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.

Known For: Acting

Born: San Diego, California, USA, 1928-05-28

Died: 2015-03-15

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1946	Till the Clouds Roll By	Showgirl (uncredited)	57
2	1948	Are You With It?	Dancer (uncredited)	40
3	1948	The Kissing Bandit	Fiesta Specialty Dancer (uncredited)	30
4	1949	Take Me Out to the Ball Game		67
5	1949	Mr. Belvedere Goes to College	Miss Cadwaller	67
6	1949	Not Wanted	Sally Kelton	68
7	1949	Scene of the Crime		63
8	1949	Flame of Youth	Miss O'Brien	0
9	1949	Dancing in the Dark	Secretary	50
10	1950	Never Fear	Carol Williams	61
11	1950	Whirlpool	Minor Role (uncredited)	65
12	1950	Mystery Street	Grace Shanway	67
13	1950	My Blue Heaven		70
14	1951	Vengeance Valley	Lily Fasken	52
15	1951	Hard, Fast and Beautiful	Florence Farley	58
16	1951	The Strange Door	Blanche de Maletroit	62
17	1951	Excuse My Dust	Liz Bullitt	72
18	1951	The Strip	Jane Tafford	57
19	1951	Bannerline	Richie Loomis	60
20	1953	Code Two	Mary Hartley	62
21	1955	Son of Sinbad	Ameer	49
22	1955	Want Ad Wedding	Polly Parker	0
23	1956	While the City Sleeps	Nancy Liggett	69
24	1956	Ride The High Iron	Elsie Vanders	0
25	2000	Howard Hughes: His Women and His Movies	Self	0

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1948	The Ed Sullivan Show	Self	68
2	1948	Studio One		50
3	1949	Suspense		49
4	1950	Lux Video Theatre	Amy Boyd	63
5	1951	Schlitz Playhouse of Stars		73
6	1953	General Electric Theater	Kristie North	63
7	1954	Climax!	Jean Hamilton / Cherry Carson	33
8	1954	Climax!		33
9	1954	Climax!	Nina	33
10	1955	The Millionaire	Emily Baker	50
11	1956	The Dinah Shore Chevy Show	Self	60
12	1959	Rawhide	Clovis Lindstrom	72
13	1959	Rawhide	Loreen Bouquet	72
14	1966	Family Affair		66

Sally Forrest

Film

Television