Mae West
Birthday
1893/08/16
Day of death
1980/11/22 (87 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Bushwick, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Also know as
Mary Jane West
Biography
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 Ame...Read more
Acting
(1957) The Strange Case of the Cosmic Rays
as Miss Ultraviolet (voice, archive footage)
(1933) I'm No Angel
as Tira
(1970) Myra Breckinridge
as Leticia Van Allen
(1940) My Little Chickadee
as Flower Belle Lee
(1933) She Done Him Wrong
as Lady Lou
(2017) Becoming Cary Grant
as Self (archive footage)
(1935) Goin' to Town
as Cleo Borden
(1932) Night After Night
as Maudie Triplett
(1983) Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1936) Go West Young Man
as Mavis Arden
(1934) Belle of the Nineties
as Ruby Carter
(1943) The Heat's On
as Fay Lawrence
(1936) Klondike Annie
as Rose Carlton / Annie Alden
(1970) Hollywood Blue
as (archive footage)
(1937) Every Day's a Holiday
as Peaches O'Day
(1978) Sextette
as Marlo Manners
(1995) Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons
as Self (archive footage)
(1984) Going Hollywood: The '30s
as Self (archive footage)
(1933) Hollywood on Parade No. B-5
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1988) Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man
as Self (archive footage)
(1990) Anthony Quinn: An Original
as Self (archive footage)
(1968) The Best of Laurel and Hardy
as (archive footage)
(1935) The Fashion Side of Hollywood
as Self
(1975) Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
as Self (archive footage)
(2003) Complicated Women
as Self (archive footage)
(1996) The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful
as Self (archive footage)
(2008) Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
as Tira (archive footage)
(2007) Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
as Self (archive footage)
(2016) The Women Who Run Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
(1987) Hollywood Uncensored
as Self (archive footage)
(2020) Mae West: Dirty Blonde
as Self (archive footage)
(1994) Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her
as Self (archive footage)
(2009) Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression
as Self (archive)
(1976) Hooray for Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
(1961) Mister Ed
as ---
(1953) The Oscars
as Self
(1993) Intimate Portrait
as Self (archive footage)
(1986) American Masters
as Self (archive footage)