Sally Forrest

Acting

Sally Forrest

Born May 28, 1928 · San Diego, California, USA

Died March 15, 2015 · aged 86

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 …

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WhirlpoolWhirlpool · 1950
Whirlpool
★ 6.41950
MovieThrillerCrime
The wife of a psychoanalyst falls prey to a devious quack hypnotist when he discovers she is an habitual shoplifter. Then one of his previous patients now being treated by the real doctor is found murdered, with her still at the scene, and suspicion points only one way.
While the City SleepsWhile the City Sleeps · 1956
While the City Sleeps
★ 6.91956
MovieThrillerDrama
Newspaper men compete against each other to find a serial killer dubbed "The Lipstick Killer".
Till the Clouds Roll ByTill the Clouds Roll By · 1946
Till the Clouds Roll By
★ 5.81946
MovieMusic
Light bio-pic of American Broadway pioneer Jerome Kern, featuring renditions of the famous songs from his musical plays by contemporary stage artists, including a condensed production of his most famous: 'Showboat'.
Take Me Out to the Ball GameTake Me Out to the Ball Game · 1949
Take Me Out to the Ball Game
★ 6.61949
MovieComedyRomance
The Wolves baseball team gets steamed when they find they've been inherited by one K.C. Higgins, a suspected "fathead" who intends to take an active interest in running the team. But K.C. turns outs to be a beautiful woman who really knows her baseball. Second baseman Dennis Ryan promptly falls in love. But his playboy roommate Eddie O'Brien has his own notions about how to treat the new lady owner and some unsavory gamblers have their own ideas about how to handle Eddie.
The Strange DoorThe Strange Door · 1951
The Strange Door
★ 6.21951
MovieHorrorThriller
The wicked Alain plots an elaborate revenge against his younger brother Edmund, leading to a deadly confrontation in his dungeon deathtrap.
The Kissing BanditThe Kissing Bandit · 1948
The Kissing Bandit
★ 5.21948
MovieWesternComedy
Ricardo, the milquetoast son of a Mexican bandit, would rather lead a quiet life in Boston. But the family would rather that he follow in his father's footsteps and become "The Kissing Bandit".
Dancing in the DarkDancing in the Dark · 1949
Dancing in the Dark
★ 6.01949
MovieComedyRomance
Emery Slade was one of the brightest stars in Hollywood in 1932, but by 1949 his career has hit the skids. Fortunately, he is able to convince studio head Melville Crossman to cast him in the adaptation of a hit Broadway show. Crossman has one condition: Slade must travel to New York and convince the female star of the stage production to join the film. Slade goes, but, when he eyes the winsome Julie Clarke, he hatches a different scheme.
Scene of the CrimeScene of the Crime · 1949
Scene of the Crime
★ 6.11949
MovieCrimeMystery
A cop investigates the shooting of another policeman... that may have been involved in crooked activities.

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Are You With It?Are You With It? · 1948
Are You With It?
★ 4.51948
MovieMystery
Milton Haskins, a math genius known for his infallibility with numbers, quits his job with an insurance company when he discovers he made a mistake, and hooks up with a traveling carnival. His knowledge of mathematics makes him a natural as an assistant at the wheel of fortune. His fiancée begs him to return to his job but he refuses, so she joins the carnival and becomes a striptease artist. When Milton attempts to drag her off the stage, a brawling mêlée breaks out and the entire troupe is arrested by the local police. The carnival is sold but Milton reveals that the new owner has conspired to defraud the insurance company. The insurance company has to accept the carnival in lieu of the money owed, and they allow Milton and his fiancée, Vivian, to stay with and help run the carnival.

Dancer (uncredited)