- Lynn Bari
Infobox actor
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name = Lynn Bari
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caption = Bari in "The Amazing Mr. X "
birthname = Margaret Schuyler Fisher
birthdate = birth date|1913|12|18
location = Roanoke,Virginia
deathdate = Death date and age|1989|11|20|1913|12|18
deathplace =Santa Monica, California
spouse = Walter Kane (1939-1943)Sidney Luft (1943-1950)
Nathan Rickles (1955-1972)
children = John Michael Luft (b. 1948)Lynn Bari, born Margaret Schuyler Fisher (
December 18 1913 –November 20 1989 ), was a movie actress (usually inB-movies ) who specialized in playing sultry, statuesque man-killers in over one hundred20th Century Fox films from the early 1930s through the 1940s.Born in
Roanoke ,Virginia , most of her early films, before getting supporting parts, were uncredited roles usually playing receptionists or chorus girls.Bari's rare leading roles include "China Girl" (1942) and "
Hello, Frisco, Hello " (1943). However, in theB movies she was in, Lynn was usually cast as a villainess. Some examples include the films "Shock" and "Nocturne" (both 1946).Notable exceptions to this general theme was "The Bridge of San Luis Rey" (1944). Lynn Bari's last film appearance was as the mother of rebellious teenager
Patty McCormack in "The Young Runaways " (1968).In July 1952, Bari appeared in her own situation comedy called "Boss Lady". She portrayed Gwen Allen, the beautiful top executive of a construction firm. Not the least of her troubles in the assignment was that of being able to hire a general manager who did not fall in love with her. ["TV News", July 4, 1952]
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!"
She died of an apparent heart attack in
Santa Monica, California at the age of 75.Partial filmography
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Charlie Chan in City in Darkness " (1939)
*"Lillian Russell" (1940)
*"Blood and Sand" (1941)
*"Sun Valley Serenade " (1941)
*"The Falcon Takes Over " (1942)
*"The Magnificent Dope " (1942)
*"Orchestra Wives " (1942)
*"China Girl" (1942)
*"Hello, Frisco, Hello " (1943)
*"The Bridge of San Luis Rey" (1944)
*"Shock" (1946)
*"Home Sweet Homicide " (1946)
*"Margie" (1946)
*"Nocturne" (1946)
*"The Amazing Mr. X " (1948)
*"The Kid from Cleveland " (1949)
*"I'd Climb the Highest Mountain " (1951)
*"Has Anybody Seen My Gal? " (1952)
*"Francis Joins the WACS " (1954)
*"Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops " (1955)External links
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* [http://www.classicimages.com/past_issues/view/?x=/1997/february/lynnbari.html Lynn Bari bio]
* [http://www.suspense-movies.com/stars/lynn-bari/ Lynn Bari photos]
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