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Mae West (I) (1893–1980)

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Mae West was born in Brooklyn, New York, to "Battling Jack" West and Matilda Doelger. She began her career as a child star in vaudeville, and later went on to write her own plays, including "SEX", for which she was arrested. Though her first movie role was a small part in Night After Night, her scene has become famous... See full bio »

Born:

Mary Jane West
in Woodhaven, New York, USA

Died:

(age 87) in Hollywood, California, USA
Mae West circa 1940 Mae West on the witness stand at her Mae West c. 1945
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2009 Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression (video documentary) (performer: "They Call Me Sister Honky-Tonk" - uncredited, "I Found a New Way to Go to Town" - uncredited, "I Want You, I Need You" - uncredited)
 
1978 Sextette (performer: "Love Will Keep Us Together", "After You've Gone", "Happy Birthday Twenty One")
 
1971 My Tongue Is -Quick! ("My Old Flame" - uncredited)
 
1970 Myra Breckinridge (performer: "Hard to Handle", "You Gotta Taste All the Fruit")
 
1965 The Love Goddesses (documentary) (performer: "They Call Me Sister Honky-Tonk" - uncredited)
 
1958 The 30th Annual Academy Awards (TV special) (performer: "Baby, It's Cold Outside")
 
1943 The Heat's On (performer: "I'm Just a Stranger in Town" 1943, "Hello, Mi Amigo" 1943)
 
1940 My Little Chickadee (performer: "Willie of the Valley")
 
1937 Every Day's a Holiday (performer: "Jubilee" - uncredited, "Fifi", "Little Butterfly", "Every Day's a Holiday" - uncredited, "Along the Broadway Trail" - uncredited)
 
1936 Go West Young Man (performer: "ON A TYPICAL TROPICAL NIGHT", "I WAS SAYING TO THE MOON")
 
1936 Klondike Annie (performer: "My Medicine Man" - uncredited, "Cheer Up, Little Sister", "It's Better to Give Than to Receive", "I'm an Occidental Woman in an Oriental Mood for Love", "Mister Deep Blue Sea", "Little Bar Butterfly")
 
1935 Goin' to Town (performer: "HE'S A BAD MAN", "NOW I'M A LADY", "MON COEUR S'OEUVRE A TA VOIX", "LOVE IS LOVE")
 
1934 Belle of the Nineties (performer: "Memphis Blues" - uncredited, "My Old Flame" - uncredited, "Troubled Waters" - uncredited, "When a St. Louis Woman Goes Down to New Orleans" - uncredited)
 
1933 I'm No Angel (performer: "They Call Me Sister Honky-Tonk" 1933 - uncredited, "I Found a New Way to Go to Town" 1933 - uncredited, "I Want You, I Need You" 1933 - uncredited, "I'm No Angel" 1933 - uncredited / "That Dallas Man" 1933 - uncredited)
 
1933 She Done Him Wrong (performer: "I Wonder Where My Easy Rider's Gone" 1933 - uncredited, "A Guy What Takes His Time" 1933 - uncredited, "Frankie and Johnny" 1912 - uncredited)
 
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1978 Sextette
Marlo Manners/Lady Barrington
 
1970 Myra Breckinridge
Leticia Van Allen
 
1943 The Heat's On
Fay Lawrence
 
1940 My Little Chickadee
Flower Belle Lee
 
1937 Every Day's a Holiday
Peaches O'Day
 
1936 Go West Young Man
Mavis Arden
 
1936 Fashions in Love (short)
 
1936 Klondike Annie
The Frisco Doll/Rose Carlton/Sister Annie Alden
 
1935 Goin' to Town
Cleo Borden
 
1934 Belle of the Nineties
Ruby Carter
 
1933 I'm No Angel
Tira
 
1933 She Done Him Wrong
Lady Lou
 
1932 Night After Night
Maudie Triplett
 
Show ShowWriter (10 titles)
1978 Sextette (play "Sextet")
 
1940 My Little Chickadee (original screen play)
 
1937 Every Day's a Holiday (screen play)
 
1936 Go West Young Man (screenplay)
 
1936 Klondike Annie (play / screenplay)
 
1935 Goin' to Town (screenplay)
 
1934 Belle of the Nineties (story "It Ain't No Sin")
 
1933 I'm No Angel (dialogue / screenplay / story)
 
1933 She Done Him Wrong (by)
 
1932 Night After Night (additional dialogue - uncredited)
 
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1976 Backlot USA (TV movie)
Herself
 
1964 Mister Ed (TV series)
Herself
– Mae West Meets Mister Ed (1964) … Herself
 
1960 The Red Skelton Hour (TV series)
Herself
– Goodness Had Nothing to Do with It (1960) … Herself
 
1958 The 30th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Herself - Performer
 
1935 The Fashion Side of Hollywood (documentary short)
Herself
 
1933 Hollywood on Parade No. B-5 (short)
Herself
 
1933 Hollywood on Parade No. A-9 (documentary short)
Herself (uncredited)
 
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2009 Starz Inside: Sex and the Cinema (TV documentary)
Herself
 
2009 Make 'Em Laugh: The Funny Business of America (TV series documentary)
 
2008 Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood (TV documentary)
Tira
 
2007 Why Be Good? Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema (documentary)
Herself
 
2006 Dead Famous (TV series documentary)
 
2003 Sex at 24 Frames Per Second (video documentary)
Herself
 
2003 Complicated Women (TV documentary)
Herself (uncredited)
 
2003 Living Famously (TV series)
 
2002 Cleavage (TV documentary)
Herself
 
1999 E! Mysteries & Scandals (TV series)
 
1999 Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 2 (TV special documentary)
Herself (uncredited)
 
1999 The 20th Century: A Moving Visual History (TV mini-series documentary)
Herself
 
1998 Junket Whore (documentary)
Herself
 
1996 The Real Las Vegas (TV series documentary)
Herself
 
1996 The Good, the Bad & the Beautiful (TV special documentary)
Herself
 
1995 Biography (TV series documentary)
 
1995 The Casting Couch (video documentary)
 
1995 Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons (documentary)
Herself
 
1994 Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her (TV documentary)
Herself
 
Intimate Portrait (TV series documentary)
 
1992 Legends of Comedy (TV documentary)
 
1990 Hollywood on Parade (video documentary)
Herself
 
1988 Hollywood Sex Symbols (video documentary short)
 
1984 Going Hollywood: The '30s (documentary)
Herself
 
1983 Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage (documentary)
Herself (uncredited)
 
1981 The 53rd Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Herself
 
1977 All You Need Is Love (TV series documentary)
 
1969 The Best of Laurel and Hardy
 
1965 The Love Goddesses (documentary)
Herself
 
1965 Wayne and Shuster Take an Affectionate Look At... (TV series documentary)
 
1963 Hollywood Without Make-Up (documentary)
Herself
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

(1912) Stage: Appeared in "A Winsome Widow", produced on Broadway. Musical comedy/farce. Music by Raymond Hubbell. Based on "A Trip to Chinatown" by Charles Hale Hoyt. Musical Direction by Frank Darling. Additional numbers by John Golden, Jerome Kern, Nat Ayer, Jean Schwartz, Stanley Murphy, Henry I. Marshall and Griffin and Murtagh. Additional lyrics by Robert B. Smith and William Jerome. Additional music by Franz Lehar. Directed by Julian Mitchell. Moulin Rouge: 11 Apr 1912-7 Sep 1912 (172 performances). See more »

Publicity Listings:

1 Biographical Movie  | 10 Print Biographies  | 3 Interviews  | 3 Articles  | 13 Magazine Cover Photos  | See more »

Official Sites:

Official commercial website for Mae West | See more »

Alternate Names:

Jane Mast

Height:

5' 1" (1.55 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

Is that a gun in your pocket or are you just glad to see me? See more »

Trivia:

She was famous for her morning enemas, which she claimed made her skin like silk and left her "smelling sweet at both ends". On the set of her last film Sextette, co-star Tony Curtis claimed that she was given an enema after being made up, at approximately 11:00 in the morning, as the last step of her preparations before going before the camera. See more »

Nickname:

"The Statue of Libido" See more »

Star Sign:

Leo