Sally Payne
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Sep 5, 1912
- Died
- May 8, 1999 (aged 86)
- Place of birth
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Credits
- 51
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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.
Known for
I Love You Again
1940Movie
Salesgirl (uncredited)
City for Conquest
1940Movie
Singer (uncredited)
One Night in the Tropics
1940Movie
Woman with Second Man Polled by Jim (uncredited)
When the Daltons Rode
1940Movie
Annabella
When Tomorrow Comes
1939Movie
Waitress (uncredited)
Blondie Meets the Boss
1939Movie
Mrs. Williams (uncredited)
Filmography
MGM Parade
1955TV
Self
Ain't It Aggravatin'
1954Movie
Frugal Man's Wife (uncredited)
Cash Stashers
1953Movie
The Wife (uncredited)
The Adventures of Kit Carson
1951TV
Bargain Madness
1951Movie
Sally (uncredited)
This Is the Life
1944Movie
Dolly (uncredited)
Inferior Decorator
1943Movie
Mrs. Kennedy
Mountain Rhythm
1943Movie
Fanniebelle Weaver
Cooks and Crooks
1942Movie
Sally Kennedy
Romance on the Range
1942Movie
Sally
Soaring Stars
1942Movie
Autograph Seeker
Man from Cheyenne
1942Movie
Sally Evans
A Quiet Fourth
1941Movie
Sally Kennedy
Red River Valley
1941Movie
Sally Whittaker
Tuxedo Junction
1941Movie
Pansy Weaver
Jesse James at Bay
1941Movie
Polly Morgan
I'll Fix It
1941Movie
Sally
Westward Ho-Hum
1941Movie
Sally
Bad Man of Deadwood
1941Movie
'Princess' Sally Blackstone
Nevada City
1941Movie
Jo Morrison
Sheriff of Tombstone
1941Movie
Queenie Whittaker, aka Queenie LaTour
The Lady from Cheyenne
1941Movie
Chorus Girl
In Old Cheyenne
1941Movie
'Squeak' Brown
Penny To the Rescue
1941Movie
Mrs. Smudge
Robin Hood of the Pecos
1941Movie
Belle Starr
No, No, Nanette
1940Movie
Maid
One Night in the Tropics
1940Movie
Woman with Second Man Polled by Jim (uncredited)
Wedding Bills
1940Movie
Bride-to-be (uncredited)
Rodeo Dough
1940Movie
Sally
Young Bill Hickok
1940Movie
Miss 'Calamity' Jane Canary
City for Conquest
1940Movie
Singer (uncredited)
When the Daltons Rode
1940Movie
Annabella
Money and the Woman
1940Movie
Mrs. Jones (uncredited)
I Love You Again
1940Movie
Salesgirl (uncredited)
Bested by a Beard
1940Movie
Maisie
La Conga Nights
1940Movie
Lucy Endover
The Domineering Male
1940Movie
Gertrude 'Gertie' (uncredited)
The Amazing Mr. Williams
1939Movie
Jean - Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Blondie Brings Up Baby
1939Movie
Young Woman (uncredited)
Let's Talk Turkey
1939Movie
Abner's Wife
Set 'em Up
1939Movie
Girl Bowler
Rhumba Rhythm at the Hollywood La Conga
1939Movie
Sally
When Tomorrow Comes
1939Movie
Waitress (uncredited)
Culinary Carving
1939Movie
Mrs. Formaldehyde
My Wife's Relatives
1939Movie
Lizzie
Hollywood Hobbies
1939Movie
Tourist
Blondie Meets the Boss
1939Movie
Mrs. Williams (uncredited)
Man from Music Mountain
1938Movie
Patsy
The Higgins Family
1938Movie
Lizzie
Exiled to Shanghai
1937Movie
Mabel
The Big Show
1936Movie
Toodles Brown