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Known For
Acting
Birthday
December 18, 1913
Died
November 20, 1989
Place of Birth
Roanoke, Virginia, USA
Also Known As
- Marjorie Bitzer
- Marjorie Schuyler Fisher
Lynn Bari
0.5 Popularity
Biography
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!"
Known For
Credits
Johnny Walker
as Christine Faber (archive footage)
2015
0.0
The Young Runaways
as Mrs. Donford
1968
6.0
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
1966
6.6
The F.B.I.
as Belinda
1965
5.5
Six Gun Law
as Mrs. Simmons
1962
6.7
Trauma
as Helen Garrison
1962
4.0
Everglades
1961
8.5
The New Breed
as Mrs. Grace
1961
7.0
Ben Casey
1961
5.6
Michael Shayne
1960
5.0
The Aquanauts
as Ann Nincel
1960
5.5
Law of the Plainsman
as Constance Valeri
1959
6.0
Bronco
as Amy Biggs
1958
5.2
Damn Citizen
as Pat Noble
1958
0.0
Perry Mason
as Sylvia Cord
1957
7.7
Perry Mason
as Ruth Duncan
1957
7.7
The Women of Pitcairn Island
as Maimiti
1956
3.5
Science Fiction Theatre
1955
6.2
Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops
as Leota Van Cleef
1955
6.1
Climax!
as Mrs. Combie
1954
3.3
Studio 57
1954
0.0
Francis Joins the WACS
as Louise Simpson
1954
5.8
City Detective
1953
7.0
Boss Lady
as Gwen Allen
1952
3.5
Has Anybody Seen My Gal?
as Harriet Blaisdell
1952
6.9
I Dream of Jeanie
as Mrs. McDowell
1952
3.6
On the Loose
as Larry Lindsay
1951
6.0
Sunny Side of the Street
as Mary
1951
6.0
I'd Climb the Highest Mountain
as Mrs. Billywith
1951
6.6
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Lux Video Theatre
as Kay Plumber
1950
6.3
🎬
Lux Video Theatre
as Millie Drake
1950
6.3
🎬
Lux Video Theatre
as Evelyn
1950
6.3
🎬
Lux Video Theatre
as Anita Cooper
1950
6.3
The Kid from Cleveland
as Katherine Jackson
1949
5.0
The Amazing Mr. X
as Christine Faber
1948
6.2
The Man from Texas
as Charlie Jackson
1948
6.0
Nocturne
as Frances Ransom
1946
5.8
Margie
as Miss Isabel Palmer
1946
6.9
Home Sweet Homicide
as Marian Carstairs
1946
4.7
Shock
as Nurse Elaine Jordan
1946
6.0
Captain Eddie
as Adelaide Frost Rickenbacker
1945
6.0
Sweet and Low-Down
as Pat Stirling
1944
5.2
Take It or Leave It
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
1944
4.0
Tampico
as Katherine Hall
1944
5.5
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
as Michaela Villegas
1944
6.0
Hello, Frisco, Hello
as Bernice Croft
1943
6.3
China Girl
as Captain Fifi
1942
5.4
Orchestra Wives
as Jaynie Stevens
1942
6.0
The Magnificent Dope
as Claire Harris
1942
7.2
The Falcon Takes Over
as Ann Riordan
1942
6.0
Secret Agent of Japan
as Kay Murdock
1942
4.5
The Night Before the Divorce
as Lynn Nordyke
1942
5.0
The Perfect Snob
as Chris Mason
1941
6.3
Moon Over Her Shoulder
as Susan Rossiter
1941
0.0
We Go Fast
as Rose Coughlin
1941
6.2
Sun Valley Serenade
as Vivian Dawn
1941
7.0
Screen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1
as Self
1941
0.0
Blood and Sand
as Encarnacion
1941
6.4
Sleepers West
as Kay Bentley
1941
6.3
Charter Pilot
as Marge Duncan
1940
6.0
Kit Carson
as Dolores Murphy
1940
6.1
Pier 13
as Sally Kelly
1940
5.0
Earthbound
as Linda Reynolds
1940
4.8
Lillian Russell
as Edna McCauley
1940
6.1
Free, Blonde and 21
as Carol Northrup
1940
8.0
City of Chance
as Julie Reynolds
1940
5.2
City in Darkness
as Marie Dubon
1939
6.4
Pack Up Your Troubles
as Yvonne
1939
6.2
Hollywood Cavalcade
as Actress
1939
5.1
Hotel for Women
as Barbara Hunter]
1939
6.0
News Is Made at Night
as Maxine Thomas
1939
4.5
Chasing Danger
as Renée Claire
1939
6.0
The Return of the Cisco Kid
as Ann Carver
1939
5.0
Pardon Our Nerve
as Terry Wilson
1939
0.0
Sharpshooters
as Dianne Woodward
1938
0.0
Meet the Girls
as Terry Wilson
1938
4.5
I'll Give a Million
as Cecelia
1938
5.7
Always Goodbye
as Jessica Reid
1938
6.8
Speed to Burn
as Marion Clark
1938
6.0
Josette
as Mrs. Elaine Dupree
1938
6.5
Battle of Broadway
as Marjorie Clark
1938
4.2
Mr. Moto's Gamble
as Penny Kendall
1938
6.2
Walking Down Broadway
as Sandra De Voe
1938
5.7
The Baroness and the Butler
as Klari - Maid
1938
5.2
Love and Hisses
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
1937
0.0
Lancer Spy
as Miss Fenwick
1937
5.2
Wife, Doctor and Nurse
as Party Girl
1937
6.0
You Can't Have Everything
as Girl in YWCA (uncredited)
1937
5.7
She Had to Eat
as Crowd Scene Participant (uncredited)
1937
5.0
This Is My Affair
as Party Guest with Keller (uncredited)
1937
7.3
Café Metropole
as Patron at Sidewalk Café (uncredited)
1937
6.9
Fair Warning
as Counter girl
1937
6.0
Love Is News
as 'Babe' - Switchboard Operator (uncredited)
1937
6.0
On the Avenue
as Mary Jackson (uncredited)
1937
6.7
Time Out for Romance
as Bridesmaid
1937
5.6
Woman-Wise
as Secretary (uncredited)
1937
0.0
Crack-Up
as Office Worker (uncredited)
1936
5.8
Under Your Spell
as Airplane Passenger (uncredited)
1936
7.0
Pigskin Parade
as Football Game Spectator (uncredited)
1936
6.1
Ladies In Love
as Dress Shop Clerk (uncredited)
1936
5.8
Sing, Baby, Sing
as Hotel Telephone Operator
1936
5.7
36 Hours to Kill
as Traveler
1936
5.3
Private Number
as Gambler (Uncredited)
1936
6.5
Everybody's Old Man
as Secretary, Miss Burke
1936
0.0
My Marriage
as Pat
1936
5.0
King of Burlesque
as Dancer (uncredited)
1936
5.9
Professional Soldier
as Gypsy Dancer
1935
4.5
Show Them No Mercy!
as Crowd Scene Member (uncredited)
1935
7.0
Pirate Party on Catalina Isle
as Girl on Sailboat (uncredited)
1935
5.6
Thanks a Million
as Phone Operator (uncredited)
1935
6.1
Music Is Magic
as Theatre Cashier (uncredited)
1935
4.0
Way Down East
as Dancing Girl at Party (uncredited)
1935
3.0
The Gay Deception
as Milk Fund Ball Attendee (uncredited)
1935
6.4
Redheads on Parade
as Waitress (uncredited)
1935
0.0
The Daring Young Man
as Bridesmaid
1935
0.0
Doubting Thomas
as Aspiring Actress
1935
7.0
Spring Tonic
as Bridesmaid
1935
5.3
$10 Raise
as Secretary (uncredited)
1935
8.0
George White's 1935 Scandals
as Chorine (uncredited)
1935
4.0
George White's 1935 Scandals
as Chorine
1935
4.0
Under Pressure
as Blonde Brooklyn Girl (uncredited)
1935
5.0
Charlie Chan in Paris
as Club Patron (uncredited)
1935
6.5
Caravan
as Gypsy (Uncredited)
1934
5.0
Music in the Air
as Dancer (uncredited)
1934
4.8
365 Nights in Hollywood
as Showgirl (uncredited)
1934
0.0
Handy Andy
as Girl at Train Station (uncredited)
1934
1.0
Stand Up and Cheer!
as White House Secretary / Chorine (uncredited)
1934
4.9
Bottoms Up
as Chorine (uncredited)
1934
4.8
Coming Out Party
as Party Guest
1934
5.0
David Harum
as Young Townswoman (uncredited)
1934
7.0
Search for Beauty
as Beauty Contestant Entrant (uncredited)
1934
5.9
I Am Suzanne!
as Audience Member
1933
6.2
Dancing Lady
as Chorus Girl (uncredited)
1933
6.9
Meet the Baron
as College Girl (uncredited)
1933
4.3