Bess Flowers: The Queen of the Hollywood Extras

[ClassyCo]

I can thank fellow member @darkshadows38 for bring Bess Flowers to my attention. I am stunned that I had never heard of her before, but once I googled her, I realized how many movies where she appears that I have seen.

In a career spanning over forty years, Bess Flowers was well-known for her work as an extra in over three-hundred motion pictures.
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Some of the more noteworthy films in her filmography include:
1930s
A FREE SOUL
IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT
THE WHOLE TOWN'S TALKING
MY MAN GODFREY
TOPPER
THE AWFUL TRUTH
ROSE OF WASHINGTON SQUARE
NINOTCHKA

1940s
BOOM TOWN
THE LADY EVE
THE PALM BEACH STORY
NOW, VOYAGER
DOUBLE INDEMNITY
MILDRED PIERCE
THE BIG SLEEP
THE BACHELOR AND THE BOBBY-SOXER
ROMANCE ON THE HIGH SEAS
THE GREAT GATSBY

1950s
ALL ABOUT EVE
SHOW BOAT
THE BAD AND THE BEAUTIFUL
GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES
A STAR IS BORN
REAR WINDOW
WHITE CHRISTMAS
TO CATCH A THIEF
GIANT
FUNNY FACE
JAILHOUSE ROCK
VERTIGO
NORTH BY NORTHWEST

1960s
PLEASE DON'T EAT THE DAISIES
RETURN TO PEYTON PLACE
BLUE HAWAII
JUDGMENT AT NUREMBURG
SWEET BIRD OF YOUTH
MOVE OVER, DARLING
THE CARPETBAGGERS
GOOD NEIGHBOR SAM​

 

[darkshadows38]

if you look her up even more there's a site that said she did like #1500 movies but that money isn't on IMDB yet as it's at i think 950 i think? either way some of them have scenes deleted for certain films. it's funny that i try and find her in each of these films and i have to look up who she plays cause i forget to look cause she doesn't always have dialog either i don't think.