About
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...
Known for
Studio OneSeries • 1948
Climax!Series • 1954
RawhideSeries • 1959
SuspenseSeries • 1949
Family AffairSeries • 1966
The MillionaireSeries • 1955
Lux Video TheatreSeries • 1950
While the City SleepsMovie • 1956
Take Me Out to the Ball GameMovie • 1949
Vengeance ValleyMovie • 1951
WhirlpoolMovie • 1950
Till the Clouds Roll ByMovie • 1946
Scene of the CrimeMovie • 1949
Mystery StreetMovie • 1950
The Strange DoorMovie • 1951
Not WantedMovie • 1949
Never FearMovie • 1950