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