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Birthday: Aug 16, 1893
Place of Birth: Bushwick, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Mae West

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Mae West (born Mary Jane West; August 17, 1893 – November 22, 1980) was an American actress, playwright, screenwriter and sex symbol whose entertainment career spanned seven decades. Known for her bawdy double entendres, West made a name for herself in vaudeville and on the stage in New York before moving to Hollywood to become a comedienne, actress and writer in the motion picture industry. In consideration of her contributions to American cinema, the American Film Institute named West 15th among the greatest female stars of all time. One of the more controversial movie stars of her day, West encountered many problems including censorship. When her cinematic career ended, she continued to perform on stage, in Las Vegas, in the United Kingdom, on radio and television, and recorded rock and roll albums. She used the alias Jane Mast early in her career. Description above from the Wikipedia article Mae West, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography
Movie Cast Year
The Strange Case of the Cosmic Rays Miss Ultraviolet (voice, archive footage) 1957
I'm No Angel Tira 1933
Myra Breckinridge Leticia Van Allen 1970
My Little Chickadee Flower Belle Lee 1940
She Done Him Wrong Lady Lou 1933
Becoming Cary Grant Self (archive footage) 2017
Goin' to Town Cleo Borden 1935
Night After Night Maudie Triplett 1932
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage Self (archive footage) (uncredited) 1983
Go West Young Man Mavis Arden 1936
Belle of the Nineties Ruby Carter 1934
The Heat's On Fay Lawrence 1943
Klondike Annie Rose Carlton / Annie Alden 1936
Hollywood Blue (archive footage) 1970
Every Day's a Holiday Peaches O'Day 1937
Sextette Marlo Manners 1978
Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons Self (archive footage) 1995
Going Hollywood: The '30s Self (archive footage) 1984
Hollywood on Parade No. B-5 Self (archive footage) (uncredited) 1933
Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man Self (archive footage) 1988
Anthony Quinn: An Original Self (archive footage) 1990
The Best of Laurel and Hardy (archive footage) 1968
The Fashion Side of Hollywood Self 1935
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? Self (archive footage) 1975
Complicated Women Self (archive footage) 2003
The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful Self (archive footage) 1996
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood Tira (archive footage) 2008
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema Self (archive footage) 2007
The Women Who Run Hollywood Self (archive footage) 2016
Hollywood Uncensored Self (archive footage) 1987
Mae West: Dirty Blonde Self (archive footage) 2020
Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her Self (archive footage) 1994
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression Self (archive) 2009
Series Cast Year
Mister Ed 1961
The Oscars Self 1953
Intimate Portrait Self (archive footage) 1993
American Masters Self (archive footage) 1986
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