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Bess Flowers

Highest Rated:: 100% Rear Window (1954)
Lowest Rated:: 13% Anthony Adverse (1936)

Birthday:: Nov 23, 1898
Birthplace:: Not Available
Bio:: The faces of most movie extras are unmemorable blurs in the public's memory. Not so the elegant, statuesque Bess Flowers, who was crowned by appreciative film buffs as "Queen of the Hollywood Dress Extras." After studying drama (against her father's wishes) at the Carnegie Inst of Technology,…

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Range of Movie T-meters: 13% - 100%

Number of Movies: 111

Box Office Since 2001: --

Year	Rating	Title	Credit	Box Office
1964		Good Neighbor Sam	Mrs. Burke	--
1963		Move Over Darling	Woman	--
1962	98%	The Manchurian Candidate	Gomel's Lady Counterpart	--
1958	83%	Imitation of Life	Geraldine Moore	--
1958		Too Much Too Soon	Actor	--
1957	75%	Pal Joey	Person	--
1956	86%	Autumn Leaves	Actor	--
1954		The French Line	Saleslady	--
1954	96%	A Star Is Born	Actor	--
1954	100%	Rear Window	Woman with Poodle	--
1953	95%	The Bad and the Beautiful	Joe's Friend at Party	--
1953	100%	The Band Wagon	Lady on Train	--
1953	80%	Angel Face	Barrett's Secretary	--
1953		3 Sailors And A Girl	Actor	--
1952		Just for You	Actor	--
1952	42%	The Greatest Show on Earth	Spectator	--
1951		I Can Get it For You Wholesale	Saleswoman	--
1951		Lullaby of Broadway	Passenger on Ship	--
1951		The Unknown Man	Guest	--
1951		Texas Carnival	Actor	--
1951	90%	Royal Wedding	Woman Guest	--
1950	100%	All About Eve	Well-Wisher	--
1950		The Woman on Pier 13 (I Married a Communist)	Secretary	--
1950		Born to Be Bad	Mrs. Worthington	--
1950		Nancy Goes to Rio	Party Guest	--
1950		Let's Dance	Guest	--
1949	60%	The Barkleys of Broadway	Guest in Theater Lobby	--
1949		Father Was a Fullback	Woman	--
1948		Dream Girl	Social secretary	--
1948	100%	The Big Clock	Stylist in Conference Room	--
1948		That Wonderful Urge	Party Guest	--
1948		Good Sam	Parent	--
1948		The Velvet Touch	Woman at Party	--
1948		The Noose Hangs High	Patient	--
1947		The Perils of Pauline	Reporter	--
1947		The Farmer's Daughter	Woman	--
1947		Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman	Woman	--
1947		Ivy	Set Rehearsal	--
1947	80%	Song of the Thin Man	Jessica Thayer	--
1947		Cass Timberlane	Mary Ann Milligan	--
1947	80%	The Secret Life of Walter Mitty	Illustrator	--
1946		Deception	Actor	--
1946	83%	The Razor's Edge	Matron	--
1946		Undercurrent	Actor	--
1945		Week-End at the Waldorf (Weekend at the Waldorf)	Guest	--
1945		Adventure	Modiste	--
1944	50%	Mr. Skeffington	Mrs. Thatcher	--
1944		The Mummy's Ghost	Mapleton Woman	--
1944	100%	The Woman in the Window	Bar Extra	--
1944	96%	Double Indemnity	Norton's Secretary	--
1943		Dangerous Blondes	Madge Lawrence	--
1943		Girl Crazy	Committee Woman	--
1943		So This Is Washington	Actor	--
1943		Mad Ghoul	Actor	--
1942		Thunder Birds	Nurse	--
1942		Pittsburgh	Woman	--
1942		Springtime in the Rockies	Mrs. Jeepers	--
1941		Life Begins for Andy Hardy	Secretary	--
1941	93%	Penny Serenade	Mother	--
1941		Ziegfeld Girl	Palm Beach Casino Patron	--
1941		Three Girls About Town	Mortician's Wife	--
1941	100%	The Lady Eve	Actor	--
1941	25%	Two-Faced Woman	Receptionist	--
1941	88%	Meet John Doe	Matie Newspaper Secretary	--
1941		The Flame of New Orleans	Party guest	--
1940		'Till We Meet Again	Passenger	--
1940		Johnny Apollo	Secretary	--
1940		The Boys from Syracuse	Woman	--
1939		Sergeant Madden	Reception Nurse	--
1939	86%	Love Affair	Couple on Deck	--
1939		5th Ave Girl (Fifth Avenue Girl)	Woman in Nightclub	--
1939	97%	Ninotchka	Gossip	--
1938	96%	You Can't Take It with You	Actor	--
1938		I Am the Law	Secretary	--
1938		The Shining Hour	Nurse	--
1938		That Certain Age	Actor	--
1938	100%	Holiday	Dorothy's Party Guest	--
1937		Last Train from Madrid	Saleswoman	--
1937	83%	One Hundred Men and a Girl	Party Guest	--
1937		Ever Since Eve	Dance Extra	--
1937	91%	The Awful Truth	Viola Heath	--
1937		When You're in Love	Actor	--
1936	100%	Swing Time	Actor	--
1936	100%	My Man Godfrey	Party Guest	--
1936	13%	Anthony Adverse	Nun	--
1936		The Golden Arrow	Miss Hackett	--
1936	94%	Mr. Deeds Goes to Town	Bit part	--
1936		One in a Million	Woman in Box	--
1935		The Irish in Us	Lady in Ring	--
1935	100%	The Whole Town's Talking (Passport to Fame)	Secretary	--
1935		She Couldn't Take It (Woman Tamer)	Actor	--
1935		She Married Her Boss	Woman	--
1935		Hands Across the Table	Diner	--
1935		The Girl from 10th Avenue	Woman Guest	--
1934		Hollywood Party	Opening Scenes Dress Extra	--
1934		Stand Up and Cheer!	Actor	--
1934	98%	It Happened One Night	Secretary	--
1934		I've Got Your Number	Miss Banks	--
1934		Broadway Bill	Secretary	--
1934		Change of Heart	Party Guest	--
1933		Hard to Handle	Merrill's secretary	--
1932	100%	One Hour With You	Party Extra	--
1932		If I Had a Million	Customer	--
1932		Sinister Hands	Mary Browne	--
1931		Bachelor Apartment	Charlotte	--
1931		Ten Cents a Dance	Bridge Player	--
1931		Strangers May Kiss	Dining Extra	--
1931		A Free Soul	Birthday Party Guest	--
1929		Linda	Annette Whittmore	--
1928		We Faw Down We Slip Up	Actor	--
1926		Irene	Jane Gilmour	--

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1. Russian Visa Official: Well everything is in order. I hope you will enjoy your trip to Russia, Madame.
2. Gossip: Thank you. Oh, by the way, I've heard so many rumors about laundry conditions in Russia. Is it advisable to take one's own towels?
3. Russian Visa Official: Certainly not Madame. That is only capitalistic propaganda. We change the towel every week.
From Ninotchka. Submitted by Christopher B (44 days ago)

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