Lynn Bari

The address of the house has been changed to 621 Walnut Avenue. 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), Hello, Frisco, Hello (1943), and The Spiritualist (1948). In her B movie roles, Lynn was usually cast as a villainess. Examples include Shock and Nocturne, both 1946. An exceptions to this 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). Read Less

In July 1952, Bari appeared in her own situation comedy called Boss Lady (a summer replacement for NBC's Fireside Theater). 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.

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!"

Bari was the only daughter of John Maynard Fisher, a native of Tennessee, and his wife, Marjorie Halpen of New York. She had a younger brother, John. Her father died in 1920, and his widow moved with her children to Lynchburg, Virginia. Here Bari's mother met the Reverend Robert Bizer, a Religious Science minister, and they married. Assigned a position with his church in Boston, the family moved to Massachusetts. Bari later recalled the other children at school in Boston made life miserable for her and her brother making constant fun of their obvious Southern accents. She determined to eliminate her accent and, as a result, became involved with amateur theatrics, while also taking elocution lessons. Bari was more than delighted when at the age of 13 she was told her stepfather had been reassigned to Los Angeles, where he later became the head of the Institute of Religious Science. Read Less