
Sally Payne
Known for ActingBorn 1912-09-05Died 1999-05-08Chicago, Illinois, USA
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Sally Payne (September 5, 1912 β 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.Read more
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Cooks and Crooks
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Cooks and Crooks
1942 Β· Movie
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Tuxedo Junction
1941 Β· Movie
I'll Fix It
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I'll Fix It
1941 Β· Movie
Set 'em Up
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Set 'em Up
1939 Β· Movie
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MGM Parade
1955 Β· Series
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Wedding Bills
1940 Β· Movie
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Mountain Rhythm
1943 Β· Movie
Inferior Decorator
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Inferior Decorator
1943 Β· Movie
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Man from Cheyenne
1942 Β· Movie
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Westward Ho-Hum
1941 Β· Movie
A Quiet Fourth
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A Quiet Fourth
1941 Β· Movie
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The Domineering Male
1940 Β· Movie
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La Conga Nights
1940 Β· Movie
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Cash Stashers
1953 Β· Movie
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Red River Valley
1941 Β· Movie
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Sheriff of Tombstone
1941 Β· Movie
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I Love You Again
1940 Β· Movie
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Bargain Madness
1951 Β· Movie
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Nevada City
1941 Β· Movie
Penny To the Rescue
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Penny To the Rescue
1941 Β· Movie
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Bested by a Beard
1940 Β· Movie
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My Wife's Relatives
1939 Β· Movie
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Blondie Brings Up Baby
1939 Β· Movie
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Culinary Carving
1939 Β· Movie
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The Higgins Family
1938 Β· Movie
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City for Conquest
1940 Β· Movie
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Romance on the Range
1942 Β· Movie
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Rodeo Dough
1940 Β· Movie
Let's Talk Turkey
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Let's Talk Turkey
1939 Β· Movie
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When the Daltons Rode
1940 Β· Movie
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No, No, Nanette
1940 Β· Movie
Ain't It Aggravatin'
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Ain't It Aggravatin'
1954 Β· Movie
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The Adventures of Kit Carson
1951 Β· Series
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Robin Hood of the Pecos
1941 Β· Movie
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Man from Music Mountain
1938 Β· Movie
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The Amazing Mr. Williams
1939 Β· Movie
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Blondie Meets the Boss
1939 Β· Movie
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The Lady from Cheyenne
1941 Β· Movie
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One Night in the Tropics
1940 Β· Movie
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Hollywood Hobbies
1939 Β· Movie
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Exiled to Shanghai
1937 Β· Movie
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Young Bill Hickok
1940 Β· Movie
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When Tomorrow Comes
1939 Β· Movie
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Bad Man of Deadwood
1941 Β· Movie
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Jesse James at Bay
1941 Β· Movie
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The Big Show
1936 Β· Movie
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In Old Cheyenne
1941 Β· Movie
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Money and the Woman
1940 Β· Movie