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
Credits
- 2000 · Howard Hughes: His Women and His Movies as Self
- 1966 · Family Affair as
- 1959 · Rawhide as Clovis Lindstrom
- 1959 · Rawhide as Loreen Bouquet
- 1956 · Ride The High Iron as Elsie Vanders
- 1956 · The Dinah Shore Chevy Show as Self
- 1956 · While the City Sleeps as Nancy Liggett
- 1955 · Want Ad Wedding as Polly Parker
- 1955 · Son of Sinbad as Ameer
- 1955 · The Millionaire as Emily Baker
- 1954 · Climax! as Jean Hamilton / Cherry Carson
- 1954 · Climax! as
- 1954 · Climax! as Nina
- 1953 · Code Two as Mary Hartley
- 1953 · General Electric Theater as Kristie North
- 1951 · Bannerline as Richie Loomis
- 1951 · Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as
- 1951 · The Strip as Jane Tafford
- 1951 · Excuse My Dust as Liz Bullitt
- 1951 · The Strange Door as Blanche de Maletroit
- 1951 · Hard, Fast and Beautiful as Florence Farley
- 1951 · Vengeance Valley as Lily Fasken
- 1950 · Lux Video Theatre as Amy Boyd
- 1950 · My Blue Heaven as
- 1950 · Mystery Street as Grace Shanway
- 1950 · Whirlpool as Minor Role (uncredited)
- 1950 · Never Fear as Carol Williams
- 1949 · Dancing in the Dark as Secretary
- 1949 · Flame of Youth as Miss O'Brien
- 1949 · Scene of the Crime as
- 1949 · Not Wanted as Sally Kelton
- 1949 · Mr. Belvedere Goes to College as Miss Cadwaller
- 1949 · Take Me Out to the Ball Game as
- 1949 · Suspense as
- 1948 · The Kissing Bandit as Fiesta Specialty Dancer (uncredited)
- 1948 · Studio One as
- 1948 · The Ed Sullivan Show as Self
- 1948 · Are You With It? as Dancer (uncredited)
- 1946 · Till the Clouds Roll By as Showgirl (uncredited)