Mae West
- Acting
- August 17, 1893 · Bushwick, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
- November 22, 1980
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 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.
Known for
Filmography
- Marlene Dietrich: Home Movies · Self
- Becoming Marilyn · (archive footage)
- Mae West: Dirty Blonde · Self
- Becoming Cary Grant · Self
- The Women Who Run Hollywood · Self
- Vito · Self
- Starz Inside: Sex and the Cinema · Self
- Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression · Self
- Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood · Tira (archive footage)
- Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema · Self
- Complicated Women · Self
- Cleavage
- Beyond Tara: The Extraordinary Life of Hattie McDaniel · Self
- The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful · Self
- Trailer Camp · (Archival)
- Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons · Self
- The Casting Couch
- Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her · Self
- Intimate Portrait · Self
- Homo Promo · (Archival)
- Anthony Quinn: An Original · Self
- Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man · Self
- Hollywood Uncensored · Self
- American Masters · Self
- Going Hollywood: The '30s · Self
- Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage · Self
- Sextette · Marlo Manners, Theatre Play
- Hooray for Hollywood · Self
- Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? · Self
- Hollywood Blue · (archive footage)
- Myra Breckinridge · Leticia Van Allen
- The Best of Laurel and Hardy · (archive footage)
- Mister Ed
- The Strange Case of the Cosmic Rays · Miss Ultraviolet (voice, archive footage)
- The Oscars · Self
- The Heat's On · Fay Lawrence
- My Little Chickadee · Flower Belle Lee, Screenplay
- Every Day's a Holiday · Peaches O'Day, Screenplay
- Go West Young Man · Mavis Arden, Screenplay
- Klondike Annie · Rose Carlton / Annie Alden, Screenplay
- The Fashion Side of Hollywood · Self
- Goin' to Town · Cleo Borden, Screenplay
- Belle of the Nineties · Ruby Carter, Writer
- Hollywood on Parade No. B-10 · Self
- Hollywood on Parade No. B-5 · Self
- I'm No Angel · Tira, Screenplay
- She Done Him Wrong · Lady Lou, Writer
- Night After Night · Maudie Triplett, Additional Dialogue
- Homo Promo · (Archival)