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Lynn Bari

Born 18/12/1913 in Roanoke, Virginia, USA

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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!"

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Filmography (Movies)

Johnny Walker

Character:Christine Faber (archive footage)

Release Date:13/05/2015

The Young Runaways

Character:Mrs. Donford

Release Date:11/09/1968

Six Gun Law

Character:Mrs. Simmons

Release Date:01/12/1962

Trauma

Character:Helen Garrison

Release Date:23/03/1962

Damn Citizen

Character:Pat Noble

Release Date:01/03/1958

The Women of Pitcairn Island

Character:Maimiti

Release Date:01/12/1956

Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops

Character:Leota Van Cleef

Release Date:02/02/1955

Francis Joins the WACS

Character:Louise Simpson

Release Date:30/07/1954

Has Anybody Seen My Gal?

Character:Harriet Blaisdell

Release Date:25/06/1952

I Dream of Jeanie

Character:Mrs. McDowell

Release Date:15/06/1952

On the Loose

Character:Larry Lindsay

Release Date:28/09/1951

Sunny Side of the Street

Character:Mary

Release Date:01/09/1951

I'd Climb the Highest Mountain

Character:Mrs. Billywith

Release Date:17/02/1951

The Kid from Cleveland

Character:Katherine Jackson

Release Date:05/09/1949

The Amazing Mr. X

Character:Christine Faber

Release Date:29/07/1948

The Man from Texas

Character:Charlie Jackson

Release Date:06/03/1948

Nocturne

Character:Frances Ransom

Release Date:29/10/1946

Margie

Character:Miss Isabel Palmer

Release Date:15/10/1946

Home Sweet Homicide

Character:Marian Carstairs

Release Date:02/10/1946

Shock

Character:Nurse Elaine Jordan

Release Date:01/02/1946

Captain Eddie

Character:Adelaide Frost Rickenbacker

Release Date:18/06/1945

Sweet and Low-Down

Character:Pat Stirling

Release Date:21/09/1944

Take It or Leave It

Character:(archive footage) (uncredited)

Release Date:17/07/1944

Tampico

Character:Katherine Hall

Release Date:10/04/1944

The Bridge of San Luis Rey

Character:Michaela Villegas

Release Date:11/02/1944

Hello, Frisco, Hello

Character:Bernice Croft

Release Date:26/03/1943

China Girl

Character:Captain Fifi

Release Date:09/12/1942

Orchestra Wives

Character:Jaynie Stevens

Release Date:04/09/1942

The Magnificent Dope

Character:Claire Harris

Release Date:01/07/1942

The Falcon Takes Over

Character:Ann Riordan

Release Date:29/05/1942

Secret Agent of Japan

Character:Kay Murdock

Release Date:03/04/1942

The Night Before the Divorce

Character:Lynn Nordyke

Release Date:06/03/1942

The Perfect Snob

Character:Chris Mason

Release Date:19/12/1941

Moon Over Her Shoulder

Character:Susan Rossiter

Release Date:23/10/1941

We Go Fast

Character:Rose Coughlin

Release Date:19/09/1941

Sun Valley Serenade

Character:Vivian Dawn

Release Date:29/08/1941

Screen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1

Character:Self

Release Date:15/08/1941

Blood and Sand

Character:Encarnacion

Release Date:30/05/1941

Sleepers West

Character:Kay Bentley

Release Date:14/03/1941

Charter Pilot

Character:Marge Duncan

Release Date:06/12/1940

Kit Carson

Character:Dolores Murphy

Release Date:30/08/1940

Pier 13

Character:Sally Kelly

Release Date:08/08/1940

Earthbound

Character:Linda Reynolds

Release Date:06/06/1940

Lillian Russell

Character:Edna McCauley

Release Date:24/05/1940

Free, Blonde and 21

Character:Carol Northrup

Release Date:28/03/1940

City of Chance

Character:Julie Reynolds

Release Date:13/01/1940

City in Darkness

Character:Marie Dubon

Release Date:15/11/1939

Pack Up Your Troubles

Character:Yvonne

Release Date:24/10/1939

Hollywood Cavalcade

Character:Actress

Release Date:13/10/1939

Hotel for Women

Character:Barbara Hunter

Release Date:03/08/1939

News Is Made at Night

Character:Maxine Thomas

Release Date:20/07/1939

Chasing Danger

Character:Renée Claire

Release Date:05/05/1939

The Return of the Cisco Kid

Character:Ann Carver

Release Date:28/04/1939

Pardon Our Nerve

Character:Terry Wilson

Release Date:24/02/1939

Sharpshooters

Character:Dianne Woodward

Release Date:18/11/1938

Meet the Girls

Character:Terry Wilson

Release Date:06/10/1938

I'll Give a Million

Character:Cecelia

Release Date:27/07/1938

Always Goodbye

Character:Jessica Reid

Release Date:24/06/1938

Speed to Burn

Character:Marion Clark

Release Date:07/06/1938

Josette

Character:Mrs. Elaine Dupree

Release Date:03/06/1938

Battle of Broadway

Character:Marjorie Clark

Release Date:22/04/1938

Mr. Moto's Gamble

Character:Penny Kendall

Release Date:07/04/1938

Walking Down Broadway

Character:Sandra De Voe

Release Date:11/03/1938

The Baroness and the Butler

Character:Klari - Maid

Release Date:18/02/1938

Love and Hisses

Character:Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Release Date:21/12/1937

Lancer Spy

Character:Miss Fenwick

Release Date:08/10/1937

Wife, Doctor and Nurse

Character:Party Girl

Release Date:17/09/1937

You Can't Have Everything

Character:Girl in YWCA (uncredited)

Release Date:02/08/1937

She Had to Eat

Character:Crowd Scene Participant (uncredited)

Release Date:02/07/1937

This Is My Affair

Character:Party Guest with Keller (uncredited)

Release Date:28/05/1937

Café Metropole

Character:Patron at Sidewalk Café (uncredited)

Release Date:28/04/1937

Fair Warning

Character:Counter girl

Release Date:05/03/1937

Love Is News

Character:'Babe' - Switchboard Operator (uncredited)

Release Date:26/02/1937

On the Avenue

Character:Mary Jackson (uncredited)

Release Date:12/02/1937

Time Out for Romance

Character:Bridesmaid

Release Date:10/02/1937

Woman-Wise

Character:Secretary (uncredited)

Release Date:22/01/1937

Crack-Up

Character:Office Worker (uncredited)

Release Date:14/12/1936

Under Your Spell

Character:Airplane Passenger (uncredited)

Release Date:06/11/1936

Pigskin Parade

Character:Football Game Spectator (uncredited)

Release Date:23/10/1936

Ladies in Love

Character:Dress Shop Clerk (uncredited)

Release Date:09/10/1936

Sing, Baby, Sing

Character:Hotel Telephone Operator

Release Date:21/08/1936

36 Hours to Kill

Character:Traveler

Release Date:24/07/1936

Private Number

Character:Gambler (Uncredited)

Release Date:05/06/1936

Everybody's Old Man

Character:Secretary, Miss Burke

Release Date:20/03/1936

My Marriage

Character:Pat

Release Date:31/01/1936

King of Burlesque

Character:Dancer (uncredited)

Release Date:03/01/1936

Professional Soldier

Character:Gypsy Dancer

Release Date:27/12/1935

Show Them No Mercy!

Character:Crowd Scene Member (uncredited)

Release Date:06/12/1935

Pirate Party on Catalina Isle

Character:Girl on Sailboat (uncredited)

Release Date:20/11/1935

Thanks a Million

Character:Phone Operator (uncredited)

Release Date:13/11/1935

Music Is Magic

Character:Theatre Cashier (uncredited)

Release Date:01/11/1935

Way Down East

Character:Dancing Girl at Party (uncredited)

Release Date:25/10/1935

The Gay Deception

Character:Milk Fund Ball Attendee (uncredited)

Release Date:13/09/1935

Redheads on Parade

Character:Waitress (uncredited)

Release Date:07/09/1935

The Daring Young Man

Character:Bridesmaid

Release Date:17/07/1935

Doubting Thomas

Character:Aspiring Actress

Release Date:10/07/1935

Spring Tonic

Character:Bridesmaid

Release Date:27/06/1935

$10 Raise

Character:Secretary (uncredited)

Release Date:04/05/1935

George White's 1935 Scandals

Character:Chorine (uncredited)

Release Date:29/03/1935

George White's 1935 Scandals

Character:Chorine

Release Date:29/03/1935

Under Pressure

Character:Blonde Brooklyn Girl (uncredited)

Release Date:02/02/1935

Charlie Chan in Paris

Character:Club Patron (uncredited)

Release Date:21/01/1935

Caravan

Character:Gypsy (Uncredited)

Release Date:30/12/1934

Music in the Air

Character:Dancer (uncredited)

Release Date:13/12/1934

365 Nights in Hollywood

Character:Showgirl (uncredited)

Release Date:11/12/1934

Handy Andy

Character:Girl at Train Station (uncredited)

Release Date:19/07/1934

Stand Up and Cheer!

Character:White House Secretary / Chorine (uncredited)

Release Date:04/05/1934

Bottoms Up

Character:Chorine (uncredited)

Release Date:12/04/1934

Coming Out Party

Character:Party Guest

Release Date:09/03/1934

David Harum

Character:Young Townswoman (uncredited)

Release Date:02/03/1934

Search for Beauty

Character:Beauty Contestant Entrant (uncredited)

Release Date:02/02/1934

I Am Suzanne!

Character:Audience Member

Release Date:25/12/1933

Dancing Lady

Character:Chorus Girl (uncredited)

Release Date:24/11/1933

Meet the Baron

Character:College Girl (uncredited)

Release Date:20/10/1933

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