Biography
Blanche Payson (born Mary Elizabeth Bush, September 20, 1881 β July 4, 1964) was an American film actress. Payson was born in Santa Barbara, California, as Mary Elizabeth Bush to Thomas and Sarah Bush. She first attracted public notice when she served as policewoman in the Toyland exhibit at the Panama Exposition in San Francisco in 1915. She also performed in vaudeville.In 1910 she was living in San Francisco and married to Eugene Payson, who died before 1915.Payson then moved to Los Angeles and began her film career with the Mack Sennett studio, with her first film being Wife and Auto Trouble. She appeared in short films in mostly uncredited roles. She appeared in nearly 160 films between 1916 and 1946. At 6 ft 2 in (188 cm), she towered over both men and women co-stars in the many slapstick comedies she appeared, as a foil for such comedians as The Three Stooges, Laurel and Hardy and similar popular acts of the time. She often played brutal and dominant women, such as Oliver Hardy's wife in Helpmates (1932) or Bobby Hutchins' stepmother in the Our Gang comedy Dogs Is Dogs (1931).
By 1927, Payson was married to Allen Love. She died in Hollywood, California.
Filmography
all 81
Movies 81
Ghosts on the Loose (1943)
A Maid Made Mad (1943)
A Blitz on the Fritz (1943)
The Talk of the Town (1942)
Among the Living (1941)
In the Navy (1941)
Nice Girl? (1941)
Li'l Abner (1940)
Angels Over Broadway (1940)
Convicted Woman (1940)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
The Women (1939)
Swing, You Swingers! (1939)
A Doggone Mixup (1938)
Slander House (1938)
You Can't Take It with You (1938)
All Over Town (1937)
Slippery Silks (1936)
Music Is Magic (1935)
Pop Goes the Easel (1935)
One More Spring (1935)
Blind Date (1934)
Half a Sinner (1934)
Loose Relations (1933)
Drifting Souls (1932)
Jewel Robbery (1932)
Red Noses (1932)
The Impatient Maiden (1932)
Love Pains (1932)
Helpmates (1932)
Dogs Is Dogs (1931)
War Mamas (1931)
Taxi Troubles (1931)
Wicked (1931)
Our Wife (1931)
Estrellados (1930)
Shivering and Shaking (1930)
Below Zero (1930)
Summer Saps (1929)
Are Scotchmen Tight (1929)
Taxi Spooks (1929)
The Broadway Melody (1929)
Bringing Up Father (1928)
Papa's Boy (1927)
Splash Yourself (1927)
Easy Curves (1927)
Figures Don't Lie (1927)
Naughty Boy (1927)
The Bachelor's Baby (1927)
Peaceful Oscar (1927)
Open Spaces (1926)
When a Man's a Prince (1926)
For Heaven's Sake (1926)
We Moderns (1925)
Half a Man (1925)
Super-Hooper-Dyne Lizzies (1925)
The Raspberry Romance (1925)
Oh, Doctor! (1925)
That's Funny (1924)
Crushed (1924)
His First Car (1924)
The Misfit (1924)
Hansel and Gretel (1923)
Kidding Katie (1923)
Three Ages (1923)
The Two Johns (1923)
The Kid Reporter (1923)
No Vacancies (1923)
The Little Rascal (1922)
The Land of Jazz (1920)
The Suitor (1920)
Kiss Me Quick (1920)
The Heart Snatcher (1920)
Damsels and Dandies (1919)
Bears and Bad Men (1918)
A Sanitarium Scandal (1917)
The Sultan's Wife (1917)
Thirst (1917)
Dollars and Sense (1916)
A Social Cub (1916)
Wife and Auto Trouble (1916)
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GenderFemale
Birthday1881-09-20
Deathday1964-07-04 (82 years old)
Birth PlaceSanta Barbara, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsMary Elizabeth Bush
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