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Sally Forrest

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.

Personal information

Birthday

1928-05-28

Birth Place

San Diego, California, USA

Movies and TV shows :

Are You With It?

Are You With It?

1948

4.0

Movie
Bannerline

Bannerline

1951

6.0

Movie
poster

Climax!

1954

2.7

TV
Code Two

Code Two

1953

6.2

Movie
Dancing in the Dark

Dancing in the Dark

1949

5.0

Movie
Excuse My Dust

Excuse My Dust

1951

7.2

Movie
poster

Family Affair

1966

6.6

TV
Flame of Youth

Flame of Youth

1949

0.0

Movie
poster

General Electric Theater

1953

5.5

TV
Hard, Fast and Beautiful

Hard, Fast and Beautiful

1951

5.9

Movie
Howard Hughes: His Women and His Movies

Howard Hughes: His Women and His Movies

2000

0.0

Movie
poster

Lux Video Theatre

1950

5.5

TV
Mr. Belvedere Goes to College

Mr. Belvedere Goes to College

1949

6.7

Movie
My Blue Heaven

My Blue Heaven

1950

7.0

Movie
Mystery Street

Mystery Street

1950

6.7

Movie
Never Fear

Never Fear

1950

6.1

Movie
Not Wanted

Not Wanted

1949

6.8

Movie
poster

Rawhide

1959

7.0

TV
Ride The High Iron

Ride The High Iron

1956

0.0

Movie
Scene of the Crime

Scene of the Crime

1949

6.2

Movie
poster

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

1951

6.0

TV
Son of Sinbad

Son of Sinbad

1955

4.8

Movie
poster

Studio One

1948

4.4

TV
poster

Suspense

1949

4.3

TV
Take Me Out to the Ball Game

Take Me Out to the Ball Game

1949

6.8

Movie
poster

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

1956

4.0

TV
poster

The Ed Sullivan Show

1948

6.5

TV
The Kissing Bandit

The Kissing Bandit

1948

3.0

Movie
poster

The Millionaire

1955

5.0

TV
The Strange Door

The Strange Door

1951

6.2

Movie
The Strip

The Strip

1951

5.7

Movie
Till the Clouds Roll By

Till the Clouds Roll By

1946

5.6

Movie
Vengeance Valley

Vengeance Valley

1951

5.3

Movie
While the City Sleeps

While the City Sleeps

1956

6.9

Movie
Whirlpool

Whirlpool

1950

6.4

Movie