Lynn Bari
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1913-12-18
Day of Death
1989-11-20 (75 years old)
Place of Birth
Roanoke, Virginia, USA
Lynn Bari
Biography
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!"
Known For
Acting
(2015)
Johnny Walker
as Christine Faber (archive footage)
(1968)
The Young Runaways
as Mrs. Donford
(1962)
Trauma
as Helen Garrison
(1962)
Six Gun Law
as Mrs. Simmons
(1958)
Damn Citizen
as Pat Noble
(1956)
The Women of Pitcairn Island
as Maimiti
(1955)
Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops
as Leota Van Cleef
(1954)
Francis Joins the WACS
as Louise Simpson
(1952)
Has Anybody Seen My Gal?
as Harriet Blaisdell
(1952)
I Dream of Jeanie
as Mrs. McDowell
(1951)
I'd Climb the Highest Mountain
as Mrs. Billywith
(1951)
On the Loose
as Larry Lindsay
(1951)
Sunny Side of the Street
as Mary
(1949)
The Kid from Cleveland
as Katherine Jackson
(1948)
The Amazing Mr. X
as Christine Faber
(1948)
The Man from Texas
as Charlie Jackson
(1946)
Margie
as Miss Isabel Palmer
(1946)
Home Sweet Homicide
as Marian Carstairs
(1946)
Shock
as Nurse Elaine Jordan
(1946)
Nocturne
as Frances Ransom
(1945)
Captain Eddie
as Adelaide Frost Rickenbacker
(1944)
Tampico
as Katherine Hall
(1944)
Take It or Leave It
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1944)
Sweet and Low-Down
as Pat Stirling
(1944)
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
as Michaela Villegas
(1943)
Hello, Frisco, Hello
as Bernice Croft
(1942)
The Falcon Takes Over
as Ann Riordan
(1942)
The Night Before the Divorce
as Lynn Nordyke
(1942)
Secret Agent of Japan
as Kay Murdock
(1942)
The Magnificent Dope
as Claire Harris
(1942)
Orchestra Wives
as Jaynie Stevens
(1942)
China Girl
as Captain Fifi
(1941)
We Go Fast
as Rose Coughlin
(1941)
Sleepers West
as Kay Bentley
(1941)
The Perfect Snob
as Chris Mason
(1941)
(1941)
Sun Valley Serenade
as Vivian Dawn
(1941)
Blood and Sand
as Encarnacion
(1941)
Moon Over Her Shoulder
as Susan Rossiter
(1940)
City of Chance
as Julie Reynolds
(1940)
Kit Carson
as Dolores Murphy
(1940)
Pier 13
as Sally Kelly
(1940)
Charter Pilot
as Marge Duncan
(1940)
Earthbound
as Linda Reynolds
(1940)
Lillian Russell
as Edna McCauley
(1940)
Free, Blonde and 21
as Carol Northrup
(1939)
Hollywood Cavalcade
as Actress
(1939)
Hotel for Women
as Barbara Hunter
(1939)
The Return of the Cisco Kid
as Ann Carver
(1939)
Pardon Our Nerve
as Terry Wilson
(1939)
City in Darkness
as Marie Dubon
(1939)
News Is Made at Night
as Maxine Thomas
(1939)
Pack Up Your Troubles
as Yvonne
(1939)
Chasing Danger
as Renée Claire
(1938)
The Baroness and the Butler
as Klari - Maid
(1938)
Speed to Burn
as Marion Clark
(1938)
Josette
as Mrs. Elaine Dupree
(1938)
Sharpshooters
as Dianne Woodward
(1938)
Walking Down Broadway
as Sandra De Voe
(1938)
Always Goodbye
as Jessica Reid
(1938)
Battle of Broadway
as Marjorie Clark
(1938)
I'll Give a Million
as Cecelia
(1938)
Meet the Girls
as Terry Wilson
(1938)
Mr. Moto's Gamble
as Penny Kendall
(1937)
She Had to Eat
as Crowd Scene Participant (uncredited)
(1937)
Lancer Spy
as Miss Fenwick
(1937)
Café Metropole
as Patron at Sidewalk Café (uncredited)
(1937)
Fair Warning
as Counter girl
(1937)
On the Avenue
as Mary Jackson (uncredited)
(1937)
Woman-Wise
as Secretary (uncredited)
(1937)
Time Out for Romance
as Bridesmaid
(1937)
Love and Hisses
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
(1937)
Wife, Doctor and Nurse
as Party Girl
(1937)
You Can't Have Everything
as Girl in YWCA (uncredited)
(1937)
This Is My Affair
as Party Guest with Keller (uncredited)
(1937)
Love Is News
as 'Babe' - Switchboard Operator (uncredited)
(1936)
King of Burlesque
as Dancer (uncredited)
(1936)
Private Number
as Gambler (Uncredited)
(1936)
36 Hours to Kill
as Traveler
(1936)
Sing, Baby, Sing
as Hotel Telephone Operator
(1936)
Ladies in Love
as Dress Shop Clerk (uncredited)
(1936)
Under Your Spell
as Airplane Passenger (uncredited)
(1936)
Pigskin Parade
as Football Game Spectator (uncredited)
(1936)
Everybody's Old Man
as Secretary, Miss Burke
(1936)
My Marriage
as Pat
(1936)
Crack-Up
as Office Worker (uncredited)
(1935)
George White's 1935 Scandals
as Chorine (uncredited)
(1935)
George White's 1935 Scandals
as Chorine
(1935)
Spring Tonic
as Bridesmaid
(1935)
The Daring Young Man
as Bridesmaid
(1935)
Thanks a Million
as Phone Operator (uncredited)
(1935)
Professional Soldier
as Gypsy Dancer
(1935)
Under Pressure
as Blonde Brooklyn Girl (uncredited)
(1935)
Music Is Magic
as Theatre Cashier (uncredited)
(1935)
Show Them No Mercy!
as Crowd Scene Member (uncredited)
(1935)
Doubting Thomas
as Aspiring Actress
(1935)
Pirate Party on Catalina Isle
as Girl on Sailboat (uncredited)
(1935)
$10 Raise
as Secretary (uncredited)
(1935)
Redheads on Parade
as Waitress (uncredited)
(1935)
Charlie Chan in Paris
as Club Patron (uncredited)
(1935)
Way Down East
as Dancing Girl at Party (uncredited)
(1935)
The Gay Deception
as Milk Fund Ball Attendee (uncredited)
(1934)
Music in the Air
as Dancer (uncredited)
(1934)
Handy Andy
as Girl at Train Station (uncredited)
(1934)
Bottoms Up
as Chorine (uncredited)
(1934)
Caravan
as Gypsy (Uncredited)
(1934)
Stand Up and Cheer!
as White House Secretary / Chorine (uncredited)
(1934)
Coming Out Party
as Party Guest
(1934)
365 Nights in Hollywood
as Showgirl (uncredited)
(1934)
Search for Beauty
as Beauty Contestant Entrant (uncredited)
(1934)
David Harum
as Young Townswoman (uncredited)
(1933)
I Am Suzanne!
as Audience Member
(1933)
Meet the Baron
as College Girl (uncredited)
(1933)
Dancing Lady
as Chorus Girl (uncredited)