Sally Payne
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
Credits
- 1954 · Ain't It Aggravatin' as Frugal Man's Wife (uncredited)
- 1953 · Cash Stashers as The Wife (uncredited)
- 1951 · The Adventures of Kit Carson as
- 1951 · Bargain Madness as Sally (uncredited)
- 1943 · Inferior Decorator as Mrs. Kennedy
- 1943 · Mountain Rhythm as Fanniebelle Weaver
- 1942 · Cooks and Crooks as Sally Kennedy
- 1942 · Romance on the Range as Sally
- 1942 · Soaring Stars as Autograph Seeker
- 1942 · Man from Cheyenne as Sally Evans
- 1941 · A Quiet Fourth as Sally Kennedy
- 1941 · Red River Valley as Sally Whittaker
- 1941 · Tuxedo Junction as Pansy Weaver
- 1941 · Jesse James at Bay as Polly Morgan
- 1941 · I'll Fix It as Sally
- 1941 · Westward Ho-Hum as Sally
- 1941 · Bad Man of Deadwood as 'Princess' Sally Blackstone
- 1941 · Nevada City as Jo Morrison
- 1941 · Sheriff of Tombstone as Queenie Whittaker, aka Queenie LaTour
- 1941 · The Lady from Cheyenne as Chorus Girl
- 1941 · In Old Cheyenne as 'Squeak' Brown
- 1941 · Robin Hood of the Pecos as Belle Starr
- 1940 · No, No, Nanette as Maid
- 1940 · One Night in the Tropics as Woman with Second Man Polled by Jim (uncredited)
- 1940 · Wedding Bills as Bride-to-be (uncredited)
- 1940 · Rodeo Dough as Sally
- 1940 · Young Bill Hickok as Miss 'Calamity' Jane Canary
- 1940 · City for Conquest as Singer (uncredited)
- 1940 · When the Daltons Rode as Annabella
- 1940 · Money and the Woman as Mrs. Jones (uncredited)
- 1940 · I Love You Again as Salesgirl (uncredited)
- 1940 · Bested by a Beard as Maisie
- 1940 · La Conga Nights as Lucy Endover
- 1940 · The Domineering Male as Gertrude 'Gertie' (uncredited)
- 1939 · The Amazing Mr. Williams as Jean - Wedding Guest (uncredited)
- 1939 · Blondie Brings Up Baby as Young Woman (uncredited)
- 1939 · Let's Talk Turkey as Abner's Wife
- 1939 · Set 'em Up as Girl Bowler
- 1939 · Rhumba Rhythm at the Hollywood La Conga as Sally
- 1939 · Culinary Carving as Mrs. Formaldehyde
- 1939 · My Wife's Relatives as Lizzie
- 1939 · Hollywood Hobbies as Tourist
- 1939 · Blondie Meets the Boss as Mrs. Williams (uncredited)
- 1938 · Man from Music Mountain as Patsy
- 1938 · The Higgins Family as Lizzie
- 1937 · Exiled to Shanghai as Mabel
- 1936 · The Big Show as Toodles Brown