Mae West
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- August 17, 1893
- Died
- November 22, 1980 (aged 87)
- Birthplace
- Bushwick, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
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
My Mom Jayne
Movie · as archive footage
Marlene Dietrich: Home Movies
Movie · as Self
Becoming Marilyn
Movie · as (archive footage)
Mae West: Dirty Blonde
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Becoming Cary Grant
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Women Who Run Hollywood
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Vito
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Starz Inside: Sex and the Cinema
Movie · as Self (archive)
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
Movie · as Tira (archive footage)
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Complicated Women
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Cleavage
Movie
Beyond Tara: The Extraordinary Life of Hattie McDaniel
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Trailer Camp
Movie · as (Archival)
The Casting Couch
Movie
Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Homo Promo
Movie · as (Archival)
Intimate Portrait
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep
Anthony Quinn: An Original
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Uncensored
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
American Masters
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep
Going Hollywood: The '30s
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Movie · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Sextette
Movie · as Marlo Manners
Hooray for Hollywood
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Myra Breckinridge
Movie · as Leticia Van Allen
Hollywood Blue
Movie · as (archive footage)
The Best of Laurel and Hardy
Movie · as (archive footage)
Mister Ed
TV · 1 ep
The Strange Case of the Cosmic Rays
Movie · as Miss Ultraviolet (voice, archive footage)
The Oscars
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Heat's On
Movie · as Fay Lawrence
My Little Chickadee
Movie · as Flower Belle Lee
Every Day's a Holiday
Movie · as Peaches O'Day
Go West Young Man
Movie · as Mavis Arden
Klondike Annie
Movie · as Rose Carlton / Annie Alden
Goin' to Town
Movie · as Cleo Borden
The Fashion Side of Hollywood
Movie · as Self
Belle of the Nineties
Movie · as Ruby Carter
Hollywood on Parade No. B-10
Movie · as Self
I'm No Angel
Movie · as Tira
She Done Him Wrong
Movie · as Lady Lou
Hollywood on Parade No. B-5
Movie · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Night After Night
Movie · as Maudie Triplett