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Sally Forrest Died at age: 86

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Sally Forrest

Date of Birth:

May 28, 1928

Country of birth:

USA

Died:

Mar 15, 2015

Biography of

Sally Forrest

    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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Sally Forrest

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Filmography of

Sally Forrest

Found 24 Movies in total

... 2000

Ride The High Iron

Elsie Vanders ( Actor )

... 1956

While the City Sleeps

Nancy Liggett ( Actor )

... 1956

Son of Sinbad

Ameer ( Actor )

... 1955

Code Two

Mary Hartley ( Actor )

... 1953

Bannerline

Richie Loomis ( Actor )

... 1951

The Strip

Jane Tafford ( Actor )

... 1951

Excuse My Dust

Liz Bullitt ( Actor )

... 1951

The Strange Door

Blanche de Maletroit ( Actor )

... 1951

Hard, Fast and Beautiful

Florence Farley ( Actor )

... 1951

Vengeance Valley

Lily Fasken ( Actor )

... 1951

... 1950

Mystery Street

Grace Shanway ( Actor )

... 1950

Whirlpool

Minor Role (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1950

Never Fear

Carol Williams ( Actor )

... 1950

Dancing in the Dark

Secretary ( Actor )

... 1949

Flame of Youth

Miss O'Brien ( Actor )

... 1949

... 1949

Not Wanted

Sally Kelton ( Actor )

... 1949

Mr. Belvedere Goes to College

Miss Cadwaller ( Actor )

... 1949

... 1949

The Kissing Bandit

Fiesta Specialty Dancer (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1948

Are You With It?

Dancer (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1948

Till the Clouds Roll By

Showgirl (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1946