
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 Stashersas The Wife (uncredited)
- 1951 ·The Adventures of Kit Carsonas
- 1951 ·Bargain Madnessas Sally (uncredited)
- 1943 ·Inferior Decoratoras Mrs. Kennedy
- 1943 ·Mountain Rhythmas Fanniebelle Weaver
- 1942 ·Cooks and Crooksas Sally Kennedy
- 1942 ·Romance on the Rangeas Sally
- 1942 ·Soaring Starsas Autograph Seeker
- 1942 ·Man from Cheyenneas Sally Evans
- 1941 ·A Quiet Fourthas Sally Kennedy
- 1941 ·Red River Valleyas Sally Whittaker
- 1941 ·Tuxedo Junctionas Pansy Weaver
- 1941 ·Jesse James at Bayas Polly Morgan
- 1941 ·I'll Fix Itas Sally
- 1941 ·Westward Ho-Humas Sally
- 1941 ·Bad Man of Deadwoodas 'Princess' Sally Blackstone
- 1941 ·Nevada Cityas Jo Morrison
- 1941 ·Sheriff of Tombstoneas Queenie Whittaker, aka Queenie LaTour
- 1941 ·The Lady from Cheyenneas Chorus Girl
- 1941 ·In Old Cheyenneas 'Squeak' Brown
- 1941 ·Robin Hood of the Pecosas Belle Starr
- 1940 ·No, No, Nanetteas Maid
- 1940 ·One Night in the Tropicsas Woman with Second Man Polled by Jim (uncredited)
- 1940 ·Wedding Billsas Bride-to-be (uncredited)
- 1940 ·Rodeo Doughas Sally
- 1940 ·Young Bill Hickokas Miss 'Calamity' Jane Canary
- 1940 ·City for Conquestas Singer (uncredited)
- 1940 ·When the Daltons Rodeas Annabella
- 1940 ·Money and the Womanas Mrs. Jones (uncredited)
- 1940 ·I Love You Againas Salesgirl (uncredited)
- 1940 ·Bested by a Beardas Maisie
- 1940 ·La Conga Nightsas Lucy Endover
- 1940 ·The Domineering Maleas Gertrude 'Gertie' (uncredited)
- 1939 ·The Amazing Mr. Williamsas Jean - Wedding Guest (uncredited)
- 1939 ·Blondie Brings Up Babyas Young Woman (uncredited)
- 1939 ·Let's Talk Turkeyas Abner's Wife
- 1939 ·Set 'em Upas Girl Bowler
- 1939 ·Rhumba Rhythm at the Hollywood La Congaas Sally
- 1939 ·Culinary Carvingas Mrs. Formaldehyde
- 1939 ·My Wife's Relativesas Lizzie
- 1939 ·Hollywood Hobbiesas Tourist
- 1939 ·Blondie Meets the Bossas Mrs. Williams (uncredited)
- 1938 ·Man from Music Mountainas Patsy
- 1938 ·The Higgins Familyas Lizzie
- 1937 ·Exiled to Shanghaias Mabel
- 1936 ·The Big Showas Toodles Brown