Lynn Bari
Acting
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Lynn Bari (born Margaret Schuyler Fisher, December 18, 1913 – November 20, 1989) was a film actress who specialized in playing sultry, statuesque man-killers in roughly 150 20th Century Fox films from the early 1930s through the 1940s. Bari was one of 14 young women "launched on the trail of film stardom" August 6, 1935, when they each received a six-month contract with 20th Century Fox after spending 18 months in the company's training school. The contracts included a studio option for renewal for as long as seven years. In most of her early films, Bari had uncredited parts usually playing receptionists or chorus girls. She struggled to find starring roles in films, but accepted any work she could get. Rare leading roles included China Girl (1942), Hello, Frisco, Hello (1943), and The Spiritualist (1948). In B movies, Lynn was usually cast as a villainess, notably Shock and Nocturne (both 1946). An exception was The Bridge of San Luis Rey (1944). During WWII, according to a survey taken of GIs, Bari was the second-most popular pinup girl after the much better-known Betty Grable. Bari's film career fizzled out in the early 1950s as she was approaching her 40th birthday, although she continued to work at a more limited pace over the next two decades, now playing matronly characters rather than temptresses. She portrayed the mother of a suicidal teenager in a 1951 drama, On the Loose, plus a number of supporting parts. Bari's last film appearance was as the mother of rebellious teenager Patty McCormack in The Young Runaways (1968) and her final TV appearances were in episodes of The Girl From U.N.C.L.E. and The FBI. She quickly took up the rising medium of television during the '50s, which began when she starred in the live television sitcom Detective's Wife, which ran during the summer of 1950, and in Boss Lady In 1955, Bari appeared in the episode "The Beautiful Miss X" of Rod Cameron's syndicated crime drama City Detective. In 1960, she played female bandit Belle Starr in the debut episode "Perilous Passage" of the NBC western series Overland Trail starring William Bendix and Doug McClure and with fellow guest star Robert J. Wilke as Cole Younger. From July–September 1952, Bari starred in her own situation comedy, Boss Lady, a summer replacement for NBC's Fireside Theater. She portrayed Gwen F. Allen, the beautiful top executive of a construction firm. Not the least of her troubles in the role was being able to hire a general manager who did not fall in love with her. Commenting on her "other woman" roles, Bari once said, "I seem to be a woman always with a gun in her purse. I'm terrified of guns. I go from one set to the other shooting people and stealing husbands!"
TV Shows(16)
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
Miss Twickum
1966
The F.B.I.
Belinda
1965
Everglades
1961
The New Breed
Mrs. Grace
1961
Ben Casey
1961
Michael Shayne
1960
The Aquanauts
Ann Nincel
1960
Law of the Plainsman
Constance Valeri
1959
Bronco
Amy Biggs
1958
Perry Mason
Sylvia Cord
1957
Science Fiction Theatre
1955
Climax!
Mrs. Combie
1954
Studio 57
1954
City Detective
1953
Boss Lady
Gwen Allen
1952
Lux Video Theatre
Kay Plumber
1950
Movies(113)
Johnny Walker
Christine Faber (archive footage)
2015
The Young Runaways
Mrs. Donford
1968
Six Gun Law
Mrs. Simmons
1962
Trauma
Helen Garrison
1962
Damn Citizen
Pat Noble
1958
The Women of Pitcairn Island
Maimiti
1956
Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops
Leota Van Cleef
1955
Francis Joins the WACS
Louise Simpson
1954
Has Anybody Seen My Gal?
Harriet Blaisdell
1952
I Dream of Jeanie
Mrs. McDowell
1952
On the Loose
Larry Lindsay
1951
Sunny Side of the Street
Mary
1951
I'd Climb the Highest Mountain
Mrs. Billywith
1951
The Kid from Cleveland
Katherine Jackson
1949
The Amazing Mr. X
Christine Faber
1948
The Man from Texas
Charlie Jackson
1948
Nocturne
Frances Ransom
1946
Margie
Miss Isabel Palmer
1946
Home Sweet Homicide
Marian Carstairs
1946
Shock
Nurse Elaine Jordan
1946
Captain Eddie
Adelaide Frost Rickenbacker
1945
Sweet and Low-Down
Pat Stirling
1944
Take It or Leave It
(archive footage) (uncredited)
1944
Tampico
Katherine Hall
1944
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
Michaela Villegas
1944
Hello, Frisco, Hello
Bernice Croft
1943
China Girl
Captain Fifi
1942
Orchestra Wives
Jaynie Stevens
1942
The Magnificent Dope
Claire Harris
1942
The Falcon Takes Over
Ann Riordan
1942
Secret Agent of Japan
Kay Murdock
1942
The Night Before the Divorce
Lynn Nordyke
1942
The Perfect Snob
Chris Mason
1941
Moon Over Her Shoulder
Susan Rossiter
1941
We Go Fast
Rose Coughlin
1941
Sun Valley Serenade
Vivian Dawn
1941
Screen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1
Self
1941
Blood and Sand
Encarnacion
1941
Sleepers West
Kay Bentley
1941
Charter Pilot
Marge Duncan
1940
Kit Carson
Dolores Murphy
1940
Pier 13
Sally Kelly
1940
Earthbound
Linda Reynolds
1940
Lillian Russell
Edna McCauley
1940
Free, Blonde and 21
Carol Northrup
1940
City of Chance
Julie Reynolds
1940
City in Darkness
Marie Dubon
1939
Pack Up Your Troubles
Yvonne
1939
Hollywood Cavalcade
Actress
1939
Hotel for Women
Barbara Hunter
1939
News Is Made at Night
Maxine Thomas
1939
Chasing Danger
Renée Claire
1939
The Return of the Cisco Kid
Ann Carver
1939
Pardon Our Nerve
Terry Wilson
1939
Sharpshooters
Dianne Woodward
1938
Meet the Girls
Terry Wilson
1938
I'll Give a Million
Cecelia
1938
Always Goodbye
Jessica Reid
1938
Speed to Burn
Marion Clark
1938
Josette
Mrs. Elaine Dupree
1938
Battle of Broadway
Marjorie Clark
1938
Mr. Moto's Gamble
Penny Kendall
1938
Walking Down Broadway
Sandra De Voe
1938
The Baroness and the Butler
Klari - Maid
1938
Love and Hisses
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
1937
Lancer Spy
Miss Fenwick
1937
Wife, Doctor and Nurse
Party Girl
1937
You Can't Have Everything
Girl in YWCA (uncredited)
1937
She Had to Eat
Crowd Scene Participant (uncredited)
1937
This Is My Affair
Party Guest with Keller (uncredited)
1937
Café Metropole
Patron at Sidewalk Café (uncredited)
1937
Fair Warning
Counter girl
1937
Love Is News
'Babe' - Switchboard Operator (uncredited)
1937
On the Avenue
Mary Jackson (uncredited)
1937
Time Out for Romance
Bridesmaid
1937
Woman-Wise
Secretary (uncredited)
1937
Crack-Up
Office Worker (uncredited)
1936
Under Your Spell
Airplane Passenger (uncredited)
1936
Pigskin Parade
Football Game Spectator (uncredited)
1936
Ladies in Love
Dress Shop Clerk (uncredited)
1936
Sing, Baby, Sing
Hotel Telephone Operator
1936
36 Hours to Kill
Traveler
1936
Private Number
Gambler (Uncredited)
1936
Everybody's Old Man
Secretary, Miss Burke
1936
My Marriage
Pat
1936
King of Burlesque
Dancer (uncredited)
1936
Professional Soldier
Gypsy Dancer
1935
Show Them No Mercy!
Crowd Scene Member (uncredited)
1935
Pirate Party on Catalina Isle
Girl on Sailboat (uncredited)
1935
Thanks a Million
Phone Operator (uncredited)
1935
Music Is Magic
Theatre Cashier (uncredited)
1935
Way Down East
Dancing Girl at Party (uncredited)
1935
The Gay Deception
Milk Fund Ball Attendee (uncredited)
1935
Redheads on Parade
Waitress (uncredited)
1935
The Daring Young Man
Bridesmaid
1935
Doubting Thomas
Aspiring Actress
1935
Spring Tonic
Bridesmaid
1935
$10 Raise
Secretary (uncredited)
1935
George White's 1935 Scandals
Chorine (uncredited)
1935
Under Pressure
Blonde Brooklyn Girl (uncredited)
1935
Charlie Chan in Paris
Club Patron (uncredited)
1935
Caravan
Gypsy (Uncredited)
1934
Music in the Air
Dancer (uncredited)
1934
365 Nights in Hollywood
Showgirl (uncredited)
1934
Handy Andy
Girl at Train Station (uncredited)
1934
Stand Up and Cheer!
White House Secretary / Chorine (uncredited)
1934
Bottoms Up
Chorine (uncredited)
1934
Coming Out Party
Party Guest
1934
David Harum
Young Townswoman (uncredited)
1934
Search for Beauty
Beauty Contestant Entrant (uncredited)
1934
I Am Suzanne!
Audience Member
1933
Dancing Lady
Chorus Girl (uncredited)
1933
Meet the Baron
College Girl (uncredited)
1933