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