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Sally Forrest‌

Gender

Female

Birthday

calendar1928-05-28

Popularity

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Sally Forrest

San Diego, California, USA

Sally Forrest

San Diego, California, USA

Gender

Female

Birthday

calendar1928-05-28

Popularity

star1.6

Biography

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.

Movie Credits

Son of Sinbad

Son of Sinbad‌
star4.8
calendar 1955

The Kissing Bandit

The Kissing Bandit‌
star3.0
calendar 1948

Take Me Out to the Ball Game

Take Me Out to the Ball Game‌
star6.8
calendar 1949

My Blue Heaven

My Blue Heaven‌
star7.0
calendar 1950

Till the Clouds Roll By

Till the Clouds Roll By‌
star5.6
calendar 1946

Are You With It?

Are You With It?‌
star4.0
calendar 1948

Mr. Belvedere Goes to College

Mr. Belvedere Goes to College‌
star6.7
calendar 1949

Scene of the Crime

Scene of the Crime‌
star6.2
calendar 1949

Flame of Youth

Flame of Youth‌
star0.0
calendar 1949

While the City Sleeps

While the City Sleeps‌
star6.9
calendar 1956

Vengeance Valley

Vengeance Valley‌
star5.3
calendar 1951

Code Two

Code Two‌
star6.2
calendar 1953

The Strange Door

The Strange Door‌
star6.2
calendar 1951

Mystery Street

Mystery Street‌
star6.7
calendar 1950

Excuse My Dust

Excuse My Dust‌
star7.2
calendar 1951

Hard, Fast and Beautiful

Hard, Fast and Beautiful‌
star5.9
calendar 1951

The Strip

The Strip‌
star5.7
calendar 1951

Never Fear

Never Fear‌
star6.1
calendar 1950

Not Wanted

Not Wanted‌
star6.8
calendar 1949

Ride The High Iron

Ride The High Iron‌
star0.0
calendar 1956

Bannerline

Bannerline‌
star6.0
calendar 1951

Dancing in the Dark

Dancing in the Dark‌
star5.0
calendar 1949

Whirlpool

Whirlpool‌
star6.4
calendar 1950

Howard Hughes: His Women and His Movies

Howard Hughes: His Women and His Movies‌
star0.0
calendar 2000

Tv Credits

Family Affair

Family Affair‌
star6.6
calendar 1966

Studio One

Studio One‌
star4.4
calendar 1948

General Electric Theater

General Electric Theater‌
star5.5
calendar 1953

Rawhide

Rawhide‌
star7.0
calendar 1959

The Millionaire

The Millionaire‌
star5.0
calendar 1955

Lux Video Theatre

Lux Video Theatre‌
star5.5
calendar 1950

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars‌
star6.5
calendar 1951

Climax!

Climax!‌
star2.7
calendar 1954

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show‌
star4.0
calendar 1956

Suspense

Suspense‌
star4.2
calendar 1949

Rawhide

Rawhide‌
star7.0
calendar 1959

The Ed Sullivan Show

The Ed Sullivan Show‌
star6.5
calendar 1948

Climax!

Climax!‌
star2.7
calendar 1954

Climax!

Climax!‌
star2.7
calendar 1954