Mae West

Known for ActingBorn 1893-08-17Died 1980-11-22Bushwick, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

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.Read more

Movies & web series

The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful

Hollywood Blue

Going Hollywood: The '30s

The Casting Couch

My Mom Jayne

Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons

Hooray for Hollywood

Becoming Marilyn

The Best of Laurel and Hardy

The Women Who Run Hollywood

Vito

Mae West: Dirty Blonde

Complicated Women

Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man

American Masters

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

Becoming Cary Grant

Anthony Quinn: An Original

The Oscars

Mister Ed

Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

Cleavage

The Fashion Side of Hollywood

My Little Chickadee

I'm No Angel

Klondike Annie

Night After Night

Belle of the Nineties

The Strange Case of the Cosmic Rays

Hollywood Uncensored

Homo Promo

She Done Him Wrong

Every Day's a Holiday

Goin' to Town

Go West Young Man

Starz Inside: Sex and the Cinema

Intimate Portrait

Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema

Myra Breckinridge

The Heat's On

Sextette

Trailer Camp

Marlene Dietrich: Home Movies

Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression

Beyond Tara: The Extraordinary Life of Hattie McDaniel

Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her

Hollywood on Parade No. B-10