biography
Born Sally Feeney in San Diego on May 28, 1924 (some sources cite 1925 and 1928 as her date of birth), lovely Sally Forrest began her career
as a dancer while still a child. At the age of 22, MGM signed the young ingenue to a contract. She appeared uncredited as a dancer in such
MGM productions as the musical Till the Clouds Roll By (1946; with June Allyson and Judy Garland) and The Kissing Bandit
(1948; with Frank Sinatra and Kathryn Grayson) before the studio dropped her contract in 1948. Her film career was heading nowhere until
actress/director Ida Lupino cast her in the low-budget potboiler Not Wanted (1949; with Keefe Brasselle). Although Not Wanted
was an independent film, even without the support of a large studio the film garnered great reviews and launched Forrest's career as an
actress. Eventually, she signed again with MGM to make a string of films, sometimes with her frequent co-star Keefe Brasselle. In 1951,
Forrest appeared in seven films, and in August of that same year she married her agent, Milo Frank Jr.   
LEFT and CENTER: MGM cheesecake photos of Sally Forrest from the late 1940s and early 1950s. RIGHT: Forrest married her agent, Milo Frank Jr., in August 1951Forrest's marriage heralded the beginning of the end of her film career. In 1952, her husband took a job at CBS in New York, and Forrest moved to the east coast with her husband. While living in New York, Forrest acted in the Broadway production of The Seven Year Itch and took on some roles in New York-based television series, such as Schlitz Playhouse and Lux Video Theatre. |
the films of sally forrestThe Young Lovers (1949)
With Keefe Brasselle in the low-budget drama The Young Lovers, directed by Ida LupinoNot Wanted (1949)
From the low-budget drama Not Wanted with Keefe BrasselleMystery Street (1950) 
LEFT: With Ricardo Montalban in the MGM film noir thriller Mystery Street. RIGHT: With Marshall ThompsonBannerline (1951)
From the MGM drama Bannerline with Keefe BrasselleExcuse My Dust (1951)
From the MGM musical comedy Excuse My Dust with Red SkeltonHard, Fast, and Beautiful (1951)
From the RKO romantic drama Hard, Fast, and Beautiful with Robert Clarke, Claire Trevor, and Arthur Little Jr.The Strip (1951)Son of Sinbad (1955)
Forrest portrayed Ameer in the RKO adventure Son of SinbadWhile the City Sleeps (1956) 
LEFT: From the RKO film noir release While the City Sleeps with George Sanders and Dana Andrews. RIGHT: With Dana Andrews and Thomas MitchellRide the High Iron (1956)
With Raymond Burr in the Columbia drama Ride the High Iron, which was Forrest's last filmlater yearsForrest and her husband moved back to Los Angeles in the mid 1950s, and she resumed her film career for a brief period. Her final film was the Columbia drama Ride the High Iron (1956; with Raymond Burr). Forrest made a few more appearances on television through the mid 1960s, when she called it a day. Her husband became a producer at MGM and later worked for Cinerama. Milo Frank passed away in 2004 at the age of 82. Forrest passed away from cancer in Beverly Hills on March 15, 2015, at the age of 90. She left no immediate survivors. |
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