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Mae West (I) (1893–1980)
Mae West was born in Queens, 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 (1932), her scene has become famous. A coat check girl ...
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Soundtrack (17 credits)
2009
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression
(Video documentary) (performer: "They Call Me Sister Honky-Tonk", "I Found a New Way to Go to Town", "I Want You, I Need You" - uncredited)
1977
Sextette
(performer: "Love Will Keep Us Together", "After You've Gone", "Happy Birthday Twenty One")
1937
Every Day's a Holiday
(performer: "Jubilee" (uncredited), "Fifi", "Little Butterfly", "Every Day's a Holiday" (uncredited), "Along the Broadway Trail" (uncredited))
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", "My Old Flame", "Troubled Waters", "When a St. Louis Woman Goes Down to New Orleans" - uncredited)
1933
I'm No Angel
(performer: "They Call Me Sister Honky-Tonk" (1933), "That Dallas Man" (1933), "I Found a New Way to Go to Town" (1933), "I Want You, I Need You" (1933), "I'm No Angel" (1933) - uncredited)
1933
She Done Him Wrong
(performer: "I Wonder Where My Easy Rider's Gone" (1933), "A Guy What Takes His Time" (1933), "Frankie and Johnny" (1912) - uncredited)
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Actress (13 credits)
Actress (13 credits)
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Writer (10 credits)
Writer (10 credits)
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Self (9 credits)
Self (9 credits)
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Archive footage (53 credits)
Archive footage (53 credits)
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Stage: Wrote and appeared in "Diamond Lil" on Broadway See more »Publicity Listings:
1 Biographical Movie | 15 Print Biographies | 12 Portrayals | 5 Interviews | 9 Articles | 15 Pictorials | 31 Magazine Cover Photos | See more »Alternate Names:
Jane MastHeight:
5' (1.52 m)
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The man I don't like doesn't exist. See more »Trivia:
She was born Mary Jane West in the Bushwick section of Brooklyn. Mae's father, John Patrick "Jack" West, was a featherweight prizefighter called "Battling Jack" West, and later a stable master; he was of English and Irish descent (his own mother was an Irish immigrant). Mae's mother, Matilda Decker Doelger, was an immigrant from Germany. See more »Trademark:
Rampant double entendres. See more »Nickname:
"Queen of the World" See more »Star Sign:
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