Cay Forrester | |
Birth Name: | Mila Patricia Crosby |
Birth Date: | 1921 12, mf=yes |
Birth Place: | Stockton, California, U.S. |
Death Place: | Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. |
Other Names: | Kay Forrester |
Occupation: | Actress |
Years Active: | 1943 - 1976 |
Cay Forrester (born Mila Patricia Crosby; December 26, 1921 - June 18, 2005) was an American film and television actress. She appeared predominantly in minor films with some exceptions, such as Advise and Consent and the Susan Hayward hit Smash-Up, the Story of a Woman.
Forrester made her debut as "Kay Forrester" in a 1943 Western called Blazing Guns. Her biggest role was in the 1950 cult classic DOA, where Forrester played a married woman who tempts Edmond O'Brien. Shortly after this film, she married producer Ludlow Flower Jr and retired from the big screen.
Forrester went on to write and co-star in the 1961 thriller Five Minutes to Live produced by her husband that was notable for the rare big-screen appearance of Johnny Cash.[1] The film was re-released in 1966 under the title Door-to-Door Maniac.
Forrester was guest-starring on television shows up to the early 1970s. Her final films were two major disaster films with Charlton Heston, Two-Minute Warning and Airport 1975.
Forrester died of pneumonia in Las Vegas, Nevada, in 2005.
Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
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1943 | Blazing Guns | Mary Baxter | ||
1944 | San Fernando Valley | Cowgirl | Uncredited | |
1944 | Song of the Range | Dale Harding | ||
1945 | Brenda Starr, Reporter | Vera Harvey | Serial, [Ch 2-4], Uncredited | |
1945 | Dakota | Entertainer | Uncredited | |
1946 | Strange Impersonation | Miss Roper | ||
1946 | Suspense | Party Girl | Uncredited | |
1946 | Don't Gamble with Strangers | Mrs. Horton | Uncredited | |
1946 | Deadline for Murder | Bit Role | Uncredited | |
1946 | Below the Deadline | Blonde | ||
1946 | That Brennan Girl | Jailbird | Uncredited | |
1947 | Queen of the Amazons | Sugi | ||
1947 | Smash-Up, the Story of a Woman | Young Woman | Uncredited | |
1947 | Violence | Sally Donahue | ||
1947 | The Pretender | Evelyn Cossett | ||
1947 | Blonde Savage | Mary Comstock | ||
1948 | The Challenge | Roberts' Receptionist | Uncredited | |
1948 | Canon City | Mrs. Wilson - Sherbondy's Sister | ||
1948 | Hollow Triumph | Nurse | Uncredited | |
1949 | Hold That Baby! | Sanitarium Nurse | Uncredited | |
1949 | D.O.A. | Sue | ||
1950 | Love That Brute | Moll | Uncredited | |
1950 | To Please a Lady | Minor Role | Uncredited | |
1961 | Five Minutes to Live | Nancy Wilson | ||
1962 | Advise & Consent | President's Secretary | Uncredited | |
1966 | Made in Paris | Mrs. Leland | Uncredited | |
1972 | Fuzz | Mrs. Scanlon | ||
1973 | Showdown | Saleslady | Uncredited | |
1975 | Airport 1975 | Mary Chilcutt - Passenger | Uncredited | |
1976 | Two-Minute Warning | Mrs. Ogden | (final film role) |