Sally Payne
Known for Acting · 51 credits
- Born
- 1912-09-05
- Died
- 1999-05-08
- Place of birth
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Also known as
- Sally Payne Kelly
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.
Known For
TV Shows (2)
Movies (49)
One Night in the Tropics
1940
as Woman with Second Man Polled by Jim (uncredited)
Soaring Stars
1942
as Autograph Seeker
No, No, Nanette
1940
as Maid
I Love You Again
1940
as Salesgirl (uncredited)
Westward Ho-Hum
1941
as Sally
When the Daltons Rode
1940
as Annabella
Wedding Bills
1940
as Bride-to-be (uncredited)
City for Conquest
1940
as Singer (uncredited)
Red River Valley
1941
as Sally Whittaker
When Tomorrow Comes
1939
as Waitress (uncredited)
The Amazing Mr. Williams
1939
as Jean - Wedding Guest (uncredited)
My Wife's Relatives
1939
as Lizzie
Man from Music Mountain
1938
as Patsy
Ain't It Aggravatin'
1954
as Frugal Man's Wife (uncredited)
Sheriff of Tombstone
1941
as Queenie Whittaker, aka Queenie LaTour
Exiled to Shanghai
1937
as Mabel
Money and the Woman
1940
as Mrs. Jones (uncredited)
In Old Cheyenne
1941
as 'Squeak' Brown
I'll Fix It
1941
as Sally
La Conga Nights
1940
as Lucy Endover
This Is the Life
1944
as Dolly (uncredited)
Hollywood Hobbies
1939
as Tourist
The Big Show
1936
as Toodles Brown
Blondie Meets the Boss
1939
as Mrs. Williams (uncredited)
Nevada City
1941
as Jo Morrison
Tuxedo Junction
1941
as Pansy Weaver
Mountain Rhythm
1943
as Fanniebelle Weaver
The Lady from Cheyenne
1941
as Chorus Girl
Man from Cheyenne
1942
as Sally Evans
Romance on the Range
1942
as Sally
Blondie Brings Up Baby
1939
as Young Woman (uncredited)
Bested by a Beard
1940
as Maisie
Young Bill Hickok
1940
as Miss 'Calamity' Jane Canary
Jesse James at Bay
1941
as Polly Morgan
The Domineering Male
1940
as Gertrude 'Gertie' (uncredited)
Bad Man of Deadwood
1941
as 'Princess' Sally Blackstone
The Higgins Family
1938
as Lizzie
Robin Hood of the Pecos
1941
as Belle Starr
Culinary Carving
1939
as Mrs. Formaldehyde
Rodeo Dough
1940
as Sally
Penny To the Rescue
1941
as Mrs. Smudge
Bargain Madness
1951
as Sally (uncredited)
Cash Stashers
1953
as The Wife (uncredited)
Rhumba Rhythm at the Hollywood La Conga
1939
as Sally
Inferior Decorator
1943
as Mrs. Kennedy
Cooks and Crooks
1942
as Sally Kennedy
A Quiet Fourth
1941
as Sally Kennedy
Let's Talk Turkey
1939
as Abner's Wife
Set 'em Up
1939
as Girl Bowler
About Sally Payne
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), wh… With 51 credits spanning from 1936 to 1955, Sally Payne has appeared in 49 films and 2 TV shows.
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- One Night in the Tropics (1940) — as Woman with Second Man Polled by Jim (uncredited)
- Soaring Stars (1942) — as Autograph Seeker
- No, No, Nanette (1940) — as Maid
- I Love You Again (1940) — as Salesgirl (uncredited)
- Westward Ho-Hum (1941) — as Sally
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