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She Done Him Wrong Lady Lou

(1933)

I'm No Angel Tira

(1933)

Goin' to Town Cleo Borden

(1935)

My Little Chickadee Flower Belle Lee

(1940)

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Actress (14 credits)

1977 Sextette
Marlo Manners

1970 Myra Breckinridge
Leticia

1964 Mister Ed (TV Series)
Mae West

- Mae West Meets Mister Ed (1964) ... Mae West

1960 The Red Skelton Hour (TV Series)
Autobiography Writer Mae West

- Goodness Had Nothing to Do with It with guest star Mae West (1960) ... Autobiography Writer Mae West

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 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

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Writer (10 credits)

1977 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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Soundtrack (22 credits)

2021 Look Me Over: Liberace (Documentary) (performer: "Boom Boom")

Russian Doll (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode, 2019) (writer - 1 episode, 2019)

- The Great Escape (2019) ... (performer: "My New Year's Resolution" - uncredited) / (writer: "My New Year's Resolution" - uncredited)

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)

1981 Prisoner in Concert (TV Movie) (writer: "That's All Brother" - uncredited)

1977 Sextette (performer: "Love Will Keep Us Together", "After You've Gone", "Happy Birthday Twenty One")

1976 Backlot USA (TV Movie) (performer: "After You've Gone", "Frankie and Johnny" (1912) (uncredited))

1971 My Tongue Is -Quick! ("My Old Flame", uncredited)

1970 Myra Breckinridge (performer: "Hard to Handle", "You Gotta Taste All the Fruit" - uncredited)

1969 Mondo Trasho (performer: "Treat Him Right", "You Turn Me On")

1965 The Love Goddesses (Documentary) (performer: "They Call Me Sister Honky-Tonk" - uncredited)

1960 The Red Skelton Hour (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)

- Goodness Had Nothing to Do with It with guest star Mae West (1960) ... (performer: "It's So Nice to Have a Man Around the House")

1959 The Dean Martin Show (TV Special) (performer: "I Can't Give You Anything but Love", "Personality")

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: "Fifi", "Little Butterfly", "Every Day's a Holiday", "Jubilee", "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", "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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2020 Frankenpimp's Revenge: The Romeo and Juliet Massacre (special thanks)

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Self (10 credits)

1976 The Second Annual Rock Music Awards (TV Special)
Self

1976 The Dick Cavett Show (TV Series)
Self

- Episode dated 5 April 1976 (1976) ... Self

1976 Backlot USA (TV Movie)
Self

1959 Person to Person (TV Series documentary)

- Episode #7.1 (1959)

1959 The Dean Martin Show (TV Special)
Self

1958 The 30th Annual Academy Awards (TV Special)
Self - Performer

1948 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV Series)
Self - Audience Member

- John Garfield, Dorothy Sarnoff, Frank Fontaine, Pat C. Flick, Tommy Farrell (1948) ... Self - Audience Member

1936 Fashions in Love (Documentary short)

1935 The Fashion Side of Hollywood (Documentary short)
Self

1933 Hollywood on Parade No. A-9 (Short)
Self (uncredited)

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Archive footage (63 credits)

2021 Mae West: Die verruchte Blonde (TV Movie documentary)
Self - Subject

2020 Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies (Documentary)
Self

2020 American Masters (TV Series documentary)
Self

- Mae West: Dirty Blonde (2020) ... Self

2018 America in Color (TV Series documentary)
Self

- Hollywood's Golden Age (2018) ... Self

2018 Six Sides of Katharine Hepburn (Documentary short)
Self

2017 The Craig Caddell Show (TV Series)
Self

- Hollywood Sex Symbols (2017) ... Self

2016 Et la femme créa Hollywood (TV Movie documentary)
Self

2014-2015 Welcome to the Basement (TV Series)
Flower Belle Lee

- Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (2015) ... Flower Belle Lee

- A Trip to the Moon/Charlie Chaplin (2014) ... Flower Belle Lee

2013 Hollywood Rebellen (TV Movie documentary)

2012 Arena (TV Series documentary)

- Screen Goddesses (2012)

2011 Vito (Documentary)
Lady Lou

2009 Starz Inside: Sex and the Cinema (TV Movie documentary)
Self

2009 Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression (Video documentary)
Self

2009 Make 'Em Laugh: The Funny Business of America (TV Series documentary)

- When I'm Bad I'm Better: The Groundbreakers (2009)

2008 Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood (TV Movie documentary)
Tira

2007 Why Be Good? Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema (Documentary)
Self

2006 Screen Goddesses (TV Series documentary)
Self

- Mae West (2006) ... Self

2006 Dead Famous (TV Series documentary)
Self

- Mae West (2006) ... Self

2005 The Great Man: W.C. Fields (Video documentary)
Self

2004 Naughty Bits (TV Series documentary)
Self

- The Breast (2004) ... Self

2003 Sex at 24 Frames Per Second (Video documentary)
Self

2003 Complicated Women (TV Movie documentary)
Self (uncredited)

2003 Living Famously (TV Series documentary)
Self

- Mae West (2003) ... Self

2002 Cleavage (TV Movie documentary)
Self

2001 Backstory (TV Series documentary)
Leticia Van Allen

- Myra Breckenridge (2001) ... Leticia Van Allen

2001 Beyond Tara: The Extraordinary Life of Hattie McDaniel (TV Movie documentary)

2000 Hollywood Remembers (TV Series documentary)

- Mae West

1999 Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 2 (TV Special documentary)
Self (uncredited)

1999 The 20th Century: A Moving Visual History (TV Mini Series documentary)
Self

1999 E! Mysteries & Scandals (TV Series documentary)
Self

- Mae West (1999) ... Self

1999 Intimate Portrait (TV Series documentary)
Self

- Mae West (1999) ... Self

1998 Junket Whore (Documentary)
Self

1996 The Real Las Vegas (TV Series documentary)
Self

1996 The Good, the Bad & the Beautiful (TV Special documentary)
Self

1995 Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons (Documentary)
Self

1995 The Casting Couch (Video documentary)

1995 Inside the Dream Factory (TV Movie documentary)
Self

1995 Biography (TV Series documentary)
Self

- Raquel Welch: Beyond the Fantasy (1995) ... Self

1994 Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her (TV Movie documentary)
Self

1992 Legends of Comedy (TV Movie documentary)

1992 Holiday Greetings from 'The Ed Sullivan Show' (TV Special)
Self - Actress

1990 Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths (Video documentary)

1990 Anthony Quinn: An Original (TV Movie documentary)
Self

1988 Hollywood Sex Symbols (Video documentary short)
Self

1988 Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man (TV Movie documentary)
Self

1984 Going Hollywood: The '30s (Documentary)
Self

1983 Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage (Documentary)
Self (uncredited)

1982 Showbiz Ballyhoo (Documentary)
Self

1982 Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter (TV Movie documentary)
Actress - 'My Little Chickadee' (uncredited)

1981 The 53rd Annual Academy Awards (TV Special)
Self

1978 Hollywood on Parade (Video documentary)
Self

1977 All You Need Is Love (TV Series documentary)
Self

- Rude Songs: Vaudeville & Music Hall (1977) ... Self

1975 USArt: The Gift of Ourselves (Documentary short)

1975 Brother Can You Spare a Dime (Documentary)
Self

1972 The Great Radio Comedians (TV Movie documentary)
Self

1970 Hollywood Blue (Documentary)
Self

1968 The Best of Laurel and Hardy

1965 Wayne and Shuster Take an Affectionate Look at... (TV Series documentary)
Self

- Mae West (1965) ... Self

1965 The Love Goddesses (Documentary)
Self

1963 Hollywood Without Make-Up (Documentary)
Self

1963 Hollywood and the Stars (TV Series documentary)
Self

- The Funny Men: Part 2 (1963) ... Self

1959 The Twentieth Century (TV Series documentary)
Lady Lou (sound bite from She Done Him Wrong (1933))

- The Movies Learn to Talk (1959) ... Lady Lou (sound bite from She Done Him Wrong (1933))

1933 Hollywood on Parade No. B-5 (Short)
Self (uncredited)

Personal Details

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Stage: Wrote / appeared in "Diamond Lil" on Broadway. Comedy/melodrama (revival). See more »

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Mae West | Official commercial website for Mae West

Alternate Names:

Jane Mast

Height:

5' (1.52 m)

Spouse:

Guido Deiro (divorced) | See more »

Parents:

John Patrick West | Matilda Doelger

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

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At one point, her chauffeur was Jerry Orbach (who is best known for playing Detective Lennie Briscoe on all four "Law & Order" television series). See more »

Trademark:

Platinum blonde hair See more »

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The Queen of the World See more »

Star Sign:

Leo

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