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Sally Forrest is a Actor and Director American born on 28 may 1928 at San Diego (USA)

Sally Forrest

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Birth name Katherine Sally Feeney
Nationality USA
Birth 28 may 1928 at San Diego (USA)
Death 15 march 2015 (at 86 years)

Sally Forrest (born Katherine Feeney; May 28, 1928 – March 15, 2015), was an American film, stage and TV actress of the 1940s and 1950s.

Biography

Sally Forrest débute au cinéma en 1946 et interprète d'abord des petits rôles non crédités de danseuse dans quatre films produits par la Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. En 1949, elle obtient ses premiers rôles de composition et rencontre la réalisatrice Ida Lupino, pour laquelle elle tourne trois films (deux cette même année 1949, le troisième en 1951). En tout, elle apparaît dans vingt-deux films américains, les deux derniers en 1956 (dont La Cinquième Victime de Fritz Lang, où elle retrouve Ida Lupino, cette fois actrice). Un de ses films les mieux connus, hormis celui de Lang, est le western La Vallée de la vengeance (1951), aux côtés de Burt Lancaster, Joanne Dru et Robert Walker.

À la télévision, Sally Forrest participe à dix-sept séries, entre 1952 et 1967, année où elle se retire.

Au théâtre, elle joue à Broadway dans une pièce à succès de George Axelrod (représentée 1 141 fois de 1952 à 1955), Sept Ans de réflexion (The Seven Year Itch), où elle interprète en remplacement le rôle qui sera repris par Marilyn Monroe dans l'adaptation au cinéma de 1955.

Usually with

Ida Lupino
Ida Lupino
(4 films)
Collier Young
Collier Young
(2 films)
Lyle Wheeler
Lyle Wheeler
(4 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Sally Forrest (22 films)

Display filmography as list

Actress

While the City Sleeps, 1h40
Directed by Fritz Lang
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Themes Films about writers, Films about journalists, Serial killer films
Actors Dana Andrews, Rhonda Fleming, George Sanders, John Drew Barrymore, Ida Lupino, Howard Duff
Roles Nancy Liggett
Rating68% 3.4488953.4488953.4488953.4488953.448895
A power struggle ensues after the death of media magnate Amos Kyne (Robert Warick), who turned his corporation over to his sole heir, foppish son Walter (Vincent Price). Rather than run the company himself, Walter decides to let the heads of its three divisions fight it out. Their assignment is to score an exclusive story on a serial killer terrorizing women in New York the Kyne organization's newspaper dubs "The Lipstick Killer". Whoever identifies him before the police will be rewarded the title of executive director.
Son of Sinbad, 1h18
Origin USA
Genres Fantasy, Adventure
Themes Children's films
Actors Dale Robertson, Vincent Price, Sally Forrest, Mari Blanchard, Leon Askin, Kim Novak
Roles Ameer
Rating53% 2.6566352.6566352.6566352.6566352.656635
In ancient Baghdad, poet Omar Khayyám wanders the streets in search of his friend, Sinbad, the son and namesake of Sinbad the Sailor, and finds him outside the Khalif's palace. Although the Khalif has offered a reward for his capture, the roguish Sinbad ignores Omar's warnings and nonchalantly sneaks into the palace. Spouting Omar's poetry, Sinbad romances Nerissa, one of the Khalif's harem girls, but is exposed by jealous slave Ameer, who also loves him.
Code Two
Code Two (1953)

Directed by Fred M. Wilcox
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Ralph Meeker, Elaine Stewart, Chuck Connors, Sally Forrest, Keenan Wynn, Robert Horton
Roles Mary Hartley
Rating60% 3.0497753.0497753.0497753.0497753.049775
Classmates at the Los Angeles police academy, Chuck O'Fair, Russ Hartley and Harry Whenlon bond as friends. When they socialize at one's house, Russ and his wife, Mary, observe as the extroverted Chuck expresses an interest in Mary's sister, Jane, who seems to prefer the shy Harry instead.
Excuse My Dust
Directed by Buster Keaton, Edward Sedgwick, Roy Rowland
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre
Themes Sports films, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Auto racing films, Road movies
Actors Red Skelton, Sally Forrest, Macdonald Carey, Jane Darwell, Monica Lewis, William Demarest
Roles Liz Bullitt
Rating61% 3.0512053.0512053.0512053.0512053.051205
Amateur inventor Joe Belden has his Indiana hometown in a tizzy over his new "horseless carriage" in 1895. It runs on gasoline, but the townspeople aren't impressed and only Joe's mom and his sweetheart Liz Bullitt are supportive.
Hard, Fast and Beautiful, 1h18
Directed by Ida Lupino, James Anderson
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Sports films, Tennis films
Actors Claire Trevor, Sally Forrest, Carleton G. Young, Robert Clarke, Robert C. Schnitzer, Joseph Kearns
Roles Florence Farley
Rating61% 3.097443.097443.097443.097443.09744
Florence Farley, a girl from Santa Monica, California in her late teens, and a tennis prodigy, is torn between fulfilling the dreams of her ambitious mother Millie, who has planned her tennis career, or her own dreams of being with the man she loves.
The Strip
The Strip (1951)
, 1h25
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Mickey Rooney, Sally Forrest, William Demarest, James Craig, Tommy Rettig, Tom Powers
Roles Jane Tafford
Rating60% 3.047933.047933.047933.047933.04793
Stanley Maxton (Mickey Rooney) is a drummer in the rhythm section of a night club orchestra. He is in love with cigarette girl, Jane Tafford (Sally Forrest), but she is more interested in a mobster reputed to have influence in the movie industry.
The Strange Door, 1h21
Directed by Joseph Pevney
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Horror, Historical
Actors Charles Laughton, Boris Karloff, Sally Forrest, Richard Stapley, Allison Hayes, Alan Napier
Roles Blanche de Maletroit
Rating62% 3.1476353.1476353.1476353.1476353.147635
Alain, the Sire de Maletroit (Laughton), plots revenge on his younger brother Edmund (Cavanagh) for stealing Alain's childhood sweetheart, now deceased. Alain imprisons Edmund in a dungeon for 20 years. He then convinces Edmund's grown daughter Blanche (Forrest) that her father is dead. As Blanche's mother (Alain's lost love) died in childbirth, Maletroit intends to further antagonize Blanche by reducing her life to a miserable hell. As the film begins, he tricks a high-born drunken cad, Denis de Beaulieu (Richard Stapley), to pass through the sole, exterior door of the Maletroit chateau, which has no latch handle on the inside, making him a captive, with the intent of forcing the delicate Blanche into marriage with him. However, Denis has unanticipated redemptive qualities, and he and Blanche fall in love. Their attempt to escape is initially foiled by Alain, who seals Edmund, Blanche and Denis in a stone deathtrap designed to crush the lot of them. Maletroit's disloyal manservant Voltan (Karloff) comes to their aid and dies effecting the escape of Denis, Blanche and her father from a dungeon cell, the walls of which are crushing in on them under pressure of river water churned against them by a water wheel on the chateau.
Vengeance Valley, 1h18
Directed by John Ireland, Burt Lancaster, Robert Walker, Joanne Dru, Richard Thorpe, Irving Ravetch
Origin USA
Genres Action, Western
Actors Burt Lancaster, Robert Walker, John Ireland, Joanne Dru, Sally Forrest, Ted de Corsia
Roles Lily Fasken
Rating58% 2.946822.946822.946822.946822.94682
Fifteen years ago, wealthy but crippled Colorado cattleman Arch Strobie (Ray Collins), whose own son Lee (Robert Walker) is wild, took in young Owen Daybright (Burt Lancaster) as a foster son to help raise him. Now Owen is ranch foreman, but Lee, despite being married to Jen (Joanne Dru), is wilder than ever.
Never Fear
Never Fear (1950)
, 1h22
Directed by Sally Forrest, Ida Lupino, James Anderson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Hugh O'Brian, Sally Forrest, Keefe Brasselle, Lawrence Dobkin, Eve Miller, Kevin O'Morrison
Roles Carol Williams
Rating62% 3.14573.14573.14573.14573.1457
Carol Williams (played by Sally Forrest) is a beautiful young dancer with a promising career, struck down with and crippled by polio. Williams' dance partner and fiancé, Guy Richards (played by Keefe Brasselle), wants to see her through her illness, but Carol struggles with dealing with her recovery and prefers to go it alone. Her father (played by Herb Butterfield) takes her to the Kabat-Kaiser Institute for rehabilitation, where she meets fellow patients in recovery. One of the patients that inspire Carol's recovery is Len Randall (Hugh O'Brian in his first movie role). Only by allowing others to share her grief is Ms Williams able to pull herself together and go on with her life.
My Blue Heaven, 1h36
Directed by Henry Koster
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical theatre, Musical, Romance
Actors Betty Grable, Dan Dailey, David Wayne, Jane Wyatt, Mitzi Gaynor, Una Merkel
Rating61% 3.0990953.0990953.0990953.0990953.099095
Kitty Moran (Betty Grable), a radio star, finds out she is pregnant. After she miscarries, Kitty and her husband Jack (Dan Dailey) move their show to television and become determined to adopt a baby.
Whirlpool
Whirlpool (1950)
, 1h38
Directed by Otto Preminger
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Noir, Crime, Romance
Themes Psychologie, Psychanalyse, Children's films
Actors Gene Tierney, Richard Conte, José Ferrer, Charles Bickford, Barbara O'Neil, Eduard Franz
Roles Minor Role (uncredited)
Rating66% 3.346883.346883.346883.346883.34688
Ann Sutton (Gene Tierney), the wife of a successful psychoanalyst (Richard Conte), is arrested for shoplifting. Ann is saved from scandal by smooth-talking hypnotist David Korvo (José Ferrer).
Mystery Street, 1h33
Directed by John Sturges
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Ricardo Montalbán, Sally Forrest, Bruce Bennett, Elsa Lanchester, Marshall Thompson, Jan Sterling
Roles Grace Shanway
Rating71% 3.594013.594013.594013.594013.59401
Blonde B-girl Vivian (played by Jan Sterling), is pregnant and tries to contact the father to seek help financially. He refuses to meet and stops taking her calls. She goes to "The Grass Skirt" bar in Boston where she works and picks up a drunk (Marshall Thompson) so she can use his car to drive to Cape Cod, where she can confront the father face to face.
Not Wanted
Not Wanted (1949)
, 1h31
Directed by Ida Lupino, Elmer Clifton
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Sally Forrest, Leo Penn, Keefe Brasselle, Dorothy Adams, Wheaton Chambers, Ruth Clifford
Roles Sally Kelton
Rating67% 3.393483.393483.393483.393483.39348
Sally Kelton, une jeune femme de dix-neuf ans, s'empare d'un bébé dans un landau. La police l'arrête et l'incarcère. Mais, lorsqu'elle explique les motivations de son geste à la mère légitime, celle-ci refuse alors de porter plainte. Elle est donc bientôt libérée. En réalité, Sally Kelton est une mère célibataire qui, après avoir été abandonnée par son amant, découvrit qu'elle était enceinte. Sa première réaction a été de confier son enfant à une institution appropriée. À présent, elle regrette son attitude et cherche, en désespoir de cause, à récupérer l'enfant. À sa sortie de prison, Drew Baxter, propriétaire d'une station-service, où Sally est employée, l'attend, car, très amoureux, il souhaiterait se marier avec elle. La jeune femme s'enfuit dès qu'elle l'aperçoit. Drew, invalide d'une jambe, essaie, pourtant, de la poursuivre, mais il finit par s'effondrer. Sally tente, pour sa part, de se suicider. Quand elle voit Drew à terre, elle se retourne vers lui pour l'aider à se relever. C'est alors qu'ils s'étreignent mutuellement.
Take Me Out to the Ball Game, 1h33
Directed by Busby Berkeley
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Sports films, Baseball films, Musical films
Actors Frank Sinatra, Esther Williams, Gene Kelly, Betty Garrett, Jules Munshin, Edward Arnold
Roles une danseuse
Rating66% 3.349033.349033.349033.349033.34903
Take Me Out to the Ball Game is a period piece set in 1908. The plot revolves around a fictional American League team, the Wolves, and two of its players, Eddie O'Brien (Gene Kelly) and Dennis Ryan (Frank Sinatra), who are also part-time vaudevillians.