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