LYNN BARI (fue una actriz de cine)

LYNN BARI (nacida como Margaret Schuyler Fisher, 18 de diciembre de 1919 – 20 de noviembre de 1989) fue una actriz de cine que se especializó en interpretar a asesinos de hombres esculturales y sensuales en aproximadamente 150 películas para 20th Century Fox desde principios de la década de 1930 hasta la de 1940.

Biografía y carrera

Bari nació en 1919 en Roanoke, Virginia de John Maynard Fisher, un nativo de Tennessee, y su esposa Marjorie Halpen de Nueva York.  En la mayoría de sus primeras películas, Bari tenía papeles no acreditados que generalmente interpretaban a recepcionistas o coristas. Luchó por encontrar papeles protagónicos en películas. Los papeles principales raros incluyeron China Girl (1942), Hello, Frisco, Hello (1943) y The Spiritualist (1948). En las películas de serie B , a Bari se le solía interpretar como un «asesino de hombres», como en Orchestra Wives (1942), o una villana, en particular Shock y Nocturne (ambas de 1946). Una excepción fue la dramática protagonista de El puente de San Luis Rey (1944). Durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial, según una encuesta realizada a soldados, Bari fue la segunda chica modelo más popular después de la mucho más conocida Betty Grable.

La última aparición cinematográfica de Bari fue como la madre de la adolescente rebelde Patty McCormack en The Young Runaways (1968).

Rápidamente tomó el medio emergente de la televisión durante la década de 1950; protagonizó la comedia de televisión en directo Detective’s Wife , que se emitió durante el verano de 1950. En 1952, Bari protagonizó su propia comedia Boss Lady , un reemplazo de verano del Fireside Theatre de NBC. Interpretó a Gwen F. Allen, la hermosa alta ejecutiva de una empresa de construcción. Sus últimas apariciones en televisión fueron en episodios de The Girl From UNCLE y The FBI.

El 20 de noviembre de 1989, Bari fue encontrada muerta en su casa de un aparente infarto. Fue incinerada y sus cenizas esparcidas en el mar.

LYNN BARI (born Margaret Schuyler Fisher, December 18, 1919 – November 20, 1989) was a film actress who specialized in portraying sensual, statuesque male killers in approximately 150 films for 20th Century Fox since the early 1900s. 1930s to 1940s.

Biography and career

Bari was born in 1919 in Roanoke, Virginia to John Maynard Fisher, a native of Tennessee, and his wife Marjorie Halpen of New York. In most of his early films, Bari had uncredited roles that generally played receptionists or showgirls. He struggled to find leading roles in movies. Rare lead roles included China Girl (1942), Hello, Frisco, Hello (1943), and The Spiritualist (1948). In B movies, Bari was often portrayed as a «man-killer», as in Orchestra Wives (1942), or a villain, particularly Shock and Nocturne (both from 1946). An exception was the dramatic protagonist of El Puente de San Luis Rey (1944). During World War II, according to a survey of soldiers, Bari was the second most popular model girl after the much better known Betty Grable.

Bari’s last film appearance was as the mother of rebellious teenager Patty McCormack in The Young Runaways (1968).

It quickly took over the emerging medium of television during the 1950s; starred in the live television comedy Detective’s Wife, which aired during the summer of 1950. In 1952, Bari starred in his own comedy Boss Lady, a summer replacement for NBC’s Fireside Theater. She played Gwen F. Allen, the beautiful top executive of a construction company. Her last television appearances were in episodes of The Girl From UNCLE and The FBI.

On November 20, 1989, Bari was found dead in her home of an apparent heart attack. She was cremated and her ashes scattered in the sea.

Filmography

1933 Meet the Baron

1933 Dancing Lady

1933 I’m Suzanne

1934 Search for Beauty

1934 Caravan

1934 David Harum

1934 Coming Out Party

1934 Bottoms Up

1934 Get up and cheer!

1934 Handy Andy

1934 365 nights in Hollywood

1934 Music in the air

1935 Charlie Chan in Paris

1935 The Gay Deception

1935 Charlie Chan in Shanghai

1935 Way Down East

1935 Metropolitan

1935 Music is magic

1935 Thanks a Million

1935 The man who broke the bank in Monte Carlo

1935 Show them no mercy!

1935 Professional soldier

1936 King of Burlesque

1936 my marriage

1936 it had to happen

1936 Man of Song and Dance

1936 Everybody’s Old Man

1936 The Great Ziegfeld

1936 Gentle Julia

1936 Private number

1936 Poor rich girl

1936 36 hours to kill

1936 Girls Bedroom

1936 Sing, Baby, Sing

1937 Sing and be happy

1937 Wee Willie Winkie

1937 She had to eat

1937 Wake up and live

1937 The lady escapes

1937 You can’t have it all

1937 Wife, doctor and nurse

1937 Life begins at the university

1937 Lancer Spy

1937 Ali Baba goes to town

1937 45 fathers

1937 Love and Whistles

1938 City Girl

1938 The Baroness and the Butler

1938 Walking down Broadway

1938 Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm

1938 Moto’s Gamble

1938 Battle of Broadway

1939 Charlie Chan in City in Darkness

1940 City of Chance

1940 Free, blonde and 21

1940 Lillian Russell

1940 Terrestrial

1940 Pier 13

1940 Kit Carson

1940 Charter Pilot

1941 Sleepers West

1941 Blood and Sand

1941 Sun Valley Serenade

1941 Let’s go fast

1941 Moon on his shoulder

1941 The Perfect Snob

1942 The Night Before Divorce

1942 Secret Agent of Japan

1942 The Falcon Takes Over

1955 science fiction theater

1956 The Women of Pitcairn Island

1958 Damn Citizen

1962 Elfego Baca: Six Gun Law

1952 Trauma

1968 The Young Runaways.

Créditos: Tomado de Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynn_Bari