Lynn Bari
113 movies · 17 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Dec 18, 1913
- Died
- Nov 20, 1989 (age 75)
- Place of birth
- Roanoke, Virginia, USA
- Also known as
- Marjorie Bitzer · Marjorie Schuyler Fisher
Biography
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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.
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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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Known for
Lynn Bari: movies and TV shows
Acting (130)
- 2015 Johnny Walker
as Christine Faber (archive footage)
- 1968 The Young Runaways
as Mrs. Donford
- 1966
- 1965
- 1962 Six Gun Law
as Mrs. Simmons
- 1962 Trauma
as Helen Garrison
- 1961
- 1961
- 1961
- 1960
- 1960
- 1959
- 1958
- 1958 Damn Citizen
as Pat Noble
- 1957
- 1956 The Women of Pitcairn Island
as Maimiti
- 1955
- 1955 Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops
as Leota Van Cleef
- 1954
- 1954
- 1954 Francis Joins the WACS
as Louise Simpson
- 1953
- 1952
- 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
- 1950
- 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 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 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
- 1938 City Girl
as Waitress (uncredited)
- 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 Everybody's Old Man
as Secretary, Miss Burke
- 1936 My Marriage
as Pat
- 1936 King of Burlesque
as Dancer (uncredited)
- 1935 Professional Soldier
as Gypsy Dancer
- 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) / Chorine
- 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)
Talk shows and appearances (1)
- 1941