1912-09-05 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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Ain't It Aggravatin' | Frugal Man's Wife (uncredited) | 1954-02-06 |
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Cash Stashers | The Wife (uncredited) | 1953-08-29 |
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Bargain Madness | Sally (uncredited) | 1951-07-04 |
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Mountain Rhythm | Fanniebelle Weaver | 1943-01-08 |
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Cooks and Crooks | Sally Kennedy | 1942-06-05 |
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Romance on the Range | Sally | 1942-05-18 |
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Man from Cheyenne | Sally Evans | 1942-01-16 |
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Soaring Stars | Autograph Seeker | 1942-04-25 |
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Westward Ho-Hum | Sally | 1941-09-15 |
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Sheriff of Tombstone | Queenie Whittaker, aka Queenie LaTour | 1941-05-07 |
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I'll Fix It | Sally | 1941-10-07 |
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Robin Hood of the Pecos | Belle Starr | 1941-01-14 |
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Tuxedo Junction | Pansy Weaver | 1941-11-25 |
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Bad Man of Deadwood | 'Princess' Sally Blackstone | 1941-09-05 |
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A Quiet Fourth | Sally Kennedy | 1941-12-19 |
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The Lady from Cheyenne | Chorus Girl | 1941-04-11 |
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Red River Valley | Sally Whittaker | 1941-12-12 |
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In Old Cheyenne | 'Squeak' Brown | 1941-04-04 |
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Nevada City | Jo Morrison | 1941-06-19 |
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Jesse James at Bay | Polly Morgan | 1941-10-17 |
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The Domineering Male | Gertrude 'Gertie' (uncredited) | 1940-03-30 |
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I Love You Again | Salesgirl (uncredited) | 1940-08-09 |
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Bested by a Beard | Maisie | 1940-07-16 |
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No, No, Nanette | Maid | 1940-12-19 |
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La Conga Nights | Lucy Endover | 1940-05-31 |
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One Night in the Tropics | Woman with Second Man Polled by Jim (uncredited) | 1940-11-15 |
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Rodeo Dough | Sally | 1940-11-09 |
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Young Bill Hickok | Miss 'Calamity' Jane Canary | 1940-10-21 |
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When the Daltons Rode | Annabella | 1940-08-23 |
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Money and the Woman | Mrs. Jones (uncredited) | 1940-08-17 |
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Wedding Bills | Bride-to-be (uncredited) | 1940-11-13 |
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City for Conquest | Singer (uncredited) | 1940-09-21 |
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My Wife's Relatives | Lizzie | 1939-05-20 |
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Hollywood Hobbies | Tourist | 1939-05-03 |
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Blondie Meets the Boss | Mrs. Williams (uncredited) | 1939-03-08 |
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The Amazing Mr. Williams | Jean - Wedding Guest (uncredited) | 1939-11-22 |
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Blondie Brings Up Baby | Young Woman (uncredited) | 1939-11-08 |
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Let's Talk Turkey | Abner's Wife | 1939-10-28 |
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Set 'em Up | Girl Bowler | 1939-10-06 |
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Rhumba Rhythm at the Hollywood La Conga | Sally | 1939-09-02 |
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The Higgins Family | Lizzie | 1938-03-28 |
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Man from Music Mountain | Patsy | 1938-08-15 |
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Exiled to Shanghai | Mabel | 1937-12-20 |
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The Big Show | Toodles Brown | 1936-11-16 |
