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