Acting · Chicago, Illinois, USA · Born September 5, 1912
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.
TVMGM Parade
1955
as Self
MovieAin't It Aggravatin'
1954
as Frugal Man's Wife (uncredited)
MovieCash Stashers
1953
as The Wife (uncredited)
TVThe Adventures of Kit Carson
1951
MovieBargain Madness
1951
as Sally (uncredited)
MovieThis Is the Life
1944
as Dolly (uncredited)
Inferior Decorator
1943
as Mrs. Kennedy
MovieMountain Rhythm
1943
as Fanniebelle Weaver
Cooks and Crooks
1942
as Sally Kennedy
MovieRomance on the Range
1942
as Sally
Soaring Stars
1942
as Autograph Seeker
MovieMan from Cheyenne
1942
as Sally Evans
A Quiet Fourth
1941
as Sally Kennedy
MovieRed River Valley
1941
as Sally Whittaker
MovieTuxedo Junction
1941
as Pansy Weaver
MovieJesse James at Bay
1941
as Polly Morgan
I'll Fix It
1941
as Sally
MovieWestward Ho-Hum
1941
as Sally
MovieBad Man of Deadwood
1941
as 'Princess' Sally Blackstone
MovieNevada City
1941
as Jo Morrison
MovieSheriff of Tombstone
1941
as Queenie Whittaker, aka Queenie LaTour
MovieThe Lady from Cheyenne
1941
as Chorus Girl
MovieIn Old Cheyenne
1941
as 'Squeak' Brown
Penny To the Rescue
1941
as Mrs. Smudge
MovieRobin Hood of the Pecos
1941
as Belle Starr
MovieNo, No, Nanette
1940
as Maid
MovieOne Night in the Tropics
1940
as Woman with Second Man Polled by Jim (uncredited)
MovieWedding Bills
1940
as Bride-to-be (uncredited)
MovieRodeo Dough
1940
as Sally
MovieYoung Bill Hickok
1940
as Miss 'Calamity' Jane Canary
MovieCity for Conquest
1940
as Singer (uncredited)
MovieWhen the Daltons Rode
1940
as Annabella
MovieMoney and the Woman
1940
as Mrs. Jones (uncredited)
MovieI Love You Again
1940
as Salesgirl (uncredited)
MovieBested by a Beard
1940
as Maisie
MovieLa Conga Nights
1940
as Lucy Endover
MovieThe Domineering Male
1940
as Gertrude 'Gertie' (uncredited)
MovieThe Amazing Mr. Williams
1939
as Jean - Wedding Guest (uncredited)
MovieBlondie Brings Up Baby
1939
as Young Woman (uncredited)
Let's Talk Turkey
1939
as Abner's Wife
Set 'em Up
1939
as Girl Bowler
MovieRhumba Rhythm at the Hollywood La Conga
1939
as Sally
MovieWhen Tomorrow Comes
1939
as Waitress (uncredited)
MovieCulinary Carving
1939
as Mrs. Formaldehyde
MovieMy Wife's Relatives
1939
as Lizzie
MovieHollywood Hobbies
1939
as Tourist
MovieBlondie Meets the Boss
1939
as Mrs. Williams (uncredited)
MovieMan from Music Mountain
1938
as Patsy
MovieThe Higgins Family
1938
as Lizzie
MovieExiled to Shanghai
1937
as Mabel
MovieThe Big Show
1936
as Toodles Brown
