Mae West
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1893-08-16 (87 years old)
Deathday
1980-11-22
Place of Birth
Bushwick, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Also known As
Mary Jane West
Mae 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 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 encounter...
Acting
1957
as Miss Ultraviolet (voice, archive footage)
1933
as Tira
1970
as Leticia Van Allen
1940
as Flower Belle Lee
1933
as Lady Lou
2017
as Self (archive footage)
1935
as Cleo Borden
1932
as Maudie Triplett
1983
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1936
as Mavis Arden
1934
as Ruby Carter
1943
as Fay Lawrence
1936
as Rose Carlton / Annie Alden
1970
as (archive footage)
1937
as Peaches O'Day
1978
as Marlo Manners
1995
as Self (archive footage)
1984
as Self (archive footage)
1933
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1988
as Self (archive footage)
1990
as Self (archive footage)
1968
as (archive footage)
1935
1975
as Self (archive footage)
2003
as Self (archive footage)
1996
as Self (archive footage)
2008
as Tira (archive footage)
2007
as Self (archive footage)
2016
as Self (archive footage)
1987
as Self (archive footage)
2020
as Self (archive footage)
1994
as Self (archive footage)
2009
1976
as Self (archive footage)
1995
as (Archival)
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as (Archival)
1993
as (Archival)
Production
1940
as Screenplay
1933
as Writer
1934
as Writer
1937
as Screenplay
1978
as Theatre Play
1933
as Screenplay
1933
as Story
1933
as Dialogue
1936
as Screenplay
1932
as Additional Dialogue
1936
as Screenplay
1935
as Screenplay
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