Lynn Bari

Birth Name:

Margaret Schuyler Fisher

Birth Place:

Roanoke, Virginia, United States

Profession

Actress, Soundtrack

Was active in the campaigns of Herbert Hoover, Wendell Willkie, Thomas E․ Dewey, Dwight D․ Eisenhower, Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan
Was a direct descendant of Revolutionary War hero Alexander Hamilton on her mother's side
Had a number of early uncredited roles as receptionists or chorus girls
Made her film debut in the same musical that dancer Fred Astaire did, "Dancing Lady․"
Often played the villainous other woman in low-budget pictures for 20th Century Fox in the 1930s and 1940s
Played rare lead roles in "China Girl, ""Hello, Frisco, Hello" and "The Spiritualist․"
According to a poll conducted during World War II, she was the second most popular pin-up girl among G․I․s
Devised her stage name by combining the name of actress Lynn Fontanne with the name of author Sir James M․ Barrie
Film historian Jeff Gordon published "Foxy Lady" in 2010, an authorized biography based on interviews completed shortly before Bari's death
Originally started taking elocution lessons and participating in amateur theatrics in order to lose the Southern accent her Massachusetts school peers mocked her for

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