ELAYNE HEILVEIL FROM PAYDAY (1973) - WHERE ARE THEY NOW?

PAYDAY was a downbeat, excellent character study of a down and out country music singer filled with thoughtful performances. As Rosamond, one of the young women taken along for a tumultuous ride by country singer Maury Dann, the role was played with breathtaking precision by Elayne Heilveil.

A performer who had acted in only two movies in her career, one of these being PAYDAY, but much more on television in prime time drama series such as Family, The Waltons and The Rockford Files, her contribution to the movie is one of its most memorable aspects.

Miss Heilveil takes her groupie character and makes her someone with whom the audience can empathize. Her initial delight in being chosen by Maury Dann as his main squeeze gives way to a sense of trepidation at what is taking place to Maury, and consequently to herself.

Her feelings are written all over her face and in her voice, and Elayne Heilveil makes Rosamond a fascinating figure indeed, one of the best female acting performances of 1970s cinema.