#96 Lynn Bari

A curvaceous brunette with decent acting skills, Lynn Bari never really got her break. It’s not that she didn’t try – she was a contract player with Fox for 10 years, and tallied 168 total credits over a 35-year career. She usually played bad girls – villainesses, “man-killers,” and “the other woman.” Frustrated with her roles on the silver screen, she devoted the later years of her career primarily to the stage.

Embarrassing Real Name:  Margaret Fisher (the screen name comes from actress Lynn Fontaine and author J.M. Barrie)

Embarrassing Real Birthplace:  Roanoke, VA

Embarrassing Movies

• Bottoms Up!
• Charlie Chan in Paris
• Ali Baba Goes to Town
• The Amazing Mr. X
• Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Cops

Embarrassing Taglines

• Slapstick chases!... Pies in faces!... Shapely beauts in bathing suits!
• It's a fast life and a thrilling one for the motorcycle squad! Coffee pot cuties! Speed demon debs!...and big time thrills around every corner!
• Love flamed in the shadow of death!

Embarrassing Characters

• Young Townswoman
• Second Hotel Switchboard Operator
• Adelaide Frost Rickenbacker
• Leota Van Cleef
• Captain Fifi

Number of Marriages:  3

Whiffs of Scandal

• Domineering alcoholic mother
• Exploitative marriages
• Lots of lawsuits over child custody, child support, alimony, etc.

Interesting Tidbits

• Started out as a platinum blonde
• Was a very popular WWII pinup
• Was known as the "Woo-Woo Girl"

Where can I learn more?

• Foxy Lady: the Authorized Biography of Lynn Bari
• Glamour Girls of the Silver Screen
• IMDb
• Wikipedia

What, no swimmies?


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