Personal Info
Known Credits
34
Gender
Female
Birthdate
1893-08-16 (132 Y.O)
Place Of Birth
Bushwick, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Also Known For
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 Ame ...
Known For
Acting
2020 --
Mae West: Dirty Blonde
| Self (archive footage)
2017 --
Becoming Cary Grant
| Self (archive footage)
2016 --
The Women Who Run Hollywood
| Self (archive footage)
2009 --
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression
| Self (archive)
2008 --
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
| Tira (archive footage)
2007 --
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
| Self (archive footage)
2003 --
Complicated Women
| Self (archive footage)
1996 --
The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful
| Self (archive footage)
1995 --
Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons
| Self (archive footage)
1994 --
Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her
| Self (archive footage)
1990 --
Anthony Quinn: An Original
| Self (archive footage)
1988 --
Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man
| Self (archive footage)
1987 --
Hollywood Uncensored
| Self (archive footage)
1984 --
Going Hollywood: The '30s
| Self (archive footage)
1983 --
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
| Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1978 --
Sextette
| Marlo Manners
1976 --
Hooray for Hollywood
| Self (archive footage)
1975 --
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
| Self (archive footage)
1970 --
Hollywood Blue
| (archive footage)
1970 --
Myra Breckinridge
| Leticia Van Allen
1968 --
The Best of Laurel and Hardy
| (archive footage)
1957 --
The Strange Case of the Cosmic Rays
| Miss Ultraviolet (voice, archive footage)
1943 --
The Heat's On
| Fay Lawrence
1940 --
My Little Chickadee
| Flower Belle Lee
1937 --
Every Day's a Holiday
| Peaches O'Day
1936 --
Go West Young Man
| Mavis Arden
1936 --
Klondike Annie
| Rose Carlton / Annie Alden
1935 --
The Fashion Side of Hollywood
| Self
1935 --
Goin' to Town
| Cleo Borden
1934 --
Belle of the Nineties
| Ruby Carter
1933 --
Hollywood on Parade No. B-5
| Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1933 --
I'm No Angel
| Tira
1933 --
She Done Him Wrong
| Lady Lou
1932 --
Night After Night
| Maudie Triplett