Mae West

Also known as Mary Jane West, Mary West

American actress, singer, screenwriter, and writer (1893–1980)

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Mae West was an American actress, singer, screenwriter, and writer who became a major entertainer during the early-to-mid 20th century. She remains a significant figure in entertainment history for her work in film, theater, and popular culture.

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Person · Open Library

Born: 1893
Died: 1980
Works: 20

Top works

Three Plays by Mae West
She done him wrong
Love as always, Mum xx
Project X
Love As Always, Mum Xxx

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Film & TV

Acting · Bushwick, 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…

Known for

Becoming Marilyn2022
Mae West: Dirty Blonde — Self (archive footage)2020
Becoming Cary Grant — Self (archive footage)2017
The Women Who Run Hollywood — Self (archive footage)2016
Vito — Self (archive)2011
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression — Self (archive footage)2009
Starz Inside: Sex and the Cinema — Self (archive)2009
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood — Tira (archive footage)2008
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema — Self (archive footage)2007
Complicated Women — Self (archive footage)2003

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type: Person
Gender: Female
Origin: United States
Active from: 1893
Active to: 1980

african american musiciansbusinesspeoplechipmunk soulchristian hip hopcomposersconscious hip hop

Discography

Official site Discogs Stream

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 24,325
Total plays: 125,548

Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

A Guideline of Selecting and Reporting Intraclass Correlation Coefficients for Reliability Research
· 2016 · cited 23,644x
A Simple, Positive Semi-Definite, Heteroskedasticity and Autocorrelation Consistent Covariance Matrix
· 1987 · cited 14,951x
Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
· 2018 · cited 10,795x
The behaviour change wheel: A new method for characterising and designing behaviour change interventions
· 2011 · cited 10,442x
Doing Gender
· 1987 · cited 8,035x

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Quotes

“Goodness had nothing to do with it, dearie.”
“Why don't you come up sometime and see me? … Come on up, I'll tell your fortune.”
“Oh, Beulah, Peel me a grape.”
“I only like two kinds of men, domestic and foreign.”
“When I'm good, I'm very good. But when I'm bad, I'm better.”
“It's not the men in your life that count, it's the life in your men.”

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Wikidata facts

Image: Mae West - 1936.jpg

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Commons category: Mae West
date of birth: 1893-08-17
date of death: 1980-11-22
Commons gallery: Mae West
pseudonym: Jane Mast
name in native language: Mae West
start of work period: 1907-00-00
end of work period: 1979-00-00
birth name: Mary Jane West

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Article

Mary Jane "Mae" West (August 17, 1893 – November 22, 1980) was an American actress, singer, comedian, screenwriter, and playwright whose career spanned more than seven decades. Recognized as a prominent sex symbol of her time, she was known for portraying sexually confident characters and for her use of double entendres, often delivering her lines in a distinctive contralto voice. West began performing in vaudeville and on stage in New York City before moving on to film in Los Angeles.

She was frequently associated with controversies over censorship and once stated, "I believe in censorship. I made a fortune out of it." As her film career declined, she remained active by writing books and plays, performing in Las Vegas and London, and appearing on radio and television. In later years, she also released rock and roll recordings. In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked her 15th among the greatest female screen legends of classic American cinema.