
Lynn Bari
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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- 2015Johnny Walker (Christine Faber (archive footage))
- 1968The Young Runaways (Mrs. Donford)
- 1966The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. (Miss Twickum)
- 1965The F.B.I. (Belinda)
- 1962Six Gun Law (Mrs. Simmons)
- 1962Trauma (Helen Garrison)
- 1961Everglades
- 1961The New Breed (Mrs. Grace)
- 1961Ben Casey
- 1960Michael Shayne
- 1960The Aquanauts (Ann Nincel)
- 1959Law of the Plainsman (Constance Valeri)
- 1958Bronco (Amy Biggs)
- 1958Damn Citizen (Pat Noble)
- 1957Perry Mason (Sylvia Cord)
- 1957Perry Mason (Ruth Duncan)
- 1956The Women of Pitcairn Island (Maimiti)
- 1955Science Fiction Theatre
- 1955Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops (Leota Van Cleef)
- 1954Climax! (Mrs. Combie)
- 1954Studio 57
- 1954Francis Joins the WACS (Louise Simpson)
- 1953City Detective
- 1952Boss Lady (Gwen Allen)
- 1952Has Anybody Seen My Gal? (Harriet Blaisdell)
- 1952I Dream of Jeanie (Mrs. McDowell)
- 1951On the Loose (Larry Lindsay)
- 1951Sunny Side of the Street (Mary)
- 1951I'd Climb the Highest Mountain (Mrs. Billywith)
- 1950Lux Video Theatre (Kay Plumber)
- 1950Lux Video Theatre (Millie Drake)
- 1950Lux Video Theatre (Evelyn)
- 1950Lux Video Theatre (Anita Cooper)
- 1950Detective's Wife (Connie Conway)
- 1949The Kid from Cleveland (Katherine Jackson)
- 1948The Amazing Mr. X (Christine Faber)
- 1948The Man from Texas (Charlie Jackson)
- 1946Nocturne (Frances Ransom)
- 1946Margie (Miss Isabel Palmer)
- 1946Home Sweet Homicide (Marian Carstairs)
- 1946Shock (Elaine Jordan)
- 1945Captain Eddie (Adelaide Frost Rickenbacker)
- 1944Sweet and Low-Down (Pat Stirling)
- 1944Take It or Leave It ((archive footage) (uncredited))
- 1944Tampico (Katherine Hall)
- 1944The Bridge of San Luis Rey (Michaela Villegas)
- 1943Hello, Frisco, Hello (Bernice Croft)
- 1942China Girl (Captain Fifi)
- 1942Orchestra Wives (Jaynie Stevens)
- 1942The Magnificent Dope (Claire Harris)
- 1942The Falcon Takes Over (Ann Riordan)
- 1942Secret Agent of Japan (Kay Murdock)
- 1942The Night Before the Divorce (Lynn Nordyke)
- 1941The Perfect Snob (Chris Mason)
- 1941Moon Over Her Shoulder (Susan Rossiter)
- 1941We Go Fast (Rose Coughlin)
- 1941Sun Valley Serenade (Vivian Dawn)
- 1941Screen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1 (Self)
- 1941Blood and Sand (Encarnacion)
- 1941Sleepers West (Kay Bentley)
- 1940Charter Pilot (Marge Duncan)
- 1940Kit Carson (Dolores Murphy)
- 1940Pier 13 (Sally Kelly)
- 1940Earthbound (Linda Reynolds)
- 1940Lillian Russell (Edna McCauley)
- 1940Free, Blonde and 21 (Carol Northrup)
- 1940City of Chance (Julie Reynolds)
- 1939City in Darkness (Marie Dubon)
- 1939Pack Up Your Troubles (Yvonne)
- 1939Hollywood Cavalcade (Actress)
- 1939Hotel for Women (Barbara Hunter)
- 1939News Is Made at Night (Maxine Thomas)
- 1939Chasing Danger (Renée Claire)
- 1939The Return of the Cisco Kid (Ann Carver)
- 1939Pardon Our Nerve (Terry Wilson)
- 1938Sharpshooters (Dianne Woodward)
- 1938Meet the Girls (Terry Wilson)
- 1938I'll Give a Million (Cecelia)
- 1938Always Goodbye (Jessica Reid)
- 1938Speed to Burn (Marion Clark)
- 1938Josette (Mrs. Elaine Dupree)
- 1938Battle of Broadway (Marjorie Clark)
- 1938Mr. Moto's Gamble (Penny Kendall)
- 1938Walking Down Broadway (Sandra De Voe)
- 1938The Baroness and the Butler (Klari - Maid)
- 1938City Girl (Waitress (uncredited))
- 1937Love and Hisses (Nightclub Patron (uncredited))
- 1937Lancer Spy (Miss Fenwick)
- 1937Wife, Doctor and Nurse (Party Girl)
- 1937You Can't Have Everything (Girl in YWCA (uncredited))
- 1937She Had to Eat (Crowd Scene Participant (uncredited))
- 1937This Is My Affair (Party Guest with Keller (uncredited))
- 1937Café Metropole (Patron at Sidewalk Café (uncredited))
- 1937Fair Warning (Counter girl)
- 1937Love Is News ('Babe' - Switchboard Operator (uncredited))
- 1937On the Avenue (Mary Jackson (uncredited))
- 1937Time Out for Romance (Bridesmaid)
- 1937Woman-Wise (Secretary (uncredited))
- 1936Crack-Up (Office Worker (uncredited))
- 1936Under Your Spell (Airplane Passenger (uncredited))
- 1936Pigskin Parade (Football Game Spectator (uncredited))
- 1936Ladies in Love (Dress Shop Clerk (uncredited))
- 1936Sing, Baby, Sing (Hotel Telephone Operator)
- 193636 Hours to Kill (Traveler)
- 1936Private Number (Gambler (Uncredited))
- 1936Everybody's Old Man (Secretary, Miss Burke)
- 1936My Marriage (Pat)
- 1936King of Burlesque (Dancer (uncredited))
- 1935Professional Soldier (Gypsy Dancer)
- 1935Show Them No Mercy! (Crowd Scene Member (uncredited))
- 1935Pirate Party on Catalina Isle (Girl on Sailboat (uncredited))
- 1935Thanks a Million (Phone Operator (uncredited))
- 1935Music Is Magic (Theatre Cashier (uncredited))
- 1935Way Down East (Dancing Girl at Party (uncredited))
- 1935The Gay Deception (Milk Fund Ball Attendee (uncredited))
- 1935Redheads on Parade (Waitress (uncredited))
- 1935The Daring Young Man (Bridesmaid)
- 1935Doubting Thomas (Aspiring Actress)
- 1935Spring Tonic (Bridesmaid)
- 1935$10 Raise (Secretary (uncredited))
- 1935George White's 1935 Scandals (Chorine (uncredited))
- 1935George White's 1935 Scandals (Chorine)
- 1935Under Pressure (Blonde Brooklyn Girl (uncredited))
- 1935Charlie Chan in Paris (Club Patron (uncredited))
- 1934Caravan (Gypsy (Uncredited))
- 1934Music in the Air (Dancer (uncredited))
- 1934365 Nights in Hollywood (Showgirl (uncredited))
- 1934Handy Andy (Girl at Train Station (uncredited))
- 1934Stand Up and Cheer! (White House Secretary / Chorine (uncredited))
- 1934Bottoms Up (Chorine (uncredited))
- 1934Coming Out Party (Party Guest)
- 1934David Harum (Young Townswoman (uncredited))
- 1934Search for Beauty (Beauty Contestant Entrant (uncredited))
- 1933I Am Suzanne! (Audience Member)
- 1933Dancing Lady (Chorus Girl (uncredited))
- 1933Meet the Baron (College Girl (uncredited))