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Biography

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. 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 ''

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. 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

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Filmography

References

External links

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