Sally Payne
Biography
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
MGM Parade
1955
The Adventures of Kit Carson
1951
City for Conquest
1940
I Love You Again
1940
The Amazing Mr. Williams
1939
When the Daltons Rode
1940
One Night in the Tropics
1940
Soaring Stars
1942
Money and the Woman
1940
When Tomorrow Comes
1939
No, No, Nanette
1940
Blondie Brings Up Baby
1939
Filmography
MGM Parade
as Self · 1955
The Adventures of Kit Carson
· 1951
City for Conquest
as Singer (uncredited) · 1940
I Love You Again
as Salesgirl (uncredited) · 1940
The Amazing Mr. Williams
as Jean - Wedding Guest (uncredited) · 1939
When the Daltons Rode
as Annabella · 1940
One Night in the Tropics
as Woman with Second Man Polled by Jim (uncredited) · 1940
Soaring Stars
as Autograph Seeker · 1942
Money and the Woman
as Mrs. Jones (uncredited) · 1940
When Tomorrow Comes
as Waitress (uncredited) · 1939
No, No, Nanette
as Maid · 1940
Blondie Brings Up Baby
as Young Woman (uncredited) · 1939
I'll Fix It
as Sally · 1941
Robin Hood of the Pecos
as Belle Starr · 1941
Blondie Meets the Boss
as Mrs. Williams (uncredited) · 1939
This Is the Life
as Dolly (uncredited) · 1944
Bad Man of Deadwood
as 'Princess' Sally Blackstone · 1941
Jesse James at Bay
as Polly Morgan · 1941
My Wife's Relatives
as Lizzie · 1939
The Lady from Cheyenne
as Chorus Girl · 1941
Romance on the Range
as Sally · 1942
Bested by a Beard
as Maisie · 1940
Rhumba Rhythm at the Hollywood La Conga
as Sally · 1939
Wedding Bills
as Bride-to-be (uncredited) · 1940
Hollywood Hobbies
as Tourist · 1939
Red River Valley
as Sally Whittaker · 1941
Ain't It Aggravatin'
as Frugal Man's Wife (uncredited) · 1954
Man from Cheyenne
as Sally Evans · 1942
Nevada City
as Jo Morrison · 1941
Man from Music Mountain
as Patsy · 1938
Westward Ho-Hum
as Sally · 1941
The Higgins Family
as Lizzie · 1938
Sheriff of Tombstone
as Queenie Whittaker, aka Queenie LaTour · 1941
In Old Cheyenne
as 'Squeak' Brown · 1941
La Conga Nights
as Lucy Endover · 1940
Young Bill Hickok
as Miss 'Calamity' Jane Canary · 1940
Cooks and Crooks
as Sally Kennedy · 1942
Rodeo Dough
as Sally · 1940
Penny To the Rescue
as Mrs. Smudge · 1941
The Domineering Male
as Gertrude 'Gertie' (uncredited) · 1940
Exiled to Shanghai
as Mabel · 1937
The Big Show
as Toodles Brown · 1936
Let's Talk Turkey
as Abner's Wife · 1939
Mountain Rhythm
as Fanniebelle Weaver · 1943
Tuxedo Junction
as Pansy Weaver · 1941
Set 'em Up
as Girl Bowler · 1939
Culinary Carving
as Mrs. Formaldehyde · 1939
A Quiet Fourth
as Sally Kennedy · 1941
Bargain Madness
as Sally (uncredited) · 1951
Cash Stashers
as The Wife (uncredited) · 1953
Inferior Decorator
as Mrs. Kennedy · 1943