Known For
Acting
Born
Sep 05, 1912
Died
May 08, 1999
Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Credits
51 titles
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
Filmography
MGM Parade
Self
Ain't It Aggravatin'
Frugal Man's Wife (uncredited)
Cash Stashers
The Wife (uncredited)
The Adventures of Kit Carson
Bargain Madness
Sally (uncredited)
This Is the Life
Dolly (uncredited)
Inferior Decorator
Mrs. Kennedy
Mountain Rhythm
Fanniebelle Weaver
Cooks and Crooks
Sally Kennedy
Romance on the Range
Sally
Soaring Stars
Autograph Seeker
Man from Cheyenne
Sally Evans
A Quiet Fourth
Sally Kennedy
Red River Valley
Sally Whittaker
Tuxedo Junction
Pansy Weaver
Jesse James at Bay
Polly Morgan
I'll Fix It
Sally
Westward Ho-Hum
Sally
Bad Man of Deadwood
'Princess' Sally Blackstone
Nevada City
Jo Morrison
Sheriff of Tombstone
Queenie Whittaker, aka Queenie LaTour
The Lady from Cheyenne
Chorus Girl
In Old Cheyenne
'Squeak' Brown
Penny To the Rescue
Mrs. Smudge
Robin Hood of the Pecos
Belle Starr
No, No, Nanette
Maid
One Night in the Tropics
Woman with Second Man Polled by Jim (uncredited)
Wedding Bills
Bride-to-be (uncredited)
Rodeo Dough
Sally
Young Bill Hickok
Miss 'Calamity' Jane Canary
City for Conquest
Singer (uncredited)
When the Daltons Rode
Annabella
Money and the Woman
Mrs. Jones (uncredited)
I Love You Again
Salesgirl (uncredited)
Bested by a Beard
Maisie
La Conga Nights
Lucy Endover
The Domineering Male
Gertrude 'Gertie' (uncredited)
The Amazing Mr. Williams
Jean - Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Blondie Brings Up Baby
Young Woman (uncredited)
Let's Talk Turkey
Abner's Wife
Set 'em Up
Girl Bowler
Rhumba Rhythm at the Hollywood La Conga
Sally
When Tomorrow Comes
Waitress (uncredited)
Culinary Carving
Mrs. Formaldehyde
My Wife's Relatives
Lizzie
Hollywood Hobbies
Tourist
Blondie Meets the Boss
Mrs. Williams (uncredited)
Man from Music Mountain
Patsy
The Higgins Family
Lizzie
Exiled to Shanghai
Mabel