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Mary Jane "Mae" West (August 17, 1893 – November 22, 1980) was an American actress, singer, comedian, screenwriter, and playwright whose career spanned over seven decades. Considered a sex symbol, she was known for her breezy sexual independence and her lighthearted bawdy double entendres, often delivered in a husky contralto voice. She was active in vaudeville and on stage in New York City ...
Jul 7, 2020 · Mae West didn’t invent sex, but she certainly perfected the art of talking about it. The Broadway-turned-Hollywood bombshell was brash, brassy, and had an appetite for trouble. In short, she was ...
Nov 30, 2020 · Mae West started in Vaudeville and on the stage in New York, and later moved to Hollywood to star in films known for their blunt sexuality and steamy settings.
Jun 21, 2024 · Mae West, American stage and film actress, a sex symbol whose frank sensuality, languid postures, and wisecracking became her trademarks. She usually portrayed women who accepted their lives of dubious virtue with flippant good humor. Her notable credits included the play Diamond Lil and the movie My Little Chickadee.
Mae West, who gave her name to a life jacket and her style to an era, is dead at 88. She died of natural causes Saturday in the Hollywood apartment building she owned -- in the all white, flower filled penthouse where in recent years a parade of admirers had come up to see her sometimes.
May 28, 2020 · August 17, 1893: Mary Jane West is born to John Patrick and Mathilda West on Bushwick Avenue in Brooklyn, NY. c.1896: Sister Mildred West is born (name later changed to Beverly). c.1900: Brother ...
Jun 30, 2021 · Mae West is fourth-billed in her film debut, the 1932 melodrama “Night After Night,” and she doesn’t appear until the 37-minute mark. But it’s an unforgettable entrance. We first hear her ...
November 23, 1980 Mae West, Stage and Movie Star Who Burlesqued Sex, Dies at 87 Special to the New York Times. OS ANGELES, Nov. 22 -- Mae West, the Diamond Lil of filmdom, died at 7:00 this morning at her home in Los Angeles.
Jun 16, 2020 · “When I’m good, I’m very good, but when I’m bad, I’m better.” That’s Mae West to Cary Grant in “I’m No Angel,” just one of West’s oft-quoted one-liners that scandalized pre-Code Hollywood in the early 1930s. She had a million of ‘em. From her screen debut in “Night after Night” when a nightclub coat check girl comments on West’s jewelry, “Goodness, what diamonds ...
Nov 23, 1980 · Mae West’s show business debut came at the turn of the century. She was just seven years old when she began winning prizes for her song and tap-dance routines at Elks Club shows in Brooklyn.
