Sally Forrest

Born: 1928-05-28

Sally Forrest (born Katherine Feeney) was an American film, stage and TV actress of the 1940s and 1950s. Forrest began her film career in the 1940s as a chorus dancer in MGM musicals. She made her acting debut in Not Wanted, written and produced by Ida Lupino. The film's controversial subject of unwed motherhood was a raw and unsentimental view of a condition that was rarely explored by Hollywood at that time. Forrest starred in two more Lupino projects, Never Fear and Hard, Fast and Beautiful, as well as other film noir films, including Mystery Street, directed by John Sturges, and the star-studded While the City Sleeps, directed by Fritz Lang. Her musical background and training as a jazz and ballet dancer brought roles in the transitional musicals that rounded off the golden age of MGM; most notable was Excuse My Dust. Most of her films were made under contract to MGM, which prided itself as family entertainment, but RKO, headed by the eccentric and controlling Howard Hughes, presented a very different creative challenge. Son of Sinbad, now a cult classic, was one of his many pet projects where he had a personal interest in re-designing the star's skimpy wardrobe. With each rehearsal, Forrest noticed her harem dance costume slowly disappearing, until it was barely compliant with the Motion Picture Production Code.[citation needed] In 1953, after moving to New York with her husband, writer and producer Milo Frank (who was hired to be head of casting for CBS), her film work transitioned to theatre and TV. She starred on Broadway in The Seven Year Itch, and appeared in major stage productions of Damn Yankees, Bus Stop, As You Like It and No No Nanette. Later she returned to Hollywood and continued working at RKO and Columbia Pictures. Her final film was RKO's While the City Sleeps in 1956, a murder mystery co-starring Dana Andrews, Rhonda Fleming, Vincent Price and her frequent collaborator Ida Lupino.


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While the City Sleeps

as Nancy Liggett
Released: 1956-04-19

Newspaper men compete against each other to find a serial killer dubbed "The Lipstick Killer".

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Mystery Street

as Grace Shanway
Released: 1950-06-23

When a young woman's skeletal remains turn up on a Massachusetts beach, Barnstable cop Peter...

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Whirlpool

as Minor Role (uncredited)
Released: 1950-01-13

The wife of a psychoanalyst falls prey to a devious quack hypnotist when he discovers she is an...

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Take Me Out to the Ball Game

as uncredited
Released: 1949-03-09

The Wolves baseball team gets steamed when they find they've been inherited by one K.C. Higgins,...

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Till the Clouds Roll By

as Showgirl (uncredited)
Released: 1946-12-05

Light bio-pic of American Broadway pioneer Jerome Kern, featuring renditions of the famous songs...

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Vengeance Valley

as Lily Fasken
Released: 1951-02-14

A cattle baron takes in an orphaned boy and raises him, causing his own son to resent the boy....

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Scene of the Crime

as uncredited
Released: 1949-07-28

A cop investigates the shooting of another policeman... that may have been involved in crooked...

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The Strange Door

as Blanche de Maletroit
Released: 1951-06-21

The wicked Alain plots an elaborate revenge against his younger brother Edmund, leading to a...

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Dancing in the Dark

as Secretary
Released: 1949-12-02

Emery Slade was one of the brightest stars in Hollywood in 1932, but by 1949 his career has hit...

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My Blue Heaven

as uncredited
Released: 1950-09-15

Radio star Kitty Moran, long married to partner Jack, finds she's pregnant, but miscarries. For...

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The Strip

as Jane Tafford
Released: 1951-08-31

Drummer Stanley Maxton moves to Los Angeles with dreams of opening his own jazz club, but falls...

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Code Two

as Mary Hartley
Released: 1953-04-24

Three young men train to become motorcycle cops.

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The Kissing Bandit

as Fiesta Specialty Dancer (uncredited)
Released: 1948-11-14

Ricardo, the milquetoast son of a Mexican bandit, would rather lead a quiet life in Boston. But...

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Not Wanted

as Sally Kelton
Released: 1949-06-24

After a beautiful but unsophisticated girl is seduced by a worldly piano player and gives up her...

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Mr. Belvedere Goes to College

as Miss Cadwaller
Released: 1949-04-15

A middle-aged genius goes to college for the first time.

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Never Fear

as Carol Williams
Released: 1950-01-04

A dancer who has just gotten engaged to her partner and choreographer and is about to embark on...

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Hard, Fast and Beautiful

as Florence Farley
Released: 1951-05-23

When most people look at Florence Farley, they see a pretty teenager. But when Milly Farley...

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Son of Sinbad

as Ameer
Released: 1955-06-02

Legendary pirate and adventurer Sinbad is in single-minded pursuit of two things: beautiful...

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Are You With It?

as Dancer (uncredited)
Released: 1948-03-19

Milton Haskins, a math genius known for his infallibility with numbers, quits his job with an...

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Bannerline

as Richie Loomis
Released: 1951-10-12

A young crusading reporter in a small town tackles civic corruption.

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Excuse My Dust

as Liz Bullitt
Released: 1951-06-27

Joe, inventor in an American Small town of 1895 has problems with his new invention, a car,...

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Howard Hughes: His Women and His Movies

as Self
Released: 2000-06-27

A reclusive millionaire who owed his fortune to his father, Howard Hughes staked his fame on...

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Ride The High Iron

as Elsie Vanders
Released: 1956-12-01

A recent war veteran accepts a job in public relations, but he becomes increasingly unhappy with...

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Flame of Youth

as Miss O'Brien
Released: 1949-09-22

Outside the Wolf Club, wayward high school student Geraldine “Jerry” Briggs waits in the parking...

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Climax!

as Jean Hamilton / Cherry Carson
First aired: 1954-10-07

Climax! is an American anthology series that aired on CBS from 1954 to 1958. The series was...

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Climax!

as uncredited
First aired: 1954-10-07

Climax! is an American anthology series that aired on CBS from 1954 to 1958. The series was...

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Climax!

as Nina
First aired: 1954-10-07

Climax! is an American anthology series that aired on CBS from 1954 to 1958. The series was...

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Rawhide

as Clovis Lindstrom
First aired: 1959-01-09

The tale of trail boss Gil Favor and his trusty foreman Rowdy Yates as they drives cattle across...

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Rawhide

as Loreen Bouquet
First aired: 1959-01-09

The tale of trail boss Gil Favor and his trusty foreman Rowdy Yates as they drives cattle across...

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Studio One

as uncredited
First aired: 1948-11-07

An American radio–television anthology series, created in 1947 by Canadian director Fletcher...

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Family Affair

as uncredited
First aired: 1966-09-12

Family Affair is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from September 12, 1966 to September 9,...

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The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

as Self
First aired: 1956-10-05

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show is an American variety series hosted by Dinah Shore, and broadcast on...

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The Millionaire

as Emily Baker
First aired: 1955-01-19

An anthology series that explored the ways sudden and unexpected wealth changed life for better...

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The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self
First aired: 1948-06-20

The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June...

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Suspense

as uncredited
First aired: 1949-01-06

An anthology series adapted from the radio program of the same name. Like the radio program,...

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Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

as uncredited
First aired: 1951-10-05

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars is an anthology series that was telecast from 1951 until 1959 on CBS....

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General Electric Theater

as Kristie North
First aired: 1953-02-01

General Electric Theater is an American anthology series hosted by Ronald Reagan that was...

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