From Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaLynn 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 companys 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.Baris 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.Baris 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 Detectives Wife, which ran during the summer of 1950, and in Boss LadyIn 1955, Bari appeared in the episode The Beautiful Miss X of Rod Camerons 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 NBCs 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. Im terrified of guns. I go from one set to the other shooting people and stealing husbands!
Nurse Elaine Jordan
Film 1946
Helen Garrison
Film 1962
Christine Faber
Film 1948
Jaynie Stevens
Film 1942
Vivian Dawn
Film 1941
Encarnacion
Film 1941
Julie Reynolds
Film 1940
Ann Riordan
Film 1942
Frances Ransom
Film 1946
Mrs. Billywith
Film 1951
Captain Fifi
Film 1942
Klari - Maid
Film 1938
Harriet Blaisdell
Film 1952
Katherine Hall
Film 1944
Penny Kendall
Film 1938
Dancer (uncredited)
Film 1936
Kay Bentley
Film 1941
Pat Noble
Film 1958
Airplane Passenger (uncredited)
Film 1936
Mrs. McDowell
Film 1952
Michaela Villegas
Film 1944
Sally Kelly
Film 1940
Marian Carstairs
Film 1946
Charlie Jackson
Film 1948
Chris Mason
Film 1941
Milk Fund Ball Attendee (uncredited)
Film 1935
Pat Stirling
Film 1944
Self
Film 1941
Larry Lindsay
Film 1951
Edna McCauley
Film 1940
Dolores Murphy
Film 1940
Barbara Hunter]
Film 1939
Secretary (uncredited)
Film 1935
Mrs. Donford
Film 1968
Rose Coughlin
Film 1941
Marjorie Clark
Film 1938
Jessica Reid
Film 1938
Office Worker (uncredited)
Film 1936
Blonde Brooklyn Girl (uncredited)
Film 1935
Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Film 1933
Club Patron (uncredited)
Film 1935
Young Townswoman (uncredited)
Film 1934
White House Secretary / Chorine (uncredited)
Film 1934
Dancer (uncredited)
Film 1934
Beauty Contestant Entrant (uncredited)
Film 1934
Pat
Film 1936
Secretary (uncredited)
Film 1937
Patron at Sidewalk Café (uncredited)
Film 1937
Claire Harris
Film 1942
Cecelia
Film 1938
Dress Shop Clerk (uncredited)
Film 1936
Mary
Film 1951
Mrs. Elaine Dupree
Film 1938
Linda Reynolds
Film 1940
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Film 1937
Kay Murdock
Film 1942
Girl in YWCA (uncredited)
Film 1937
Audience Member
Film 1933
Actress
Film 1939
Traveler
Film 1936
Theatre Cashier (uncredited)
Film 1935
Dancing Girl at Party (uncredited)
Film 1935
Katherine Jackson
Film 1949
Chorine (uncredited)
Film 1934
Mary Jackson (uncredited)
Film 1937
Gypsy (Uncredited)
Film 1934
Maxine Thomas
Film 1939
Bernice Croft
Film 1943
Louise Simpson
Film 1954
College Girl (uncredited)
Film 1933
Crowd Scene Member (uncredited)
Film 1935
Bridesmaid
Film 1935
Bridesmaid
Film 1937
Renée Claire
Film 1939
Carol Northrup
Film 1940
Marge Duncan
Film 1940
Dianne Woodward
Film 1938
Terry Wilson
Film 1938
Marion Clark
Film 1938
Terry Wilson
Film 1939
Susan Rossiter
Film 1941
Party Guest with Keller (uncredited)
Film 1937
Lynn Nordyke
Film 1942
Adelaide Frost Rickenbacker
Film 1945
'Babe' - Switchboard Operator (uncredited)
Film 1937
Counter girl
Film 1937
Party Girl
Film 1937
Showgirl (uncredited)
Film 1934
Hotel Telephone Operator
Film 1936
Phone Operator (uncredited)
Film 1935
Aspiring Actress
Film 1935
Chorine (uncredited)
Film 1935
Football Game Spectator (uncredited)
Film 1936
Mrs. Simmons
Film 1962
Waitress (uncredited)
Film 1935
Sandra De Voe
Film 1938
Girl on Sailboat (uncredited)
Film 1935
(archive footage) (uncredited)
Film 1944
Crowd Scene Participant (uncredited)
Film 1937
Party Guest
Film 1934
Leota Van Cleef
Film 1955
Maimiti
Film 1956
Gambler (Uncredited)
Film 1936
Bridesmaid
Film 1935
Girl at Train Station (uncredited)
Film 1934
Tv 1966
Belinda
Tv 1965
Sylvia Cord
Tv 1957
Tv 1961
Kay Plumber
Tv 1950
Ann Nincel
Tv 1960
Mrs. Combie
Tv 1954
Amy Biggs
Tv 1958
Tv 1961
Constance Valeri
Tv 1959
Mrs. Grace
Tv 1961
Tv 1952
Tv 1953
Tv 1960
Tv 1954
Millie Drake
Tv 1950
Tv 1955
Evelyn
Tv 1950
Anita Cooper
Tv 1950
Ruth Duncan
Tv 1957