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