Lynn Bari
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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
Johnny Walker
2015
as Christine Faber (archive footage)
The Young Runaways
1968
as Mrs. Donford
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
1966
The F.B.I.
1965
as Belinda
Six Gun Law
1962
as Mrs. Simmons
Trauma
1962
as Helen Garrison
Everglades
1961
The New Breed
1961
as Mrs. Grace
Ben Casey
1961
Michael Shayne
1960
The Aquanauts
1960
as Ann Nincel
Law of the Plainsman
1959
as Constance Valeri
Bronco
1958
as Amy Biggs
Damn Citizen
1958
as Pat Noble
Perry Mason
1957
as Sylvia Cord
Perry Mason
1957
as Ruth Duncan
The Women of Pitcairn Island
1956
as Maimiti
Science Fiction Theatre
1955
Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops
1955
as Leota Van Cleef
Climax!
1954
as Mrs. Combie
Studio 57
1954
Francis Joins the WACS
1954
as Louise Simpson
City Detective
1953
Boss Lady
1952
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
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Kay Plumber
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Millie Drake
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Anita Cooper
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Evelyn
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 Nurse 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
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)
My Marriage
1936
as Pat
King of Burlesque
1936
as Dancer (uncredited)
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)
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)