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Blanche Payson  |
| (Mary Elizabeth Loring) |
    57 |
| 20 September 1881 - Santa Barbara, California, USA |
| 4 July 1964 † Hollywood, California, USA (heart disease, aged 82) |
| Beefy looking (she was 6'2") American actress who took no nonsense from Stan or Ollie in the three roles she played opposite them. The word 'formidable' comes to mind. |
| ◊ Bears And Bad Men (1918) Maw Cutshaw ♦ The Midnight Cabaret (1923) Woman at table ◊ Half A Man (1925) Shipwrecked woman • Below Zero (1930) Formidable woman • Our Wife (1931) Mrs. Gladding • Helpmates (1932) Mrs. Hardy |
| NON-LAUREL & HARDY RELATED APPEARANCES: |
| Love Pains (1932) Mrs. Kornman (13 February 1932, Hal Roach/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) Pop Goes The Easel (1935) Art student (29 March 1935, Columbia Pictures) Hoi Polloi (1935) Curly's burly dance partner (29 August 1935, Columbia Pictures) Slippery Silks (1936) Woman tackler (27 December 1936, Columbia Pictures) From Nurse To Worse (1940) Nurse at Bellevue (23 August 1940, Columbia Pictures) Cookoo Cavaliers (1940) Mackerel customer (15 November 1940, Columbia Pictures) In The Navy (1941) Hatchet-faced woman (30 May 1941, Universal Pictures) An Ache In Every Stake (1941) Woman with bullhorn (22 August 1941, Columbia Pictures) †''Pop Goes The Easel', Hoi Polloi', 'Slippery Silks', 'From Nurse To Worse', 'Cookoo Cavaliers', 'In The Navy' and 'An Ache In Every Stake' screenshots courtesy Peyton Ennis. |
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 photo credit: www.looking-for-mabel.webs.com |