- Nascido(a) em
- Falecido(a) em28 de julho de 1984 · Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, Califórnia, EUA (não revelado)
- Apelidos
- Queen of the Hollywood Extras
- Queen of the Dress Extras
- Altura1,73 m
- Bess Flowers nasceu o 23 de novembro de 1898 em Texas, EUA. Era atriz e foi conhecida pelo seu trabalho em Maridos Muito Vivos (1928), Hands Across the Border (1926) e Alma Sem Pudor (1950). Foi casada com William S. Holman e Cullen Tate. Morreu o 28 de julho de 1984 em Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, Califórnia, EUA.
- CônjugesWilliam S. Holman(agosto de 1929 - 1930) (divorciado (a))Cullen Tate(2 de setembro de 1923 - 1928) (divorciado (a), 1 criança)
- CriançasPatricia E. Tate
- She appeared in five Best Picture Academy Award winners: Aconteceu Naquela Noite (1934), Do Mundo Nada se Leva (1938), A Malvada (1950), O Maior Espetáculo da Terra (1952) and A Volta ao Mundo em 80 Dias (1956). In addition to those five films, she also appeared in 20 others which were nominated for Best Picture: Uma Hora Contigo (1932), Adversidade (1936), Fogo de Outono (1936), O Galante Mr. Deeds (1936), Cupido é Moleque Teimoso (1937), 100 Homens e uma Menina (1937), Na Velha Chicago (1938), Duas Vidas (1939), Ninotchka (1939), O Diabo Disse Não (1943), Horas de Tormenta (1943), Pacto de Sangue (1944), Alma em Suplício (1945), O Fio da Navalha (1946), O Papai da Noiva (1950), Um Lugar ao Sol (1951), O Manto Sagrado (1953), Assim Caminha a Humanidade (1956), Testemunha de Acusação (1957) and Julgamento em Nuremberg (1961).
- She is believed to have been the most prolific actress in Hollywood, having appeared in over 800 films, including 25 Best Picture nominees, of which 5 were Best Picture winners. Her career lasted 41 years, and she was affectionately known as the 'Queen of the Hollywood Extras'.
- Flowers is on record as saying Frank Capra, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, and Gregory La Cava are the directors she admires most.
- Her only child, a daughter Patricia E. Tate, died on August 1, 1972 at age 48.
- Did TV commercials for Chevrolet.
- [Asked about her career philosophy] I made a good living. I'm lazy, from the South, so I never took anything that was hard. I was always good to Bess.
- I was always clothes-conscious. I wanted to be an individual always, never one of the horde. Mitch Leisen started making clothes for me at Paramount, when he was head designer there. He used to rave about my figure, and he introduced me to Walter Plunkett at MGM as a wearer of beautiful clothes
- I admired Chaplin so extravagantly. He introduced me to Rupert Brooke's poetry. If he couldn't start a scene, he'd go back in the flaps and play the violin until he got an inspiration. Then he'd come out and do the scene.
- My father was very strict, and when I had a date, my poppa came in and just bawled the boy out, and I was furious with my father. My momma used to keep extra money in the sugar bowl, and I thought to myself, 'Well, I'm going to take that money, and I'm going to New York', because I wanted to be an actress. As I went to the station, I saw a great big sign with oranges growing which said California, and I said, 'What the devil! I'll go to California and get in pictures!' And so I did. I got a job the first day I went on an interview.
- Once I rushed to go for an interview at some studio, and the man had his feet up on the desk. Well, I walked out - I wouldn't even stay and talk to him because I don't approve of a man meeting a woman with his feet up on the desk. I have principles and ethics for myself, and I don't cut them one damn bit to work.
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