Mae West
Born: 1893-08-17 in Bushwick, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Died: 1980-11-22
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2022
2020
- Mae West: Dirty Blonde as Self (archive footage)
2017
- Becoming Cary Grant as Self (archive footage)
2016
- The Women Who Run Hollywood as Self (archive footage)
2011
- Vito as Self (archive)
2009
- Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression as Self (archive footage)
2008
- Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood as Tira (archive footage)
2007
- Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema as Self (archive footage)
2003
- Complicated Women as Self (archive footage)
2002
1995
- Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons as Self (archive footage)
- The Casting Couch
- Trailer Camp as (Archival)
1994
- Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her as Self (archive footage)
1993
- Intimate Portrait as Self (archive footage)
- Homo Promo as (Archival)
1990
- Anthony Quinn: An Original as Self (archive footage)
1988
- Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man as Self (archive footage)
1987
- Hollywood Uncensored as Self (archive footage)
1986
- American Masters as Self (archive footage)
1984
- Going Hollywood: The '30s as Self (archive footage)
1983
- Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1978
- Sextette as Marlo Manners
1976
- Hooray for Hollywood as Self (archive footage)
1975
- Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? as Self (archive footage)
1970
- Myra Breckinridge as Leticia Van Allen
- Hollywood Blue as (archive footage)
1968
- The Best of Laurel and Hardy as (archive footage)
1961
1957
- The Strange Case of the Cosmic Rays as Miss Ultraviolet (voice, archive footage)
1953
- The Oscars as Self
1943
- The Heat's On as Fay Lawrence
1940
- My Little Chickadee as Flower Belle Lee
1937
- Every Day's a Holiday as Peaches O'Day
1936
- Klondike Annie as Rose Carlton / Annie Alden
- Go West Young Man as Mavis Arden
1935
- Goin' to Town as Cleo Borden
- The Fashion Side of Hollywood as Self
1934
- Belle of the Nineties as Ruby Carter
- Hollywood on Parade No. B-10 as Self
1933
- She Done Him Wrong as Lady Lou
- I'm No Angel as Tira
- Hollywood on Parade No. B-5 as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1932
- Night After Night as Maudie Triplett