Acting · Roanoke, Virginia, USA · Born December 18, 1913
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!"
MovieJohnny Walker
2015
as Christine Faber (archive footage)
MovieThe Young Runaways
1968
as Mrs. Donford
TVThe Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
1966
as Miss Twickum
TVThe F.B.I.
1965
as Belinda
MovieSix Gun Law
1962
as Mrs. Simmons
MovieTrauma
1962
as Helen Garrison
TVEverglades
1961
TVThe New Breed
1961
as Mrs. Grace
TVBen Casey
1961
TVMichael Shayne
1960
TVThe Aquanauts
1960
as Ann Nincel
TVLaw of the Plainsman
1959
as Constance Valeri
TVBronco
1958
as Amy Biggs
MovieDamn Citizen
1958
as Pat Noble
TVPerry Mason
1957
as Sylvia Cord
MovieThe Women of Pitcairn Island
1956
as Maimiti
TVScience Fiction Theatre
1955
MovieAbbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops
1955
as Leota Van Cleef
TVClimax!
1954
as Mrs. Combie
TVStudio 57
1954
MovieFrancis Joins the WACS
1954
as Louise Simpson
TVCity Detective
1953
TVBoss Lady
1952
as Gwen Allen
MovieHas Anybody Seen My Gal?
1952
as Harriet Blaisdell
MovieI Dream of Jeanie
1952
as Mrs. McDowell
MovieOn the Loose
1951
as Larry Lindsay
MovieSunny Side of the Street
1951
as Mary
MovieI'd Climb the Highest Mountain
1951
as Mrs. Billywith
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Kay Plumber
Detective's Wife
1950
as Connie Conway
MovieThe Kid from Cleveland
1949
as Katherine Jackson
MovieThe Amazing Mr. X
1948
as Christine Faber
MovieThe Man from Texas
1948
as Charlie Jackson
MovieNocturne
1946
as Frances Ransom
MovieMargie
1946
as Miss Isabel Palmer
MovieHome Sweet Homicide
1946
as Marian Carstairs
MovieShock
1946
as Elaine Jordan
MovieCaptain Eddie
1945
as Adelaide Frost Rickenbacker
MovieSweet and Low-Down
1944
as Pat Stirling
MovieTake It or Leave It
1944
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
MovieTampico
1944
as Katherine Hall
MovieThe Bridge of San Luis Rey
1944
as Michaela Villegas
MovieHello, Frisco, Hello
1943
as Bernice Croft
MovieChina Girl
1942
as Captain Fifi
MovieOrchestra Wives
1942
as Jaynie Stevens
MovieThe Magnificent Dope
1942
as Claire Harris
MovieThe Falcon Takes Over
1942
as Ann Riordan
MovieSecret Agent of Japan
1942
as Kay Murdock
MovieThe Night Before the Divorce
1942
as Lynn Nordyke
MovieThe Perfect Snob
1941
as Chris Mason
MovieMoon Over Her Shoulder
1941
as Susan Rossiter
MovieWe Go Fast
1941
as Rose Coughlin
MovieSun Valley Serenade
1941
as Vivian Dawn
MovieScreen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1
1941
as Self
MovieBlood and Sand
1941
as Encarnacion
MovieSleepers West
1941
as Kay Bentley
MovieCharter Pilot
1940
as Marge Duncan
MovieKit Carson
1940
as Dolores Murphy
MoviePier 13
1940
as Sally Kelly
MovieEarthbound
1940
as Linda Reynolds
MovieLillian Russell
1940
as Edna McCauley
MovieFree, Blonde and 21
1940
as Carol Northrup
MovieCity of Chance
1940
as Julie Reynolds
MovieCity in Darkness
1939
as Marie Dubon
MoviePack Up Your Troubles
1939
as Yvonne
MovieHollywood Cavalcade
1939
as Actress
MovieHotel for Women
1939
as Barbara Hunter
MovieNews Is Made at Night
1939
as Maxine Thomas
MovieChasing Danger
1939
as Renée Claire
MovieThe Return of the Cisco Kid
1939
as Ann Carver
MoviePardon Our Nerve
1939
as Terry Wilson
MovieSharpshooters
1938
as Dianne Woodward
MovieMeet the Girls
1938
as Terry Wilson
MovieI'll Give a Million
1938
as Cecelia
MovieAlways Goodbye
1938
as Jessica Reid
MovieSpeed to Burn
1938
as Marion Clark
MovieJosette
1938
as Mrs. Elaine Dupree
MovieBattle of Broadway
1938
as Marjorie Clark
MovieMr. Moto's Gamble
1938
as Penny Kendall
MovieWalking Down Broadway
1938
as Sandra De Voe
MovieThe Baroness and the Butler
1938
as Klari - Maid
MovieCity Girl
1938
as Waitress (uncredited)
MovieLove and Hisses
1937
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
MovieLancer Spy
1937
as Miss Fenwick
MovieWife, Doctor and Nurse
1937
as Party Girl
MovieYou Can't Have Everything
1937
as Girl in YWCA (uncredited)
MovieShe Had to Eat
1937
as Crowd Scene Participant (uncredited)
MovieThis Is My Affair
1937
as Party Guest with Keller (uncredited)
MovieCafé Metropole
1937
as Patron at Sidewalk Café (uncredited)
MovieFair Warning
1937
as Counter girl
MovieLove Is News
1937
as 'Babe' - Switchboard Operator (uncredited)
MovieOn the Avenue
1937
as Mary Jackson (uncredited)
MovieTime Out for Romance
1937
as Bridesmaid
MovieWoman-Wise
1937
as Secretary (uncredited)
MovieCrack-Up
1936
as Office Worker (uncredited)
MovieUnder Your Spell
1936
as Airplane Passenger (uncredited)
MoviePigskin Parade
1936
as Football Game Spectator (uncredited)
MovieLadies in Love
1936
as Dress Shop Clerk (uncredited)
MovieSing, Baby, Sing
1936
as Hotel Telephone Operator
Movie36 Hours to Kill
1936
as Traveler
MoviePrivate Number
1936
as Gambler (Uncredited)
MovieEverybody's Old Man
1936
as Secretary, Miss Burke
MovieMy Marriage
1936
as Pat
MovieKing of Burlesque
1936
as Dancer (uncredited)
MovieProfessional Soldier
1935
as Gypsy Dancer
MovieShow Them No Mercy!
1935
as Crowd Scene Member (uncredited)
MoviePirate Party on Catalina Isle
1935
as Girl on Sailboat (uncredited)
MovieThanks a Million
1935
as Phone Operator (uncredited)
MovieMusic Is Magic
1935
as Theatre Cashier (uncredited)
MovieWay Down East
1935
as Dancing Girl at Party (uncredited)
MovieThe Gay Deception
1935
as Milk Fund Ball Attendee (uncredited)
MovieRedheads on Parade
1935
as Waitress (uncredited)
MovieThe Daring Young Man
1935
as Bridesmaid
MovieDoubting Thomas
1935
as Aspiring Actress
MovieSpring Tonic
1935
as Bridesmaid
Movie$10 Raise
1935
as Secretary (uncredited)
MovieGeorge White's 1935 Scandals
1935
as Chorine (uncredited)
MovieUnder Pressure
1935
as Blonde Brooklyn Girl (uncredited)
MovieCharlie Chan in Paris
1935
as Club Patron (uncredited)
MovieCaravan
1934
as Gypsy (Uncredited)
MovieMusic in the Air
1934
as Dancer (uncredited)
Movie365 Nights in Hollywood
1934
as Showgirl (uncredited)
MovieHandy Andy
1934
as Girl at Train Station (uncredited)
MovieStand Up and Cheer!
1934
as White House Secretary / Chorine (uncredited)
MovieBottoms Up
1934
as Chorine (uncredited)
MovieComing Out Party
1934
as Party Guest
MovieDavid Harum
1934
as Young Townswoman (uncredited)
MovieSearch for Beauty
1934
as Beauty Contestant Entrant (uncredited)
MovieI Am Suzanne!
1933
as Audience Member
MovieDancing Lady
1933
as Chorus Girl (uncredited)
MovieMeet the Baron
1933
as College Girl (uncredited)
