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