- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- August 17, 1893
- Place of Birth
- Bushwick, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
- Died
- November 22, 1980
Mae West
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 care…
Filmography
movieBecoming Marilyn
2022 · (archive footage)
movieMae West: Dirty Blonde
2020 · Self (archive footage)
movieBecoming Cary Grant
2017 · Self (archive footage)
movieThe Women Who Run Hollywood
2016 · Self (archive footage)
movieVito
2011 · Self (archive)
movieStarz Inside: Sex and the Cinema
2009 · Self (archive)
movieHollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression
2009 · Self (archive footage)
movieThou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
2008 · Tira (archive footage)
movieWhy Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
2007 · Self (archive footage)
movieComplicated Women
2003 · Self (archive footage)
movieCleavage
2002
Beyond Tara: The Extraordinary Life of Hattie McDaniel
2001 · Self (archive footage)
movieThe Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful
1996 · Self (archive footage)
movieTrailer Camp
1995 · (Archival)
movieBetty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons
1995 · Self (archive footage)
movieThe Casting Couch
1995
movieMae West and the Men Who Knew Her
1994 · Self (archive footage)
movie100 Years at the Movies
1994 · Self (archive footage)
tvIntimate Portrait
1993 · Self (archive footage)
movieHomo Promo
1993 · (Archival)
movieAnthony Quinn: An Original
1990 · Self (archive footage)
movieCary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man
1988 · Self (archive footage)
movieHollywood Uncensored
1987 · Self (archive footage)
tvAmerican Masters
1986 · Self (archive footage)
movieGoing Hollywood: The '30s
1984 · Self (archive footage)
movieHollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieSextette
1978 · Marlo Manners, Theatre Play
movieHooray for Hollywood
1976 · Self (archive footage)
movieBrother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975 · Self (archive footage)
movieHollywood Blue
1970 · (archive footage)
movieMyra Breckinridge
1970 · Leticia Van Allen
The Best of Laurel and Hardy
1968 · (archive footage)
tvMister Ed
1961
movieThe Strange Case of the Cosmic Rays
1957 · Miss Ultraviolet (voice, archive footage)
tvThe Oscars
1953 · Self
movieThe Heat's On
1943 · Fay Lawrence
movieMy Little Chickadee
1940 · Flower Belle Lee, Screenplay
movieEvery Day's a Holiday
1937 · Peaches O'Day, Screenplay
movieGo West Young Man
1936 · Mavis Arden, Screenplay
movieKlondike Annie
1936 · Rose Carlton / Annie Alden, Screenplay
movieThe Fashion Side of Hollywood
1935 · Self
movieGoin' to Town
1935 · Cleo Borden, Screenplay
movieBelle of the Nineties
1934 · Ruby Carter, Writer
movieHollywood on Parade No. B-10
1934 · Self
movieHollywood on Parade No. B-5
1933 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieI'm No Angel
1933 · Tira, Screenplay, Story, Dialogue
movieShe Done Him Wrong
1933 · Lady Lou, Writer
movieNight After Night
1932 · Maudie Triplett, Additional Dialogue
movieHomo Promo
— · (Archival)