- She appeared in five Best Picture Academy Award winners: It Happened One Night (1934), You Can't Take It with You (1938), All About Eve (1950), The Greatest Show on Earth (1952) and Around the World in 80 Days (1956). In addition to those five films, she also appeared in 20 others which were nominated for Best Picture: One Hour with You (1932), Anthony Adverse (1936), Dodsworth (1936), Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936), The Awful Truth (1937), One Hundred Men and a Girl (1937), In Old Chicago (1938), Love Affair (1939), Ninotchka (1939), Heaven Can Wait (1943), Watch on the Rhine (1943), Double Indemnity (1944), Mildred Pierce (1945), The Razor's Edge (1946), Father of the Bride (1950), A Place in the Sun (1951), The Robe (1953), Giant (1956), Witness for the Prosecution (1957) and Judgment at Nuremberg (1961).
- Her only child, a daughter Patricia E. Tate, died on August 1, 1972 at age 48.
- Flowers is on record as saying Frank Capra, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, and Gregory La Cava are the directors she admires most.
- 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'.
- Her first husband, Cullen Tate, was Cecil B. DeMille's assistant director. After their divorce, she married William S. Holman, a studio manager at Columbia Studios.
- Did TV commercials for Chevrolet.
- Gave birth to her only child at age 25, a daughter Patricia E. Tate on January 29, 1924. Child's father is her first husband, Cullen Tate.
- Was a favorite of director James Cruze, who used her in most of his films after "Hollywood" in 1923. She was also a favorite of Frank Capra's.
- Was honored with a fan club.
- She lived her last twenty years until 1984 in the Motion Picture & Television Country House in Woodland Hills, California.
- Played over 600 bit parts between 1923 and 1964.
- She was a charter member when the Screen Extras Guild was formed and served on the Board of Directors.
- According to a news article from 1926, Flowers was First National Pictures' resident hand double. Her hands were frequently used in closeups for other, better-known actresses.
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