
Sally Payne
Born
September 5, 1912
Died
May 8, 1999 (86 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
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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
Ain't It Aggravatin'
Frugal Man's Wife (uncredited)
1954
Cash Stashers
The Wife (uncredited)
1953

The Adventures of Kit Carson
(4 episodes)
1951

Bargain Madness
Sally (uncredited)
1951
Inferior Decorator
Mrs. Kennedy
1943

Mountain Rhythm
Fanniebelle Weaver
1943
Cooks and Crooks
Sally Kennedy
1942

Romance on the Range
Sally
1942
Soaring Stars
Autograph Seeker
1942

Man from Cheyenne
Sally Evans
1942
A Quiet Fourth
Sally Kennedy
1941

Red River Valley
Sally Whittaker
1941

Tuxedo Junction
Pansy Weaver
1941

Jesse James at Bay
Polly Morgan
1941
I'll Fix It
Sally
1941

Westward Ho-Hum
Sally
1941

Bad Man of Deadwood
'Princess' Sally Blackstone
1941

Nevada City
Jo Morrison
1941

Sheriff of Tombstone
Queenie Whittaker, aka Queenie LaTour
1941

The Lady from Cheyenne
Chorus Girl
1941

In Old Cheyenne
'Squeak' Brown
1941
Penny To the Rescue
Mrs. Smudge
1941

Robin Hood of the Pecos
Belle Starr
1941

No, No, Nanette
Maid
1940

One Night in the Tropics
Woman with Second Man Polled by Jim (uncredited)
1940

Wedding Bills
Bride-to-be (uncredited)
1940

Rodeo Dough
Sally
1940

Young Bill Hickok
Miss 'Calamity' Jane Canary
1940

City for Conquest
Singer (uncredited)
1940

When the Daltons Rode
Annabella
1940

Money and the Woman
Mrs. Jones (uncredited)
1940

I Love You Again
Salesgirl (uncredited)
1940

Bested by a Beard
Maisie
1940

La Conga Nights
Lucy Endover
1940
The Domineering Male
Gertrude 'Gertie' (uncredited)
1940

The Amazing Mr. Williams
Jean - Wedding Guest (uncredited)
1939

Blondie Brings Up Baby
Young Woman (uncredited)
1939
Let's Talk Turkey
Abner's Wife
1939
Set 'em Up
Girl Bowler
1939

Rhumba Rhythm at the Hollywood La Conga
Sally
1939
Culinary Carving
Mrs. Formaldehyde
1939

My Wife's Relatives
Lizzie
1939

Hollywood Hobbies
Tourist
1939

Blondie Meets the Boss
Mrs. Williams (uncredited)
1939

Man from Music Mountain
Patsy
1938

The Higgins Family
Lizzie
1938
Exiled to Shanghai
Mabel
1937

The Big Show
Toodles Brown
1936