Sally Payne

Sally Payne

Born

September 5, 1912

Died

May 8, 1999 (86 years old)

Known For

Acting

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.

Ain't It Aggravatin'

Frugal Man's Wife (uncredited)

6.0

1954

Cash Stashers

The Wife (uncredited)

6.0

1953

The Adventures of Kit Carson

The Adventures of Kit Carson

(4 episodes)

5.3

1951

Bargain Madness

Bargain Madness

Sally (uncredited)

7.0

1951

Inferior Decorator

Mrs. Kennedy

0.0

1943

Mountain Rhythm

Mountain Rhythm

Fanniebelle Weaver

0.0

1943

Cooks and Crooks

Sally Kennedy

0.0

1942

Romance on the Range

Romance on the Range

Sally

5.7

1942

Soaring Stars

Autograph Seeker

0.0

1942

Man from Cheyenne

Man from Cheyenne

Sally Evans

7.5

1942

A Quiet Fourth

Sally Kennedy

0.0

1941

Red River Valley

Red River Valley

Sally Whittaker

7.7

1941

Tuxedo Junction

Tuxedo Junction

Pansy Weaver

0.0

1941

Jesse James at Bay

Jesse James at Bay

Polly Morgan

4.2

1941

I'll Fix It

Sally

0.0

1941

Westward Ho-Hum

Westward Ho-Hum

Sally

0.0

1941

Bad Man of Deadwood

Bad Man of Deadwood

'Princess' Sally Blackstone

4.4

1941

Nevada City

Nevada City

Jo Morrison

5.0

1941

Sheriff of Tombstone

Sheriff of Tombstone

Queenie Whittaker, aka Queenie LaTour

6.8

1941

The Lady from Cheyenne

The Lady from Cheyenne

Chorus Girl

5.2

1941

In Old Cheyenne

In Old Cheyenne

'Squeak' Brown

4.1

1941

Penny To the Rescue

Mrs. Smudge

0.0

1941

Robin Hood of the Pecos

Robin Hood of the Pecos

Belle Starr

5.0

1941

No, No, Nanette

No, No, Nanette

Maid

6.0

1940

One Night in the Tropics

One Night in the Tropics

Woman with Second Man Polled by Jim (uncredited)

5.6

1940

Wedding Bills

Wedding Bills

Bride-to-be (uncredited)

8.0

1940

Rodeo Dough

Rodeo Dough

Sally

5.3

1940

Young Bill Hickok

Young Bill Hickok

Miss 'Calamity' Jane Canary

4.5

1940

City for Conquest

City for Conquest

Singer (uncredited)

6.8

1940

When the Daltons Rode

When the Daltons Rode

Annabella

6.0

1940

Money and the Woman

Money and the Woman

Mrs. Jones (uncredited)

4.3

1940

I Love You Again

I Love You Again

Salesgirl (uncredited)

7.2

1940

Bested by a Beard

Bested by a Beard

Maisie

0.0

1940

La Conga Nights

La Conga Nights

Lucy Endover

7.5

1940

The Domineering Male

Gertrude 'Gertie' (uncredited)

6.0

1940

The Amazing Mr. Williams

The Amazing Mr. Williams

Jean - Wedding Guest (uncredited)

5.8

1939

Blondie Brings Up Baby

Blondie Brings Up Baby

Young Woman (uncredited)

6.5

1939

Let's Talk Turkey

Abner's Wife

5.0

1939

Set 'em Up

Girl Bowler

0.0

1939

Rhumba Rhythm at the Hollywood La Conga

Rhumba Rhythm at the Hollywood La Conga

Sally

3.5

1939

Culinary Carving

Mrs. Formaldehyde

0.0

1939

My Wife's Relatives

My Wife's Relatives

Lizzie

0.0

1939

Hollywood Hobbies

Hollywood Hobbies

Tourist

5.6

1939

Blondie Meets the Boss

Blondie Meets the Boss

Mrs. Williams (uncredited)

5.8

1939

Man from Music Mountain

Man from Music Mountain

Patsy

5.7

1938

The Higgins Family

The Higgins Family

Lizzie

0.0

1938

Exiled to Shanghai

Mabel

4.9

1937

The Big Show

The Big Show

Toodles Brown

4.2

1936