Acting
131
Woman
18 Dec 1913
20 Nov 1989 (75)
Roanoke, Virginia, USA
Lynn Bari
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!"
Year | Movie / TV show / Other | Role |
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2015 | Johnny Walker | Christine Faber (archive footage) |
1968 | The Young Runaways | Mrs. Donford |
1966 | The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. | |
1965 | The F.B.I. | Belinda |
1962 | Trauma | Helen Garrison |
1962 | Six Gun Law | Mrs. Simmons |
1961 | Ben Casey | |
1961 | Everglades | |
1961 | The New Breed | Mrs. Grace |
1960 | The Aquanauts | Ann Nincel |
1960 | Michael Shayne | |
1959 | Law of the Plainsman | Constance Valeri |
1958 | Bronco | Amy Biggs |
1958 | Damn Citizen | Pat Noble |
1957 | Perry Mason | Sylvia Cord |
1957 | Perry Mason | Ruth Duncan |
1956 | The Women of Pitcairn Island | Maimiti |
1955 | Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops | Leota Van Cleef |
1955 | Science Fiction Theatre | |
1954 | Francis Joins the WACS | Louise Simpson |
1954 | Climax! | Mrs. Combie |
1954 | Studio 57 | |
1953 | City Detective | |
1952 | Has Anybody Seen My Gal? | Harriet Blaisdell |
1952 | I Dream of Jeanie | Mrs. McDowell |
1952 | Boss Lady | |
1951 | I'd Climb the Highest Mountain | Mrs. Billywith |
1951 | On the Loose | Larry Lindsay |
1951 | Sunny Side of the Street | Mary |
1950 | Lux Video Theatre | Kay Plumber |
1950 | Lux Video Theatre | Millie Drake |
1950 | Lux Video Theatre | Evelyn |
1950 | Lux Video Theatre | Anita Cooper |
1949 | The Kid from Cleveland | Katherine Jackson |
1948 | The Amazing Mr. X | Christine Faber |
1948 | The Man from Texas | Charlie Jackson |
1946 | Shock | Nurse Elaine Jordan |
1946 | Nocturne | Frances Ransom |
1946 | Margie | Miss Isabel Palmer |
1946 | Home Sweet Homicide | Marian Carstairs |
1945 | Captain Eddie | Adelaide Frost Rickenbacker |
1944 | Sweet and Low-Down | Pat Stirling |
1944 | Tampico | Katherine Hall |
1944 | The Bridge of San Luis Rey | Michaela Villegas |
1944 | Take It or Leave It | Herself |
1943 | Hello, Frisco, Hello | Bernice Croft |
1942 | The Falcon Takes Over | Ann Riordan |
1942 | China Girl | Captain Fifi |
1942 | Orchestra Wives | Jaynie Stevens |
1942 | The Magnificent Dope | Claire Harris |
1942 | The Night Before the Divorce | Lynn Nordyke |
1942 | Secret Agent of Japan | Kay Murdock |
1941 | Blood and Sand | Encarnacion |
1941 | Sun Valley Serenade | Vivian Dawn |
1941 | Sleepers West | Kay Bentley |
1941 | The Perfect Snob | Chris Mason |
1941 | We Go Fast | Rose Coughlin |
1941 | Screen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1 | Self |
1941 | Moon Over Her Shoulder | Susan Rossiter |
1940 | Kit Carson | Dolores Murphy |
1940 | Lillian Russell | Edna McCauley |
1940 | City of Chance | Julie Reynolds |
1940 | Earthbound | Linda Reynolds |
1940 | Pier 13 | Sally Kelly |
1940 | Free, Blonde and 21 | Carol Northrup |
1940 | Charter Pilot | Marge Duncan |
1939 | City in Darkness | Marie Dubon |
1939 | Hollywood Cavalcade | Actress |
1939 | Pack Up Your Troubles | Yvonne |
1939 | The Return of the Cisco Kid | Ann Carver |
1939 | News Is Made at Night | Maxine Thomas |
1939 | Hotel for Women | Barbara Hunter] |
1939 | Chasing Danger | Renée Claire |
1939 | Pardon Our Nerve | Terry Wilson |
1938 | Mr. Moto's Gamble | Penny Kendall |
1938 | The Baroness and the Butler | Klari - Maid |
1938 | Always Goodbye | Jessica Reid |
1938 | I'll Give a Million | Cecelia |
1938 | Battle of Broadway | Marjorie Clark |
1938 | Josette | Mrs. Elaine Dupree |
1938 | Walking Down Broadway | Sandra De Voe |
1938 | Meet the Girls | Terry Wilson |
1938 | Speed to Burn | Marion Clark |
1938 | Sharpshooters | Dianne Woodward |
1937 | This Is My Affair | Party Guest with Keller (uncredited) |
1937 | Café Metropole | Patron at Sidewalk Café (uncredited) |
1937 | Love Is News | 'Babe' - Switchboard Operator (uncredited) |
1937 | Time Out for Romance | Bridesmaid |
1937 | Lancer Spy | Miss Fenwick |
1937 | She Had to Eat | Crowd Scene Participant (uncredited) |
1937 | You Can't Have Everything | Girl in YWCA (uncredited) |
1937 | On the Avenue | Mary Jackson (uncredited) |
1937 | Fair Warning | Counter girl |
1937 | Wife, Doctor and Nurse | Party Girl |
1937 | Woman-Wise | Secretary (uncredited) |
1937 | Love and Hisses | Nightclub Patron (uncredited) |
1936 | Pigskin Parade | Football Game Spectator (uncredited) |
1936 | Crack-Up | Office Worker (uncredited) |
1936 | Ladies In Love | Dress Shop Clerk (uncredited) |
1936 | 36 Hours to Kill | Traveler |
1936 | King of Burlesque | Dancer (uncredited) |
1936 | Sing, Baby, Sing | Hotel Telephone Operator |
1936 | Private Number | Gambler (Uncredited) |
1936 | Under Your Spell | Airplane Passenger (uncredited) |
1936 | My Marriage | Pat |
1935 | Charlie Chan in Paris | Club Patron (uncredited) |
1935 | Pirate Party on Catalina Isle | Girl on Sailboat (uncredited) |
1935 | The Gay Deception | Milk Fund Ball Attendee (uncredited) |
1935 | Thanks a Million | Phone Operator (uncredited) |
1935 | Under Pressure | Blonde Brooklyn Girl (uncredited) |
1935 | Show Them No Mercy! | Crowd Scene Member (uncredited) |
1935 | Spring Tonic | Bridesmaid |
1935 | Way Down East | Dancing Girl at Party (uncredited) |
1935 | $10 Raise | Secretary (uncredited) |
1935 | Music Is Magic | Theatre Cashier (uncredited) |
1935 | Doubting Thomas | Aspiring Actress |
1935 | George White's 1935 Scandals | Chorine (uncredited) |
1935 | The Daring Young Man | Bridesmaid |
1935 | Redheads on Parade | Waitress (uncredited) |
1934 | Stand Up and Cheer! | White House Secretary / Chorine (uncredited) |
1934 | Search for Beauty | Beauty Contestant Entrant (uncredited) |
1934 | Music in the Air | Dancer (uncredited) |
1934 | Bottoms Up | Chorine (uncredited) |
1934 | Coming Out Party | Party Guest |
1934 | Handy Andy | Girl at Train Station (uncredited) |
1934 | David Harum | Young Townswoman (uncredited) |
1934 | Caravan | Gypsy (Uncredited) |
1934 | 365 Nights in Hollywood | Showgirl (uncredited) |
1933 | Dancing Lady | Chorus Girl (uncredited) |
1933 | I Am Suzanne! | Audience Member |
1933 | Meet the Baron | College Girl (uncredited) |