Lynn Bari
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- December 18, 1913
- Died
- November 20, 1989 (aged 75)
- Birthplace
- Roanoke, Virginia, USA
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!"
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Filmography
Johnny Walker
Movie · as Christine Faber (archive footage)
The Young Runaways
Movie · as Mrs. Donford
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
TV · as Miss Twickum · 1 ep
The F.B.I.
TV · as Belinda · 1 ep
Trauma
Movie · as Helen Garrison
Six Gun Law
Movie · as Mrs. Simmons
Everglades
TV · 1 ep
Ben Casey
TV · 1 ep
The New Breed
TV · as Mrs. Grace · 1 ep
The Aquanauts
TV · as Ann Nincel · 1 ep
Michael Shayne
TV · 1 ep
Law of the Plainsman
TV · as Constance Valeri · 1 ep
Damn Citizen
Movie · as Pat Noble
Bronco
TV · as Amy Biggs · 1 ep
Perry Mason
TV · as Sylvia Cord, Ruth Duncan · 1 ep
The Women of Pitcairn Island
Movie · as Maimiti
Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops
Movie · as Leota Van Cleef
Science Fiction Theatre
TV · 1 ep
Francis Joins the WACS
Movie · as Louise Simpson
Climax!
TV · as Mrs. Combie · 1 ep
Studio 57
TV · 1 ep
City Detective
TV · 2 eps
Has Anybody Seen My Gal?
Movie · as Harriet Blaisdell
I Dream of Jeanie
Movie · as Mrs. McDowell
Boss Lady
TV · as Gwen Allen · 12 eps
I'd Climb the Highest Mountain
Movie · as Mrs. Billywith
On the Loose
Movie · as Larry Lindsay
Sunny Side of the Street
Movie · as Mary
Lux Video Theatre
TV · as Kay Plumber, Millie Drake, Evelyn, Anita Cooper · 1 ep
Detective's Wife
TV · as Connie Conway · 14 eps
The Kid from Cleveland
Movie · as Katherine Jackson
The Amazing Mr. X
Movie · as Christine Faber
The Man from Texas
Movie · as Charlie Jackson
Shock
Movie · as Elaine Jordan
Nocturne
Movie · as Frances Ransom
Margie
Movie · as Miss Isabel Palmer
Home Sweet Homicide
Movie · as Marian Carstairs
Captain Eddie
Movie · as Adelaide Frost Rickenbacker
Tampico
Movie · as Katherine Hall
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
Movie · as Michaela Villegas
Sweet and Low-Down
Movie · as Pat Stirling
Take It or Leave It
Movie · as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hello, Frisco, Hello
Movie · as Bernice Croft
Orchestra Wives
Movie · as Jaynie Stevens
The Falcon Takes Over
Movie · as Ann Riordan
China Girl
Movie · as Captain Fifi
The Magnificent Dope
Movie · as Claire Harris
Secret Agent of Japan
Movie · as Kay Murdock
The Night Before the Divorce
Movie · as Lynn Nordyke
Sun Valley Serenade
Movie · as Vivian Dawn
Blood and Sand
Movie · as Encarnacion
Sleepers West
Movie · as Kay Bentley
The Perfect Snob
Movie · as Chris Mason
Screen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1
Movie · as Self
We Go Fast
Movie · as Rose Coughlin
Moon Over Her Shoulder
Movie · as Susan Rossiter
City of Chance
Movie · as Julie Reynolds
Pier 13
Movie · as Sally Kelly
Lillian Russell
Movie · as Edna McCauley
Kit Carson
Movie · as Dolores Murphy
Earthbound
Movie · as Linda Reynolds
Free, Blonde and 21
Movie · as Carol Northrup
Charter Pilot
Movie · as Marge Duncan
City in Darkness
Movie · as Marie Dubon
Hotel for Women
Movie · as Barbara Hunter
Pack Up Your Troubles
Movie · as Yvonne
Hollywood Cavalcade
Movie · as Actress
The Return of the Cisco Kid
Movie · as Ann Carver
News Is Made at Night
Movie · as Maxine Thomas
Chasing Danger
Movie · as Renée Claire
Pardon Our Nerve
Movie · as Terry Wilson
The Baroness and the Butler
Movie · as Klari - Maid
Mr. Moto's Gamble
Movie · as Penny Kendall
Battle of Broadway
Movie · as Marjorie Clark
Always Goodbye
Movie · as Jessica Reid
I'll Give a Million
Movie · as Cecelia
Josette
Movie · as Mrs. Elaine Dupree
Sharpshooters
Movie · as Dianne Woodward
Meet the Girls
Movie · as Terry Wilson
Speed to Burn
Movie · as Marion Clark
Walking Down Broadway
Movie · as Sandra De Voe
City Girl
Movie · as Waitress (uncredited)
Woman-Wise
Movie · as Secretary (uncredited)
Café Metropole
Movie · as Patron at Sidewalk Café (uncredited)
Love and Hisses
Movie · as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
You Can't Have Everything
Movie · as Girl in YWCA (uncredited)
On the Avenue
Movie · as Mary Jackson (uncredited)
Time Out for Romance
Movie · as Bridesmaid
This Is My Affair
Movie · as Party Guest with Keller (uncredited)
Love Is News
Movie · as 'Babe' - Switchboard Operator (uncredited)
Fair Warning
Movie · as Counter girl
Wife, Doctor and Nurse
Movie · as Party Girl
Lancer Spy
Movie · as Miss Fenwick
She Had to Eat
Movie · as Crowd Scene Participant (uncredited)
King of Burlesque
Movie · as Dancer (uncredited)
Under Your Spell
Movie · as Airplane Passenger (uncredited)
Crack-Up
Movie · as Office Worker (uncredited)
My Marriage
Movie · as Pat
Ladies in Love
Movie · as Dress Shop Clerk (uncredited)
36 Hours to Kill
Movie · as Traveler
Sing, Baby, Sing
Movie · as Hotel Telephone Operator
Pigskin Parade
Movie · as Football Game Spectator (uncredited)
Private Number
Movie · as Gambler (Uncredited)
Everybody's Old Man
Movie · as Secretary, Miss Burke
The Gay Deception
Movie · as Milk Fund Ball Attendee (uncredited)
$10 Raise
Movie · as Secretary (uncredited)
Under Pressure
Movie · as Blonde Brooklyn Girl (uncredited)
Charlie Chan in Paris
Movie · as Club Patron (uncredited)
Music Is Magic
Movie · as Theatre Cashier (uncredited)
Way Down East
Movie · as Dancing Girl at Party (uncredited)
Show Them No Mercy!
Movie · as Crowd Scene Member (uncredited)
The Daring Young Man
Movie · as Bridesmaid
Thanks a Million
Movie · as Phone Operator (uncredited)
Doubting Thomas
Movie · as Aspiring Actress
George White's 1935 Scandals
Movie · as Chorine (uncredited)
Redheads on Parade
Movie · as Waitress (uncredited)
Pirate Party on Catalina Isle
Movie · as Girl on Sailboat (uncredited)
Spring Tonic
Movie · as Bridesmaid
Professional Soldier
Movie · as Gypsy Dancer
David Harum
Movie · as Young Townswoman (uncredited)
Stand Up and Cheer!
Movie · as White House Secretary / Chorine (uncredited)
Music in the Air
Movie · as Dancer (uncredited)
Search for Beauty
Movie · as Beauty Contestant Entrant (uncredited)
Bottoms Up
Movie · as Chorine (uncredited)
Caravan
Movie · as Gypsy (Uncredited)
365 Nights in Hollywood
Movie · as Showgirl (uncredited)
Coming Out Party
Movie · as Party Guest
Handy Andy
Movie · as Girl at Train Station (uncredited)
Dancing Lady
Movie · as Chorus Girl (uncredited)
I Am Suzanne!
Movie · as Audience Member
Meet the Baron
Movie · as College Girl (uncredited)