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Bess Flowers

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Bess Flowers (November 23, 1898 – July 28, 1984) was an American actress best known for her work as an extra in hundreds of films.<ref name="hu">Template:Cite book</ref> She was known as "The Queen of the Hollywood Extras,"<ref name="Feinberg"/> appearing in more than 350 feature films and numerous comedy shorts in her 41-year career.

She holds the record for appearances in films nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture (23).<ref name="Slide_2010">Slide, Anthony. 2010.Silent Players: a Biographical and Autobiographical Study of 100 Silent Film Actors and Actresses. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky. p. 103. Template:ISBN.</ref>

CareerEdit

Born in Sherman, Texas, Flowers' film debut came in 1923, when she appeared in Hollywood.<ref name="fga">Template:Cite journal</ref> 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.Template:Citation needed 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 80 Days.<ref name="Feinberg"/> 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.<ref name="Feinberg"/> Her last movie was Good Neighbor Sam in 1964.<ref name="Slide_2010"/>

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, Flowers helped to found the Screen Extras Guild<ref name=hu/> (active: 1946–1992, then merged with the Screen Actors Guild), where she served as one of its first vice-presidents and recording secretaries.<ref name="Feinberg">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Personal lifeEdit

Flowers was first married on September 2, 1923, in Ventura County, California, to Cullen Tate,<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> an assistant director for Cecil B. DeMille. They had a daughter,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> and they were divorced in 1928 in Los Angeles.Template:Citation needed

DeathEdit

Flowers died on July 28, 1984, at age 85 in the Motion Picture & Television Country House and HospitalTemplate:R in Woodland Hills, California.

Selected filmographyEdit

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1920s
1930s
1940s
1950s
1960s

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