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!"
Acted in 129
2010s
- 2015
Johnny Walker
Christine Faber (archive footage)
1960s
- 1968
The Young Runaways
Mrs. Donford
- 1966
- 1965
- 1962
Six Gun Law
Mrs. Simmons
Trauma
Helen Garrison
- 1961
Everglades
TV
- 1960
Michael Shayne
TV
1950s
- 1959
- 1958
Damn Citizen
Pat Noble
- 1957
- 1956
The Women of Pitcairn Island
Maimiti
- 1955
Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops
Leota Van Cleef
- 1954
Francis Joins the WACS
Louise Simpson
- 1953
- 1952
Boss Lady
Gwen Allen · 12 episodes
Has Anybody Seen My Gal?
Harriet Blaisdell
- 1951
On the Loose
Larry Lindsay
Sunny Side of the Street
Mary
I'd Climb the Highest Mountain
Mrs. Billywith
- 1950
1940s
- 1949
The Kid from Cleveland
Katherine Jackson
- 1948
- 1946
Margie
Miss Isabel Palmer
Shock
Elaine Jordan
- 1945
Captain Eddie
Adelaide Frost Rickenbacker
- 1944
Sweet and Low-Down
Pat Stirling
Take It or Leave It
(archive footage) (uncredited)
Tampico
Katherine Hall
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
Michaela Villegas
- 1943
Hello, Frisco, Hello
Bernice Croft
- 1942
China Girl
Captain Fifi
Orchestra Wives
Jaynie Stevens
The Magnificent Dope
Claire Harris
The Falcon Takes Over
Ann Riordan
Secret Agent of Japan
Kay Murdock
The Night Before the Divorce
Lynn Nordyke
- 1941
The Perfect Snob
Chris Mason
Moon Over Her Shoulder
Susan Rossiter
We Go Fast
Rose Coughlin
Sun Valley Serenade
Vivian Dawn
Blood and Sand
Encarnacion
Sleepers West
Kay Bentley
- 1940
Charter Pilot
Marge Duncan
Pier 13
Sally Kelly
Earthbound
Linda Reynolds
Lillian Russell
Edna McCauley
Free, Blonde and 21
Carol Northrup
City of Chance
Julie Reynolds
1930s
- 1939
City in Darkness
Marie Dubon
Pack Up Your Troubles
Yvonne
Hollywood Cavalcade
Actress
Hotel for Women
Barbara Hunter
News Is Made at Night
Maxine Thomas
Chasing Danger
Renée Claire
The Return of the Cisco Kid
Ann Carver
Pardon Our Nerve
Terry Wilson
- 1938
Sharpshooters
Dianne Woodward
Meet the Girls
Terry Wilson
I'll Give a Million
Cecelia
Always Goodbye
Jessica Reid
Speed to Burn
Marion Clark
Josette
Mrs. Elaine Dupree
Battle of Broadway
Marjorie Clark
Mr. Moto's Gamble
Penny Kendall
Walking Down Broadway
Sandra De Voe
City Girl
Waitress (uncredited)
- 1937
Love and Hisses
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Lancer Spy
Miss Fenwick
Wife, Doctor and Nurse
Party Girl
You Can't Have Everything
Girl in YWCA (uncredited)
She Had to Eat
Crowd Scene Participant (uncredited)
This Is My Affair
Party Guest with Keller (uncredited)
Café Metropole
Patron at Sidewalk Café (uncredited)
Fair Warning
Counter girl
On the Avenue
Mary Jackson (uncredited)
Time Out for Romance
Bridesmaid
Woman-Wise
Secretary (uncredited)
- 1936
Crack-Up
Office Worker (uncredited)
Under Your Spell
Airplane Passenger (uncredited)
Ladies in Love
Dress Shop Clerk (uncredited)
Sing, Baby, Sing
Hotel Telephone Operator
36 Hours to Kill
Traveler
Private Number
Gambler (Uncredited)
Everybody's Old Man
Secretary, Miss Burke
King of Burlesque
Dancer (uncredited)
- 1935
Professional Soldier
Gypsy Dancer
Show Them No Mercy!
Crowd Scene Member (uncredited)
Pirate Party on Catalina Isle
Girl on Sailboat (uncredited)
Thanks a Million
Phone Operator (uncredited)
Music Is Magic
Theatre Cashier (uncredited)
Way Down East
Dancing Girl at Party (uncredited)
The Gay Deception
Milk Fund Ball Attendee (uncredited)
Redheads on Parade
Waitress (uncredited)
The Daring Young Man
Bridesmaid
Doubting Thomas
Aspiring Actress
Spring Tonic
Bridesmaid
$10 Raise
Secretary (uncredited)
George White's 1935 Scandals
Chorine (uncredited), Chorine
Under Pressure
Blonde Brooklyn Girl (uncredited)
- 1934
Caravan
Gypsy (Uncredited)
Music in the Air
Dancer (uncredited)
365 Nights in Hollywood
Showgirl (uncredited)
Handy Andy
Girl at Train Station (uncredited)
Stand Up and Cheer!
White House Secretary / Chorine (uncredited)
Bottoms Up
Chorine (uncredited)
Coming Out Party
Party Guest
David Harum
Young Townswoman (uncredited)
Search for Beauty
Beauty Contestant Entrant (uncredited)
- 1933
I Am Suzanne!
Audience Member
Dancing Lady
Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Meet the Baron
College Girl (uncredited)
Appearances1
1940s
- 1941
Screen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1
Self