Sally Forrest

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Sally Forrest , born as Katherine Sally Feeney (born May 28, 1925 in San Diego , United States , † March 16, 2015 in Beverly Hills , United States), was an American dancer and film actress in the 1950s.

Live and act

The daughter of a dance couple was born with her dancing skills and taught dance at her high school as a teenager. In 1945 the 17-year-old moved with her parents from San Diego to Los Angeles, where she was hired by MGM as a dancer in Hollywood that same year . In 1947 she was unnamed choreography assistant at the Star Musical Easter Parade with Fred Astaire and Judy Garland . From 1949 Sally Forrest was also given (initially tiny) supporting roles, but thanks to her sponsor Ida Lupino , one of the few directors in Hollywood of those years, Sally Forrest worked her way up to leading roles in B-films . She occasionally starred in comedies such as the Red Skelton stuff, Gimme it, Joe! , where she was also allowed to perform three dance and song numbers ( Lorelei Brown , Goin 'Steady , Spring Has Sprung ), but also in completely contrary stories like the horror fairy tale Behind the Walls of Horror , where she played the veteran stars Charles Laughton and Boris Karloff had to partners.

At that time, in the first half of the 1950s, the artist with the distinctive high cheekbones was particularly at home in the dramatic subject and played threatened, tough, young women as well as multiple single mothers. Forrest was also seen in the Western Vengeance Valley at the side of Burt Lancaster and in the costume fabric of Sindbad's son as a partner of Vincent Price . Here she also performed a particularly erotic pole dance performance. In one of her last films, Die Bestie , she worked with Fritz Lang in 1955 . Most recently, Sally Forrest only appeared in individual episodes of several television series or series. She was hardly active since the early 1960s, and in 1967 the actress retired, who from 1952 onwards played the female lead in the Broadway production of George Axelrod's comedy The Seven Year Itch for over a year ( Marilyn Monroe's part in the film adaptation The darn 7th year ) was allowed to play, finally back from work in front of the camera. In 1984 she was briefly seen again in a stage performance of the musical No, No, Nanette in her native San Diego.

From 1951 until his death in 2004 Sally Forrest was married to her former artist agent, Milo O. Frank junior, seven years her senior, with whom she also lived abroad (England and Spain) for several years. During these years she devoted herself to completely different things; For example, she organized dog shows.

Filmography

  • 1946: Until the clouds pass by (Till the Clouds Roll By)
  • 1948: A Bandit to Kiss (The Kissing Bandit)
  • 1949: Take Me Out to the Ball Game
  • 1949: Not Wanted
  • 1949: Scene of the Crime
  • 1950: Lying Lips (Never Fear)
  • 1950: The Dead in the Dunes (Mystery Street)
  • 1951: Vengeance Valley (Vengeance Valley)
  • 1951: Behind the Walls of Horror (The Strange Door)
  • 1951: step on the gas, Joe! (Excuse My Dust)
  • 1951: Deadly Pavement Sunset Strip (The Strip)
  • 1951: Bannerline
  • 1952: Schlitz Playhouse of Stars: Barrow Street (TV episode)
  • 1953: Code 2
  • 1953: Studio One (TV series, two episodes)
  • 1955: Sindbad's son (Son of Sinbad)
  • 1955: The Beast (While the City Sleeps)
  • 1956: The Red Skelton Show (TV series, two episodes)
  • 1956: Ride the High Iron
  • 1955–1958: Climax! (TV series, four episodes)
  • 1959, 1964: A Thousand Miles of Dust (Rawhide) (TV series, two episodes)
  • 1967: Dear Uncle Bill (Family Affair) (TV series, episode)

literature

  • International Motion Picture Almanac 1965 , Quigley Publishing Company, New York 1964, p. 93.
  • Ephraim Katz : The Film Encyclopedia , Fourth Edition. Revised by Fred Klein and Ronald Dean Nolen. New York 2001, p. 477.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Sally Forrest in the Internet Broadway Database
  2. ^ David Ragan: Who's Who in Hollywood 1900–1976. Arlington House Publishers. New Rochelle, New York. P. 146

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personal data
SURNAME Forrest, Sally
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Feeney, Katherine Sally (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American dancer and film actress in the 1950s
DATE OF BIRTH May 28, 1925
PLACE OF BIRTH San Diego , United States
DATE OF DEATH March 16, 2015
Place of death Beverly Hills , United States