Edna Payne

{{Short description|American actress (1891–1953)}}

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{{Infobox person

| name = Edna Payne

| image = Edna Payne (Lubin Films, ca. 1915).jpg

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| caption = Edna Payne in a Lubin publicity photo, ca. 1915

| birth_name =

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1891|12|05}}

| birth_place = New York City, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1953|01|31|1891|12|05}}

| death_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S.

| resting_place = Hollywood Forever Cemetery

| other_names =

| occupation = Actress

| years_active = 1911–1917

| spouse = {{marriage|Jack Rollens|1917|1925|reason=div}}

| children = 2

| website =

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Edna Payne (December 5, 1891 – January 31, 1953) was an American silent screen motion picture actress. She was not in any feature-length films, but is regarded as a "pioneer" in the film industry because she was in many short films from 1911 through 1917.{{cite book|author=Katchmer, George A. |title=A Biographical Dictionary of Silent Film Western Actors and Actresses|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VnGeCQAAQBAJ&q=Edna+Payne+silent+screen+actress&pg=PA297|page=297|date=2002|publisher=McFarland & Company|location=Jefferson, North Carolina|isbn=978-0-7864-4693-3|accessdate=May 18, 2017}}