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Sally Payne
Actor
Born September 5, 1912Died May 8, 1999 (86 years)
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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.
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.
Filmography
| 1976 | Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch · as Heroine |
| 1953 | The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1951 | The Adventures of Kit Carson (TV Series) |
| 1944 | This Is the Life · as Dolly |
| 1942 | Cooks and Crooks · as Sally Kennedy |
| 1942 | Romance on the Range · as Sally |
| 1942 | Inferior Decorator · as Mrs. Kennedy |
| 1942 | Man from Cheyenne · as Sally Evans |
| 1941 | Playmates · as Gloria |
| 1941 | A Quiet Fourth · as Sally Kennedy |
| 1941 | Red River Valley · as Sally Whittaker |
| 1941 | Jesse James at Bay · as Polly Morgan |
| 1941 | Westward Ho-Hum · as Sally |
| 1941 | Bad Man of Deadwood · as 'princess' Sally Blackstone |
| 1941 | Nevada City · as Jo Morrison |
| 1941 | Sheriff of Tombstone · as Queenie Whittaker, Aka Queenie Latour |
| 1941 | The Lady from Cheyenne · as Chorus Girl |
| 1941 | In Old Cheyenne · as 'squeak' Brown |
| 1941 | Robin Hood of the Pecos · as Belle Starr |
| 1940 | No, No, Nanette · as Maid |
| 1940 | One Night in the Tropics · as Woman With Second Man Polled By Jim (uncredited) |
| 1940 | Young Bill Hickok · as Miss 'calamity' Jane Canary |
| 1940 | City for Conquest · as Singer (uncredited) |
| 1940 | When the Daltons Rode · as Annabella |
| 1940 | Money and the Woman · as Mrs. Jones (uncredited) |
| 1940 | I Love You Again · as Salesgirl (uncredited) |
| 1939 | The Amazing Mr. Williams · as Jean - Wedding Guest (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Blondie Brings Up Baby · as Young Woman (uncredited) |
| 1939 | When Tomorrow Comes · as Waitress |
| 1939 | Blondie Meets the Boss · as Mrs. Williams (uncredited) |
| 1938 | Man from Music Mountain · as Patsy |
| 1937 | Exiled to Shanghai · as Mabel |
| 1936 | The Big Show · as Toodles Brown |