Years active 1916-1946 Role Film actress Parents Sarah Bush, Thomas Bush | Name Blanche Payson Spouse Eugene Payson | |
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Full Name Mary Elizabeth Bush Died July 4, 1964, Hollywood, California, United States Movies Wife and Auto Trouble, An Ache in Every Stake, Cookoo Cavaliers, Figures Don't Lie, The Bachelor's Baby Similar People H M Walker, James W Horne, A Edward Sutherland, Mack Sennett, Joe Rock | ||
Blanche Payson with the Three Stooges
Blanche Payson (September 20, 1881 – July 4, 1964) was an American film actress.
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She was born Mary Elizabeth to parents 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 was married to Eugene Payson in San Francisco prior to 1910, who died before 1915.
Payson then moved from San Francisco to Los Angeles and began her film career with the Mack Sennett studio, appearing in short films in mostly uncredited roles. She appeared in nearly 160 films between 1916 and 1946. At 6 foot 2 inches, 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).
She was born in Santa Barbara, California and died in Hollywood, California.
Filmography
Actress
1946
A Tale of Two Cafes (Short) as
Huge Woman (uncredited)
1943
Where Are Your Children? as
Juvenile Court Matron (uncredited)
1943
Quack Service (Short) as
Psychiatric Attendant
1943
Ghosts on the Loose as
Mrs. John G. 'Sarah' Elwood (uncredited)
1943
Here Comes Mr. Zerk (Short) as
Tenent (uncredited)
1943
A Maid Made Mad (Short) as
Amazon Hotel House Detective (uncredited)
1943
Salute for Three as
Taxi Driver (uncredited)
1943
A Blitz on the Fritz (Short) as
Egbert's Mother-in-Law (uncredited)
1942
The Talk of the Town as
Supreme Court Spectator (uncredited)
1942
Blondie for Victory as
Minor Role (uncredited)
1942
All Work and No Pay (Short) as
Woman at Newsstand (uncredited)
1941
Mr. District Attorney in the Carter Case as
Bit Part (uncredited)
1941
Honolulu Lu as
Mezzo Soprano (uncredited)
1941
Among the Living as
Woman at Trial (uncredited)
1941
Lovable Trouble (Short) as
Andy's Mother-in-Law (uncredited)
1941
An Ache in Every Stake (Short) as
The Maid (uncredited)
1941
Love at First Fright (Short) as
Clan Member (uncredited)
1941
In the Navy as
Hatchet-Faced Woman (uncredited)
1941
Nice Girl? as
Netty Peck (uncredited)
1940
Cookoo Cavaliers (Short) as
Mackerel Customer (uncredited)
1940
Li'l Abner as
Large Woman (uncredited)
1940
A Bundle of Bliss (Short) as
Adoption Agency Nurse (uncredited)
1940
Angels Over Broadway as
Large Woman (uncredited)
1940
From Nurse to Worse (Short) as
Nurse at Bellevue (uncredited)
1940
Convicted Woman as
Matron (uncredited)
1939
The Amazing Mr. Williams as
Large Woman (uncredited)
1939
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington as
Committeewoman (uncredited)
1939
The Women as
Masseuse (uncredited)
1939
Swing, You Swingers! (Short)
1938
Slander House as
Hilda (uncredited)
1938
You Can't Take It with You as
Matron (uncredited)
1938
A Doggone Mixup (Short) as
Landlady
1937
All Over Town as
Mother Wilson, Landlady
1937
That I May Live as
Bit Role (uncredited)
1937
Dizzy Doctors (Short) as
Larry's Wife (uncredited)
1936
Slippery Silks (Short) as
Woman on Street (uncredited)
1936
No Place Like Rome (Short) as
Slave Girls Bath Attendant (uncredited)
1936
A Pain in the Pullman (Short) as
Woman with Hat (uncredited)
1936
Just Speeding (Short)
1935
Music Is Magic as
Opera Singer in Music is Magic Number (uncredited)
1935
Bad Boy as
Minor Role (uncredited)
1935
Hoi Polloi (Short) as
Curley's burly dance partner (uncredited)
1935
She Gets Her Man as
Raider (uncredited)
1935
Pop Goes the Easel (Short) as
Art Student (uncredited)
1935
One More Spring as
Wife (uncredited)
1934
Jealousy as
Matron (uncredited)
1934
Among the Missing as
Police Matron (uncredited)
1934
Blind Date as
Nurse (uncredited)
1934
Half a Sinner as
Large Wife
1934
Whirlpool as
John's Henpecking Wife (uncredited)
1934
Love Detectives (Short) as
Mrs. John Smith (uncredited)
1933
Cold Turkey (Short)
1933
Dancing Lady as
Jail Matron (uncredited)
1933
It's Great to Be Alive as
Nightclub Security Guard (uncredited)
1933
Loose Relations (Short)
1932
Drifting Souls as
Landlady
1932
Jewel Robbery as
Masseuse (uncredited)
1932
The Loud Mouth (Short) as
Mrs. Shapiro (uncredited)
1932
Meet the Senator (Short) as
Minor Role (uncredited)
1932
Red Noses (Short) as
Dr. Payson, Physical Therapist
1932
The Impatient Maiden as
Mrs. Thomas
1932
Love Pains (Short) as
Mrs. Kornman
1932
Helpmates (Short) as
Mrs. Hardy (uncredited)
1931
Dogs Is Dogs (Short) as
Spud's Mother (uncredited)
1931
War Mamas (Short) as
Head Nurse (uncredited)
1931
Taxi Troubles (Short) as
Mother-in-Law
1931
Wicked as
Matron
1931
I Surrender Dear (Short) as
Ethel Dobbs (uncredited)
1931
Annabelle's Affairs as
Bit Role (uncredited)
1931
Our Wife (Short) as
Mrs. William Gladding (uncredited)
1930
Sky Scrappers (Short)
1930
Take Your Medicine (Short) as
Girl in Bathtub's Mother
1930
Estrellados as
Tall Actress at Casting Call (uncredited)
1930
Tiembla y Titubea (Short) as
Formidable Woman (uncredited)
1930
Below Zero (Short) as
Formidable Woman (uncredited)
1929
Purely Circumstantial (Short)
1929
Caught in a Taxi (Short) as
The Taxi Man's Mother-in-Law
1929
Summer Saps (Short)
1929
Are Scotchmen Tight? (Short)
1929
Taxi Spooks (Short) as
Mrs. Carey - Annie's Mother
1929
Footlight Fanny (Short)
1929
Confessions of a Chorus Girl (Short)
1929
The Broadway Melody as
Wardrobe Lady (uncredited)
1928
Taxi Beauties (Short) as
Charley's Mother-in-Law
1928
Believe It or Not (Short)
1928
Follow the Leader (Short)
1928
Bringing Up Father
1927
Papa's Boy (Short)(uncredited)
1927
Splash Yourself (Short)
1927
Easy Curves (Short) as
Fashion Show Spectator (uncredited)
1927
New Wrinkles (Short)
1927
Figures Don't Lie as
Mrs. Jones
1927
A Moony Mariner (Short)
1927
Plumb Dumb (Short)
1927
Short Socks (Short)
1927
His Better Half (Short)
1927
Ten Modern Commandments as
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
1927
No Cheating (Short)
1927
Keeping His Word (Short) as
Charlie's Sweetheart's Mother
1927
Naughty Boy (Short) as
The 'Shrinking Violet'
1927
The Bachelor's Baby as
Mrs. Boppo
1927
Peaceful Oscar (Short) as
Blanche - Oscar's Wife
1926
Madame Dynamite (Short) as
Eddie's Hired Mother
1926
Open Spaces (Short)
1926
Plumb Goofy (Short)
1926
Beauty à la Mud (Short) as
Mrs. Gotrox
1926
When a Man's a Prince (Short) as
Hilda - Princess of Amazonia
1926
Honeymooning with Ma (Short) as
The Mother-in-Law
1926
Too Many Babies (Short) as
The Wife's Mother
1926
For Heaven's Sake as
Lady on the Street (uncredited)
1926
A Flivver Vacation (Short) as
The Wife
1926
La Bohème as
Factory Supervisor (uncredited)
1925
Yes, Yes, Babette (Short)
1925
We Moderns as
Johanna
1925
Slippery Feet (Short) as
Aunt Muscena
1925
Too Much Mother-in-Law (Short) as
The Wife's Mother
1925
In Deep (Short)
1925
Half a Man (Short) as
Shipwrecked Woman (uncredited)
1925
Crying for Love (Short) as
Eddie's Bride
1925
Hay Fever Time (Short)
1925
Super-Hooper-Dyne Lizzies (Short) as
Amazonian Dancer (uncredited)
1925
The Raspberry Romance (Short) as
Bonnie MacBelch - Rodney's Sweetheart
1925
Oh, Doctor! as
Dr. Maude - the Osteopath
1925
Charley's Aunt as
Lady in Flowered Hat (uncredited)
1925
The Wild Goose Chaser (Short) as
Woman in Waiting Room (uncredited)
1924
Reno or Bust (Short) as
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
1924
Motor Mad (Short)
1924
Crushed (Short) as
Mrs. Jones
1924
Never Again (Short)
1924
His First Car (Short) as
2nd Camping Wife
1924
Jack and the Beanstalk (Short)
1924
The Misfit (Short) as
The Domineering Wife
1924
Some Nurse (Short) as
Landlady
1923
No Vacancies (Short) as
His Better Half
1923
Hansel and Gretel (Short) as
Hansel's Mother
1923
Kidding Katie (Short) as
Housemaid
1923
The Two Johns (Short) as
Hotel Customer
1923
Three Ages as
The Amazon (uncredited)
1923
The Kid Reporter (Short) as
Policewoman
1923
Why Dogs Leave Home (Short)
1923
Smarty (Short)
1923
Boyhood Days (Short)
1923
The Home Plate (Short)
1923
Farm Follies (Short) as
The Farmer's Wife
1923
The American Plan (Short) as
The Landlady
1922
Hello, Judge (Short) as
The Mother-in-Law
1922
The Fresh Kid (Short)
1922
Foolish Lives (Short)
1922
The Little Rascal (Short) as
Baby Peggy's Mother
1922
The Straphanger (Short) as
The Dominant Wife
1921
Skirts as
Policewoman
1920
The Land of Jazz as
The Maid
1920
Kiss Me Quick (Short)
1920
The Heart Snatcher (Short) as
The Blacksmith's Daughter
1919
Damsels and Dandies (Short) as
Dance instructor wife
1918
Bums and Boarders (Short)
1918
Farms and Fumbles (Short)
1918
He's in Again (Short) as
Cabaret Girl (uncredited)
1918
Humbugs and Husbands (Short)
1918
Bears and Bad Men (Short) as
Maw Cutshaw
1918
The Scholar (Short)
1918
A Coward's Courage (Short)
1918
His Nimble Twist (Short)
1917
A Sanitarium Scandal (Short)
1917
An Ice Man's Bride (Short)
1917
Haunted by Himself (Short)
1917
The Sultan's Wife (Short) as
Harem Matron
1917
Thirst (Short) as
Woman in Employment Agency (uncredited)
1917
Skidding Hearts (Short) as
Ora's Mother
1917
Oriental Love (Short) as
The Rajah's Favorite Wife
1917
Her Circus Knight (Short) as
The Owner's Sweetheart - Mlle. Tiny
1916
Dollars and Sense (Short) as
The Innkeeper's Wife
1916
Vampire Ambrose (Short) as
Customer (uncredited)
1916
A la Cabaret (Short) as
The Sweetheart's Mother
1916
A Social Cub (Short)
1916
His Wild Oats (Short) as
The Sharpshooter's Wife's Pal
1916
Bath Tub Perils (Short) as
Bathing Suited Guest in Room (uncredited)
1916
A Bath House Blunder (Short) as
Artie's Chosen Suitor
1916
The Village Blacksmith (Short) as
Secondary Role (uncredited)
1916
Wife and Auto Trouble (Short) as
The Dominant Wife
Self
1915
Hearst-Selig News Pictorial, No. 21 (Short) as
Self
Archive Footage
2015
Hey Moe, Hey Dad! (TV Series documentary) as
Various characters
- Eureka! (2015) - Various characters (uncredited)
- Slap Happy (2015) - Various characters (uncredited)
- A Trio Grows in Brooklyn (2015) - Various characters (uncredited)
1986
The Laurel and Hardy Show (TV Series) as
Formidable woman / Mrs. Gladding / Mrs. Hardy (1986)
1968
The Best of Laurel and Hardy (TV Movie) as
Formidable Woman (uncredited)
1947
The Road to Hollywood as
Ethel Dobbs, from 'I Surrender Dear' (uncredited)
References
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