Mouthful

1932
as Race Fan on Boat

In Old Chicago

1938
as Mrs. Colby

Her Kind of Man

1946
as Patron at Georgia King Club

Meet John Doe

1941
as Mattie

Coney Island

1943
as Society Patron at Ocean Gardens

South West Pacific

1943
as The Farmer's Wife

Road To Paradise

1930
as Nurse

Two Sinners

1935
as Minor Role

Ghost Chasers

1951
as Seance Guest

5th Ave Girl

1939
as Woman with Mr. Pape

Hideout

1949
as Guest at honorary degree ceremony

Designing Woman

1957
as Fashion Show Guest

The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms

1953
as Ballet-Goer

Crime Doctor

1943
as Patient in Ordway's Office

Stop, You're Killing Me

1952
as Party Guest

G.I. Blues

1960
as Cafe Europa patron

The Heckler

1940
as Tennis Spectator

Chicago Syndicate

1955
as Casino Patron

Don't Knock the Twist

1962
as Fashion Editor

Topper Takes a Trip

1938
as Lady in Casino

Man About Town

1939
as Spectator seated behind Lady Arlington in theatre audience

Made on Broadway

1933
as Wardrobe fitter

Undercover Maisie

1947
as Restaurant Patron

Tom, Dick and Harry

1941
as Banquet Guest

Guest Star

Episode Mister Ed
Horse Party 		1962
Episode Ben Casey
The Insolent Heart 		1961
Episode The Real McCoys
The Great Discovery 		1959
Episode The Adventures of Jim Bowie
Master at Arms 		1957
Episode The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
The Dark Pool 		1963
Episode Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Act of Faith 		1962
Episode Alfred Hitchcock Presents
The Faith of Aaron Menefee 		1962