Bess Flowers (1898 - 1984)

American actress, 'Queen of the Hollywood Extras'

* November 23, 1898 Sherman, Texas, USA
 July 28, 1984 Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA



Books with substantial mentioning of Bess Flowers

Anthony Slide Silent Players Anthony Slide
Silent Players, A Biographical and Autobiographical Study of 100 Silent Film Actors and Actresses
Lexington, Ky, 2002

Books with an entry on Bess Flowers

Glenn Mitchell A-Z of Silent Film Comedy Glenn Mitchell
A-Z of Silent Film Comedy, An Illustrated Companion
London, 1998

Frank N. Magill (ed.)
Magill's Cinema Annual 1985, A Survey of 1984 Films
Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1985
pp. 665-666 info

Martin J. Quigley (ed.) The Motion Picture Almanac Martin J. Quigley (ed.)
The Motion Picture Almanac, Big Stars in Big Pictures
Chicago, Ill., 1929

Films

1923
Hollywood
A Woman of Paris
The Silent Partner

1926
Old Ironsides
Irene
Hands Across the Border

1928
Show People
We Faw Down

1929
Linda
The Single Standard
The Ghost Talks
Chinatown Nights
Innocents of Paris
Untamed
The Saturday Night Kid
Their Own Desire

1930
Going Wild
Son of the Gods
Road to Paradise
Manslaughter
Lightnin'
Spring Is Here
Puttin' on the Ritz
Reno
Divorce Among Friends

1931
Bachelor Apartment
Ladies' Man
Monkey Business
Strangers May Kiss
Possessed
Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise)
A Free Soul
Daybreak
Dirigible
Her Majesty, Love
Iron Man
Prestige
Ten Cents a Dance
Lightnin'
The Magnificent Lie

1932
Blonde Venus
If I Had a Million
No One Man
One Hour with You
Man Wanted
The Phantom of Crestwood
Sin's Pay Day
Sinister Hands
Strange Justice
Shopworn
Attorney for the Defense
Forbidden
New Morals for Old
You Said a Mouthful
The Expert
The Big Timer
The Half-Naked Truth

1933
Hard to Handle
My Lips Betray
Pilgrimage
Grand Slam
Day of Reckoning
Ever in My Heart
Blood Money
Made on Broadway
Bondage
Notorious But Nice
Turn Back the Clock

1934
Broadway Bill
Change of Heart
I Believed in You
It Happened One Night
Kid Millions
The St. Louis Kid
Stand Up and Cheer!
The Defense Rests
Hollywood Party
Fugitive Lady
One Exciting Adventure
I'll Fix It
The Affairs of Cellini
Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round
Dames
Journal of a Crime
Student Tour
The Personality Kid
Success at Any Price
Bedside
The Richest Girl in the World
I've Got Your Number

1935
Black Sheep
Curly Top
Goin' to Town
Hands Across the Table
I Live for Love
In Caliente
The Irish in Us
A Night at the Opera
Redheads on Parade
Shanghai
The Whole Town's Talking
Four Hours to Kill!
Love Me Forever
The Girl from 10th Avenue
Private Worlds
Escapade
The Lone Wolf Returns
After Office Hours
The Calling of Dan Matthews
Thunder in the Night
She Couldn't Take It
If You Could Only Cook
She Married Her Boss
Go Into Your Dance
Shipmates Forever
A Feather in Her Hat
I Found Stella Parish
Star of Midnight
Ginger
Alias Mary Dow
Woman Wanted
Old Man Rhythm
Hooray for Love
The Lone Wolf Returns
The Woman in Red
Whispering Smith Speaks
Thicker Than Water

1936
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
My Man Godfrey
The Prisoner of Shark Island
Swing Time
Wife vs. Secretary
One in a Million
The Golden Arrow
Anything Goes
The Gorgeous Hussy
Anthony Adverse
Adventure in Manhattan
Yours for the Asking
Wanted! Jane Turner
The Public Pays
Love Before Breakfast
Give Me Your Heart
Theodora Goes Wild
Craig's Wife
Two-Fisted Gentleman
Dodsworth
Special Investigator
Strike Me Pink
The Big Game
Polo Joe
Sing, Baby, Sing
Piccadilly Jim

1937
The Awful Truth
In Old Chicago
Kid Galahad
Nothing Sacred
One Hundred Men and a Girl
When You're in Love
The Road Back
The Last Train from Madrid
It's Love I'm After
On the Avenue
A Day at the Races
Topper
Paid to Dance
The Shadow
You Can't Buy Luck
Step Lively, Jeeves!
Green Light
Life Begins with Love
China Passage
Women of Glamour
I Promise to Pay
I'll Take Romance
Girl Overboard
Smart Blonde
Stolen Holiday
Double or Nothing
Marry the Girl
Ever Since Eve

1938
The Great Waltz
Holiday
The Mad Miss Manton
You Can't Take It with You
Young Dr. Kildare
I Am the Law
The Shining Hour
Three Loves Has Nancy
Hold That Co-ed
The Lone Wolf in Paris
Fugitives for a Night
The Main Event
Penitentiary
The Spider's Web
Women in Prison
Topper Takes a Trip
Extortion
Thanks for Everything
Sweethearts
Smashing the Spy Ring
Rich Man, Poor Girl
That Certain Age
The Lady Objects

1939
Day-Time Wife
First Love
Love Affair
Midnight
Ninotchka
Rio
The Roaring Twenties
Sergeant Madden
The Forgotten Woman
The Spellbinder
Society Lawyer
Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President
Eternally Yours
Three Smart Girls Grow Up
Honolulu
South of the Border
Wife, Husband and Friend
5th Ave Girl
Man About Town
Charlie McCarthy, Detective
Rose of Washington Square
They Made Her a Spy
Hotel for Women
Sorority House

1940
Boom Town
Dance, Girl, Dance
I Love You Again
It All Came True
Johnny Apollo
Meet John Doe
Tin Pan Alley
You'll Find Out
They Drive by Night
The Boys from Syracuse
Broadway Melody of 1940
Arise, My Love
'Til We Meet Again
Girl in 313
City of Chance
Lady with Red Hair
Cross-Country Romance
No Time for Comedy
Michael Shayne: Private Detective
Adventure in Diamonds
No, No, Nanette
If I Had My Way
Angels Over Broadway
The Man I Married
Edison, the Man

1941
The Flame of New Orleans
Hellzapoppin'
It Started with Eve
The Lady Eve
Married Bachelor
Remember the Day
That Night in Rio
Tom Dick and Harry
Ziegfeld Girl
Mr. and Mrs. Smith
Honky Tonk
That Uncertain Feeling
Unfinished Business
Three Girls About Town
The People vs. Dr. Kildare
Blondie in Society
Road Show
Adventure in Washington
Lady Be Good
I Wake Up Screaming
Life Begins for Andy Hardy
Pacific Blackout
Tall, Dark and Handsome
Paris Calling
We Go Fast
Rise and Shine
Scotland Yard
Flight from Destiny
Blood and Sand
Blondie Goes Latin
Tom, Dick and Harry
Free and Easy

1942
The Glass Key
I Married a Witch
I Married an Angel
The Magnificent Dope
The Major and the Minor
The Male Animal
Now, Voyager
Once Upon a Honeymoon
The Palm Beach Story
Tales of Manhattan
A Yank at Eton
Mr. and Mrs. North
Pittsburgh
Springtime in the Rockies
Take a Letter, Darling
Lady in a Jam
Meet the Stewarts
The Night Before the Divorce
It Happened in Flatbush
Ship Ahoy
Ten Gentlemen from West Point
The Big Street
When Johnny Comes Marching Home
The Mad Doctor of Market Street
The Man Who Came to Dinner
My Gal Sal

1943
Coney Island
Crime Doctor
Dixie Dugan
Flesh and Fantasy
Heaven Can Wait
Holy Matrimony
The Immortal Sergeant
Best Foot Forward
Watch on the Rhine
Crazy House
Girls in Chains
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
The Youngest Profession
This Is the Army
The Constant Nymph
No Place for a Lady
Dixie
The Mad Ghoul
Jive Junction
Happy Go Lucky
Old Acquaintance
Wintertime
Idaho
Pistol Packin' Mama

1944
The Conspirators
Double Indemnity
Four Jills in a Jeep
The Heavenly Body
Hollywood Canteen
The Woman in the Window
Pin Up Girl
Mr. Skeffington
Ghost Catchers
Ladies of Washington
The Mummy's Ghost
In Our Time
Music for Millions
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
It Happened Tomorrow
In Society
Trocadero
Together again
Laura
Here Come the Waves
Phantom Lady
Hail the Conquering Hero
The Lodger
Her Primitive Man
Strange Affair
Roger Touhy, Gangster

1945
Adventure
Her Highness and the Bellboy
Mildred Pierce
State Fair
Zombies on Broadway
Diamond Horseshoe
Conflict
Week-End at the Waldorf
Incendiary Blonde
Wonder Man
You Came Along
It's in the Bag!
The Affairs of Susan
She Went to the Races
The Missing Corpse
Delightfully Dangerous
Masquerade in Mexico
Hold That Blonde!
It's a Pleasure
The Crime Doctor's Warning
I'll Remember April

1946
The Big Sleep
The Blue Dahlia
The Dark Mirror
Deception
The Jolson Story
Notorious
One More Tomorrow
The Razor's Edge
A Stolen Life
Gilda
The Locket
Till the Clouds Roll by
Mr. Ace
Humoresque
The Chase
Because of Him
The Kid from Brooklyn
Undercurrent
Do You Love Me
The Walls Came Tumbling Down
Two Smart People
Strange Triangle
My Reputation
The Searching Wind
Heartbeat
Her Sister's Secret
Rainbow Over Texas
Song of Arizona
Rendezvous with Annie

1947
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
Cass Timberlane
The Farmer's Daughter
I Walk Alone
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman
Something in the Wind
Song of the Thin Man
Dead Reckoning
Intrigue
The Perils of Pauline
Magic Town
The Unsuspected
Nora Prentiss
Ivy
It Had to Be You
I'll Be Yours
A Double Life
Cry Wolf
Fun on a Weekend
The Fabulous Dorseys
The Lone Wolf in Mexico
Blondie in the Dough

1948
Arch of Triumph
Every Girl Should Be Married
My Dear Secretary
Smart Woman
A Song Is Born
That Wonderful Urge
One Touch of Venus
The Velvet Touch
The Countess of Monte Cristo
The Big Clock
The Babe Ruth Story
Julia Misbehaves
To the Ends of the Earth
A Date with Judy
Family Honeymoon
Sleep, My Love
Romance on the High Seas
On an Island with You
The Noose Hangs High
Whiplash
Parole, Inc.
The Bride Goes Wild
Winter Meeting
You Were Meant for Me
Dream Girl
Let's Live a Little
Good Sam
Trapped by Boston Blackie
Wallflower

1949
The Barkleys of Broadway
Beyond the Forest
The Great Gatsby
My Friend Irma
You're My Everything
Look for the Silver Lining
Red, Hot and Blue
The Accused
Tell It to the Judge
Mighty Joe Young
The Lady Gambles
Sky Liner
Scene of the Crime
Alias Nick Beal
Dear Wife
It's a Great Feeling
Neptune's Daughter
John Loves Mary
Everybody Does It
Slightly French
Father Was a Fullback

1950
All About Eve
Duchess of Idaho
Father of the Bride
A Life of Her Own
Louisa
Nancy Goes to Rio
Young man with a Horn
To Please a Lady
Let's Dance
I Was a Shoplifter
The Petty Girl
My Blue Heaven
The Toast of New Orleans
No Man of Her Own
Edge of Doom
The Big Hangover
Experiment Alcatraz
Walk Softly, Stranger
The Damned Don't Cry
Born to Be Bad
Champagne for Caesar
Tea for Two
Blues Busters
The Great Jewel Robber
I'll Get By
For Heaven's Sake
Paid in Full
Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town
The Jackpot
The Second Woman
Please Believe Me
Mr. Music

1951
Ghost Chasers
Here Comes the Groom
I Can Get It for You Wholesale
People Will Talk
A Place in the Sun
Royal Wedding
Home Town Story
The Great Caruso
Painting the Clouds with Sunshine
Meet Danny Wilson
The Prowler
Operation Pacific
No Questions Asked
The Mating Season
Dear Brat
Texas Carnival
Elopement
Footlight Varieties
On the Riviera
Sunny Side of the Street
The Unknown Man
Lullaby of Broadway
The Law and the Lady
Little Egypt
Meet Me After the Show
Show Boat
Golden Girl
Payment on Demand
His Kind of Woman
Saturday's Hero
Rich, Young and Pretty

1952
The Bad and the Beautiful
Don't Bother to Knock
The Greatest Show on Earth
She's Working Her Way Through College
Singin' in the Rain
Sudden Fear
April in Paris
Aaron Slick from Punkin Crick
Big Jim McLain
Angel Face
Battle Zone
Bloodhounds of Broadway
Breakdown
Just for You
Just This Once
The Jazz Singer
Three for Bedroom C
Washington Story
Above and Beyond
Dreamboat
Something to Live For
Because You're Mine
Sally and Saint Anne
Young Man with Ideas
Somebody Loves Me
Stop, You're Killing Me
Phone Call from a Stranger
Something for the Birds

1953
The Band Wagon
The Caddy
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Tropic Zone
A Blueprint for Murder
Forever Female
Latin Lovers
Scared Stiff
The French Line
The Clown
Houdini
Torch Song
Second Chance
Murder Without Tears
Dangerous Crossing
Call Me Madam
Bad for Each Other
The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms
Calamity Jane
The Bigamist
No Escape
Let's Do It Again
Loose in London
Three Sailors and a Girl
The Maze
The Story of Three Loves
Tonight We Sing
Easy to Love
The Robe
So Big
Small Town Girl
Money from Home
Cruisin' Down the River
Half a Hero
Never Wave at a WAC

1954
Desirée
Dial M for Murder
Executive Suite
The Human Jungle
The Long Wait
Phffft
Rear Window
A Star Is Born
Knock on Wood
Casanova's Big Night
Athena
Dangerous Mission
Her Twelve Men
Lucky Me
Living It Up
Paris Playboys
The Student Prince
White Christmas

1955
Artists and Models
Guys and Dolls
I'll Cry Tomorrow
The Long Gray Line
To Catch a Thief
Battle Cry
Chicago Syndicate
The Girl Rush
The View from Pompey's Head
Strategic Air Command
Ain't Misbehavin'
Interrupted Melody
Three for the Show
The Looters
Illegal
A Lawless Street
Lucy Gallant
Hell's Island
You're Never Too Young
Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops

1956
Around the World in Eighty Days
The Eddy Duchin Story
Runaway Daughters
These Wilder Years
The Swan
The Opposite Sex
The First Traveling Saleslady
The Birds and the Bees
Accused of Murder
Autumn Leaves
Anything Goes
Bundle of Joy
Everything But the Truth
Hot Shots
The Benny Goodman Story
Forever, Darling
Written on the Wind
Meet Me in Las Vegas
Serenade
Giant
Never Say Goodbye
The Price of Fear
Nightfall

1957
Designing Woman
Funny Face
Jailhouse Rock
Sweet Smell of Success
Witness for the Prosecution
Pal Joey
My Man Godfrey
April Love
The Tarnished Angels
Kelly and Me
Beau James
The Helen Morgan Story
The Buster Keaton Story
She Devil
This Could Be the Night

1958
The Buccaneer
Houseboat
I Married a Monster from Outer Space
Vertigo
I Married a Woman
The Fly
Teacher's Pet
Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys!
Too Much, Too Soon
The Matchmaker
Mardi Gras

1959
But Not for Me
Imitation of Life
Beloved Infidel
It Started with a Kiss
Juke Box Rhythm
The Young Philadelphians
North by Northwest
Blue Denim
The Wild and the Innocent
A Private's Affair
The Scarface Mob

1960
G.I. Blues
Home from the Hill
Because They're Young
Seven Thieves
Please Don't Eat the Daisies
The Facts of Life
Song Without End

1961
Pocketful of Miracles
Return to Peyton Place
The Honeymoon Machine
Judgment at Nuremberg
Go Naked in the World
Parrish
The Absent Minded Professor
Blue Hawaii
Babes in Toyland
All in a Night's Work
Teenage Millionaire

1962
Two Weeks in Another Town
The Manchurian Candidate
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
40 Pounds of Trouble
Zotz!
The Notorious Landlady
Who's Got the Action?
Sweet Bird of Youth
Incident in an Alley

1963
For Love or Money
The Thrill of It All
Move Over, Darling
Who's Minding the Store?
Critic's Choice

1964
The Carpetbaggers
Good Neighbor Sam
Bedtime Story
For Those Who Think Young

IMDb: 0283170
VIAF: 38593380