Sally Payne
Known For: Acting
Gender: Female
Date of Birth: September 5, 1912
Day of Death: May 8, 1999 (87 years old)
Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, USA
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.
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1943
1942
1941
Actor Pansy Weaver
Tuxedo Junction
Actor 'Princess' Sally Blackstone
Bad Man of Deadwood
Actor Queenie Whittaker, aka Queenie LaTour
Sheriff of Tombstone
Actor 'Squeak' Brown
In Old Cheyenne
Actor Sally Whittaker
Red River Valley
Actor Polly Morgan
Jesse James at Bay
Actor Jo Morrison
Nevada City
Actor Chorus Girl
The Lady from Cheyenne
Actor Belle Starr
Robin Hood of the Pecos
Actor Sally
Westward Ho-Hum
Actor Sally
I'll Fix It
Actor Sally Kennedy
A Quiet Fourth
1940
Actor Miss 'Calamity' Jane Canary
Young Bill Hickok
Actor Annabella
When the Daltons Rode
Actor Bride-to-be (uncredited)
Wedding Bills
Actor Sally
Rodeo Dough
Actor Singer (uncredited)
City for Conquest
Actor Woman with Second Man Polled by Jim (uncredited)
One Night in the Tropics
Actor Salesgirl (uncredited)
I Love You Again
Actor Maid
No, No, Nanette
Actor Lucy Endover
La Conga Nights
Actor Maisie
Bested by a Beard
Actor Gertrude 'Gertie' (uncredited)
The Domineering Male
Actor Mrs. Jones (uncredited)
Money and the Woman
1939
Actor Lizzie
My Wife's Relatives
Actor Tourist
Hollywood Hobbies
Actor Abner's Wife
Let's Talk Turkey
Actor Girl Bowler
Set 'em Up
Actor Jean - Wedding Guest (uncredited)
The Amazing Mr. Williams
Actor Mrs. Williams (uncredited)
Blondie Meets the Boss
Actor Young Woman (uncredited)
Blondie Brings Up Baby
Actor Sally
Rhumba Rhythm at the Hollywood La Conga
Actor Mrs. Formaldehyde
Culinary Carving