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Lynn Bari

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!"

Personal information

Birthday

1913-12-18

Birth Place

Roanoke, Virginia, USA

Movies and TV shows :

$10 Raise

$10 Raise

1935

8.0

Movie
36 Hours to Kill

36 Hours to Kill

1936

5.3

Movie
365 Nights in Hollywood

365 Nights in Hollywood

1934

0.0

Movie
Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops

Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops

1955

6.1

Movie
Always Goodbye

Always Goodbye

1938

6.8

Movie
Battle of Broadway

Battle of Broadway

1938

4.2

Movie
poster

Ben Casey

1961

5.7

TV
Blood and Sand

Blood and Sand

1941

6.4

Movie
poster

Boss Lady

1952

3.5

TV
Bottoms Up

Bottoms Up

1934

4.3

Movie
poster

Bronco

1958

4.8

TV
Café Metropole

Café Metropole

1937

6.9

Movie
Captain Eddie

Captain Eddie

1945

6.0

Movie
Caravan

Caravan

1934

0.0

Movie
Charlie Chan in Paris

Charlie Chan in Paris

1935

6.5

Movie
Charter Pilot

Charter Pilot

1940

6.0

Movie
Chasing Danger

Chasing Danger

1939

6.0

Movie
China Girl

China Girl

1942

5.4

Movie
poster

City Detective

1953

0.0

TV
City in Darkness

City in Darkness

1939

6.4

Movie
City of Chance

City of Chance

1940

5.2

Movie
poster

Climax!

1954

3.0

TV
Coming Out Party

Coming Out Party

1934

5.0

Movie
Crack-Up

Crack-Up

1936

5.7

Movie
Damn Citizen

Damn Citizen

1958

0.0

Movie
Dancing Lady

Dancing Lady

1933

7.0

Movie
David Harum

David Harum

1934

0.0

Movie
Doubting Thomas

Doubting Thomas

1935

7.0

Movie
Earthbound

Earthbound

1940

4.8

Movie
poster

Everglades

1961

8.5

TV
Fair Warning

Fair Warning

1937

6.0

Movie
Francis Joins the WACS

Francis Joins the WACS

1954

5.8

Movie
Free, Blonde and 21

Free, Blonde and 21

1940

8.0

Movie
George White's 1935 Scandals

George White's 1935 Scandals

1935

4.0

Movie
Handy Andy

Handy Andy

1934

1.0

Movie
Has Anybody Seen My Gal?

Has Anybody Seen My Gal?

1952

6.7

Movie
Hello, Frisco, Hello

Hello, Frisco, Hello

1943

6.2

Movie
Hollywood Cavalcade

Hollywood Cavalcade

1939

5.1

Movie
Home Sweet Homicide

Home Sweet Homicide

1946

4.7

Movie
Hotel for Women

Hotel for Women

1939

6.0

Movie
I Am Suzanne!

I Am Suzanne!

1933

6.2

Movie
I Dream of Jeanie

I Dream of Jeanie

1952

3.6

Movie
I'd Climb the Highest Mountain

I'd Climb the Highest Mountain

1951

6.6

Movie
I'll Give a Million

I'll Give a Million

1938

5.7

Movie
Johnny Walker

Johnny Walker

2015

0.0

Movie
Josette

Josette

1938

6.7

Movie
King of Burlesque

King of Burlesque

1936

5.9

Movie
Kit Carson

Kit Carson

1940

5.9

Movie
Ladies In Love

Ladies In Love

1936

5.8

Movie
Lancer Spy

Lancer Spy

1937

6.0

Movie
poster

Law of the Plainsman

1959

6.0

TV
Lillian Russell

Lillian Russell

1940

6.1

Movie
Love and Hisses

Love and Hisses

1937

0.0

Movie
Love Is News

Love Is News

1937

6.0

Movie
poster

Lux Video Theatre

1950

6.0

TV
Margie

Margie

1946

6.9

Movie
Meet the Baron

Meet the Baron

1933

4.3

Movie
Meet the Girls

Meet the Girls

1938

4.5

Movie
poster

Michael Shayne

1960

5.0

TV
Moon Over Her Shoulder

Moon Over Her Shoulder

1941

0.0

Movie
Mr. Moto's Gamble

Mr. Moto's Gamble

1938

6.3

Movie
Music in the Air

Music in the Air

1934

4.8

Movie
Music Is Magic

Music Is Magic

1935

4.0

Movie
My Marriage

My Marriage

1936

5.0

Movie
News Is Made at Night

News Is Made at Night

1939

4.5

Movie
Nocturne

Nocturne

1946

5.6

Movie
On the Avenue

On the Avenue

1937

6.7

Movie
On the Loose

On the Loose

1951

6.0

Movie
Orchestra Wives

Orchestra Wives

1942

5.8

Movie
Pack Up Your Troubles

Pack Up Your Troubles

1939

6.2

Movie
Pardon Our Nerve

Pardon Our Nerve

1939

0.0

Movie
poster

Perry Mason

1957

7.7

TV
Pier 13

Pier 13

1940

5.0

Movie
Pigskin Parade

Pigskin Parade

1936

6.0

Movie
Pirate Party on Catalina Isle

Pirate Party on Catalina Isle

1935

5.6

Movie
Private Number

Private Number

1936

6.3

Movie
Redheads on Parade

Redheads on Parade

1935

0.0

Movie
poster

Science Fiction Theatre

1955

6.6

TV
Screen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1

Screen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1

1941

0.0

Movie
Search for Beauty

Search for Beauty

1934

5.9

Movie
Secret Agent of Japan

Secret Agent of Japan

1942

4.5

Movie
Sharpshooters

Sharpshooters

1938

0.0

Movie
She Had to Eat

She Had to Eat

1937

5.0

Movie
Shock

Shock

1946

5.9

Movie
Show Them No Mercy!

Show Them No Mercy!

1935

7.0

Movie
Sing, Baby, Sing

Sing, Baby, Sing

1936

5.6

Movie
Six Gun Law

Six Gun Law

1962

6.7

Movie
Sleepers West

Sleepers West

1941

6.3

Movie
Speed to Burn

Speed to Burn

1938

6.0

Movie
Spring Tonic

Spring Tonic

1935

5.3

Movie
Stand Up and Cheer!

Stand Up and Cheer!

1934

4.8

Movie
poster

Studio 57

1954

0.0

TV
Sun Valley Serenade

Sun Valley Serenade

1941

6.9

Movie
Sunny Side of the Street

Sunny Side of the Street

1951

6.0

Movie
Sweet and Low-Down

Sweet and Low-Down

1944

5.2

Movie
Take It or Leave It

Take It or Leave It

1944

4.0

Movie
Tampico

Tampico

1944

5.5

Movie
Thanks a Million

Thanks a Million

1935

6.0

Movie
The Amazing Mr. X

The Amazing Mr. X

1948

6.2

Movie
poster

The Aquanauts

1960

5.5

TV
The Baroness and the Butler

The Baroness and the Butler

1938

5.2

Movie
The Bridge of San Luis Rey

The Bridge of San Luis Rey

1944

6.0

Movie
The Daring Young Man

The Daring Young Man

1935

0.0

Movie
poster

The F.B.I.

1965

5.4

TV
The Falcon Takes Over

The Falcon Takes Over

1942

6.0

Movie
The Gay Deception

The Gay Deception

1935

6.4

Movie
poster

The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.

1966

6.6

TV
The Kid from Cleveland

The Kid from Cleveland

1949

5.0

Movie
The Magnificent Dope

The Magnificent Dope

1942

7.2

Movie
The Man from Texas

The Man from Texas

1948

6.0

Movie
poster

The New Breed

1961

7.0

TV
The Night Before the Divorce

The Night Before the Divorce

1942

5.0

Movie
The Perfect Snob

The Perfect Snob

1941

6.3

Movie
The Return of the Cisco Kid

The Return of the Cisco Kid

1939

5.0

Movie
The Women of Pitcairn Island

The Women of Pitcairn Island

1956

3.5

Movie
The Young Runaways

The Young Runaways

1968

6.0

Movie
This Is My Affair

This Is My Affair

1937

7.3

Movie
Time Out for Romance

Time Out for Romance

1937

5.6

Movie
Trauma

Trauma

1962

4.0

Movie
Under Pressure

Under Pressure

1935

5.0

Movie
Under Your Spell

Under Your Spell

1936

7.0

Movie
Walking Down Broadway

Walking Down Broadway

1938

5.7

Movie
Way Down East

Way Down East

1935

3.0

Movie
We Go Fast

We Go Fast

1941

6.2

Movie
Wife, Doctor and Nurse

Wife, Doctor and Nurse

1937

6.0

Movie
Woman-Wise

Woman-Wise

1937

0.0

Movie
You Can't Have Everything

You Can't Have Everything

1937

5.7

Movie