Sally Payne
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- September 5, 1912
- Died
- May 8, 1999 (aged 86)
- Birthplace
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Sally Payne (September 5, 1912 – May 8, 1999) was an American actress. She featured in several B-Westerns in the 1940s. Payne made her first film in 1935, appearing in a bit part. She became a leading actress in B films, usually westerns. She also played in comedy shorts for RKO Radio Pictures and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. She is most remembered for her performance as Calamity Jane in the Roy Rogers western Young Bill Hickok (1940), as well as acting the role of Belle Starr in Robin Hood of the Pecos (1941), where her performing style echoed that of a contemporary, Una Merkel. Just before her association with Rogers ended, her status had enlarged from a supporting-role character to that of first-billed actress. Payne's characters were usually the tomboy type, often helping men rather than being dependent on them. She frequently wore men's clothing, carried a weapon, drove stagecoaches and rode horses. Her male associates identified strongly with her ability to survive a rough environment like the Old West frontier, but she was never the object of male fantasies. Rarely did Payne's characters become physically intimate with her masculine counterparts; thus if she were called on to display affection of any sort, the relationships never went beyond the strictly platonic. Thus, her persona was that of a female sidekick, but never a lover. After Payne left acting, she ran her own book store and worked as an artist, creating oil paintings for her family and her friends and illustrating a series of children's books. Payne retired from films in 1942 after her marriage to Arthur F. Kelly, an executive for Western Airlines. On May 8, 1999, she died in Los Angeles of a stroke at the age of 86.
Known For
Filmography
MGM Parade
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Ain't It Aggravatin'
Movie · as Frugal Man's Wife (uncredited)
Cash Stashers
Movie · as The Wife (uncredited)
Bargain Madness
Movie · as Sally (uncredited)
The Adventures of Kit Carson
TV · 4 eps
This Is the Life
Movie · as Dolly (uncredited)
Mountain Rhythm
Movie · as Fanniebelle Weaver
Inferior Decorator
Movie · as Mrs. Kennedy
Man from Cheyenne
Movie · as Sally Evans
Romance on the Range
Movie · as Sally
Soaring Stars
Movie · as Autograph Seeker
Cooks and Crooks
Movie · as Sally Kennedy
Tuxedo Junction
Movie · as Pansy Weaver
Bad Man of Deadwood
Movie · as 'Princess' Sally Blackstone
Sheriff of Tombstone
Movie · as Queenie Whittaker, aka Queenie LaTour
In Old Cheyenne
Movie · as 'Squeak' Brown
Red River Valley
Movie · as Sally Whittaker
Jesse James at Bay
Movie · as Polly Morgan
Nevada City
Movie · as Jo Morrison
The Lady from Cheyenne
Movie · as Chorus Girl
Robin Hood of the Pecos
Movie · as Belle Starr
Westward Ho-Hum
Movie · as Sally
I'll Fix It
Movie · as Sally
A Quiet Fourth
Movie · as Sally Kennedy
Penny To the Rescue
Movie · as Mrs. Smudge
Young Bill Hickok
Movie · as Miss 'Calamity' Jane Canary
When the Daltons Rode
Movie · as Annabella
Wedding Bills
Movie · as Bride-to-be (uncredited)
Rodeo Dough
Movie · as Sally
City for Conquest
Movie · as Singer (uncredited)
One Night in the Tropics
Movie · as Woman with Second Man Polled by Jim (uncredited)
I Love You Again
Movie · as Salesgirl (uncredited)
No, No, Nanette
Movie · as Maid
La Conga Nights
Movie · as Lucy Endover
Bested by a Beard
Movie · as Maisie
The Domineering Male
Movie · as Gertrude 'Gertie' (uncredited)
Money and the Woman
Movie · as Mrs. Jones (uncredited)
My Wife's Relatives
Movie · as Lizzie
Hollywood Hobbies
Movie · as Tourist
Let's Talk Turkey
Movie · as Abner's Wife
Set 'em Up
Movie · as Girl Bowler
The Amazing Mr. Williams
Movie · as Jean - Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Blondie Meets the Boss
Movie · as Mrs. Williams (uncredited)
Blondie Brings Up Baby
Movie · as Young Woman (uncredited)
Rhumba Rhythm at the Hollywood La Conga
Movie · as Sally
Culinary Carving
Movie · as Mrs. Formaldehyde
When Tomorrow Comes
Movie · as Waitress (uncredited)
The Higgins Family
Movie · as Lizzie
Man from Music Mountain
Movie · as Patsy
Exiled to Shanghai
Movie · as Mabel
The Big Show
Movie · as Toodles Brown