Cast & creator
Cay Forester
Best known for Adam-12, Mannix, Family Affair
Cay Forester (born Mila Patricia Crosby December 26, 1921 in Stockton, California died June 18, 2005) was an American film and television actress. She appeared predominantly in minor films with some exceptions, (Advise and Consent, and the Susan Hayward hit Smash Up: Story of a Woman). Her biggest role was in the 1950 cult classic DOA, where Forester played a married woman who tempts Edmond O'Brien. Forester went on to write and co-star in the 1961 thriller Door-to-Door Maniac, notable for the rare big-screen appearance of Johnny Cash. Forrester was last seen guest-starring on television shows in the early 1970s. Forester died of pneumonia in Las Vegas, Nevada, in 2005.
Also known as: Cay Forrester, Kay Forrester, Kay Forester, Kate Archer
21
film credits
3
television credits
23
1943–2020 · acting roles
6.1
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Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (24)
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Adam-12
Diane Stanley
1968
Mannix
1967
Family Affair
1966
Airport 1975
Mary Chilcutt (uncredited)
1974
Two-Minute Warning
Mrs. Ogden (as Kate Archer)
1976
Advise & Consent
President's Secretary (uncredited)
1962
D.O.A.
Sue
1949
Hollow Triumph
Nurse (uncredited)
1948
Fuzz
Mrs. Scanlon
1972
My Darling Vivian
Self (archive footage)
2020
Five Minutes to Live
Nancy Wilson
1961Five Minutes to Live
Screenplay
1961
Strange Impersonation
Miss Roper, interrogation witness
1946
Made in Paris
Mrs. Leland
1966
The Pretender
Evelyn Cossett
1947
Queen of the Amazons
Sugi
1947
Don't Gamble with Strangers
Mrs. Horton
1946
Song of the Range
Dale Harding
1944
That Brennan Girl
Jailbird (uncredited)
1946
Canon City
Mrs. Wilson
1948
Blonde Savage
Mary Comstock
1947
Below the Deadline
Blonde
1946
Violence
Sally Donahue (as Cay Forester)
1947
Blazing Guns
Mary Baxter
1943