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
ActingBirthday
May 28, 1928Deathday
March 15, 2015Gender
FemaleKnown Movie Credits
24Place of birth
San Diego, California, USAAlso known as
Katherine Sally Feeney, Katherine Feeney, Kathryn LangCast credits
Son of Sinbad
AmeerTill the Clouds Roll By
Showgirl (uncredited)Are You With It?
Dancer (uncredited)The Kissing Bandit
Fiesta Specialty Dancer (uncredited)Take Me Out to the Ball Game
Mr. Belvedere Goes to College
Miss CadwallerScene of the Crime
My Blue Heaven
Flame of Youth
Miss O'BrienWhile the City Sleeps
Nancy LiggettVengeance Valley
Lily FaskenCode Two
Mary HartleyThe Strange Door
Blanche de MaletroitMystery Street
Grace ShanwayExcuse My Dust
Liz BullittHard, Fast and Beautiful
Florence FarleyThe Strip
Jane TaffordNever Fear
Carol WilliamsNot Wanted
Sally KeltonRide The High Iron
Elsie VandersBannerline
Richie Loomis