Blanche Payson
Biography
Blanche Payson was an American film actress born Mary Elizabeth Bush on September 20, 1881. She first gained public notice serving as a policewoman at the Panama Exposition in San Francisco, before transitioning to vaudeville and eventually joining the Mack Sennett studio. Payson appeared in nearly 160 films between 1916 and 1946, often playing dominant women alongside comedy legends like Laurel and Hardy.