Bryar is mostly known for appearing in small roles in a few horror films, such as "Mrs. Spool" in
Psycho II (1983) and "Arlene's Mother" in
I Was a Teenage Frankenstein (1957). In her death scene in the final scenes of
Psycho II (1983), where her character, "Mrs. Spool", is hit on the head with a shovel, she wore a protective skull cap under her wig to deflect the blow from the rubber shovel.