Mae West
Profile info
Known forActing
GenderFemale
Birthday17 August 1893
Died22 November 1980 (age 87)
Place of birthBushwick, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Known credits49
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 co…
Becoming Marilyn
2022 · (archive footage)
Mae West: Dirty Blonde
2020 · Self (archive footage)
Becoming Cary Grant
2017 · Self (archive footage)
The Women Who Run Hollywood
2016 · Self (archive footage)
Vito
2011 · Self (archive)
Starz Inside: Sex and the Cinema
2009 · Self (archive)
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression
2009 · Self (archive footage)
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
2008 · Tira (archive footage)
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
2007 · Self (archive footage)
Complicated Women
2003 · Self (archive footage)
Cleavage
2002
Beyond Tara: The Extraordinary Life of Hattie McDaniel
2001 · Self (archive footage)
The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful
1996 · Self (archive footage)
Trailer Camp
1995 · (Archival)
Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons
1995 · Self (archive footage)
The Casting Couch
1995
Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her
1994 · Self (archive footage)
Intimate Portrait
1993 · Self (archive footage)
Homo Promo
1993 · (Archival)
Anthony Quinn: An Original
1990 · Self (archive footage)
Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man
1988 · Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Uncensored
1987 · Self (archive footage)
American Masters
1986 · Self (archive footage)
Going Hollywood: The '30s
1984 · Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Sextette
1978 · Marlo Manners
Sextette
1978 · Theatre Play
Hooray for Hollywood
1976 · Self (archive footage)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975 · Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Blue
1970 · (archive footage)
Myra Breckinridge
1970 · Leticia Van Allen
The Best of Laurel and Hardy
1968 · (archive footage)
Mister Ed
1961
The Strange Case of the Cosmic Rays
1957 · Miss Ultraviolet (voice, archive footage)
The Oscars
1953 · Self
The Heat's On
1943 · Fay Lawrence
My Little Chickadee
1940 · Flower Belle Lee
My Little Chickadee
1940 · Screenplay
Every Day's a Holiday
1937 · Peaches O'Day
Every Day's a Holiday
1937 · Screenplay
Go West Young Man
1936 · Mavis Arden
Go West Young Man
1936 · Screenplay
Klondike Annie
1936 · Rose Carlton / Annie Alden
Klondike Annie
1936 · Screenplay
The Fashion Side of Hollywood
1935 · Self
Goin' to Town
1935 · Cleo Borden
Goin' to Town
1935 · Screenplay
Belle of the Nineties
1934 · Ruby Carter
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