When Mae West revived her 1928 play Diamond Lil, bringing it back to Broadway in 1949, The New York Times labeled her an "American Institution—as beloved and indestructible as Donald Duck. Like Chinatown, and Grant's Tomb, Mae West should be seen at least once."

Feb 8, 2025 · Mae West (born August 17, 1893, Brooklyn, New York, U.S.—died November 22, 1980, Los Angeles, California) was an American stage and film actress, a sex symbol whose frank sensuality, languid postures, and blasé wisecracking became her trademarks.

Nov 30, 2020 · Who Was Mae West? Mae West hit her Hollywood stride in her late 30s when she might have been considered in her "advanced years" for playing sexy harlots, but her persona and physical beauty...

Aug 16, 2022 · Legendary actress, playwright and comedian Mary Jane 'Mae' West, born in Brooklyn on Aug. 17, 1893, was known throughout her 70-year-career for her witty sexuality and saying things like,...

May 28, 2020 · Did Mae West really say, “Come up and see me sometime?” The story of one of Hollywood’s most famous quotes.

Mae West. Actress: She Done Him Wrong. Mae West was born August 17, 1893 in Brooklyn, New York, to "Battling Jack" West and Matilda Doelger. She began her career as a child star in vaudeville, and later went on to write her own plays, including "SEX", for which she was arrested.

Mae West was an American actress, screenwriter, and singer ranked among the greatest female stars of Classic American cinema. A well-known sex symbol of her era, she was known to tackle controversial roles and steamy scenes with élan.

Born Mary Jane West on August 17, 1893 (the date is now certain), in the Bushwick section of Brooklyn, New York; died in her Hollywood home at age 87 on November 22, 1980; daughter of John West (a boxer of Irish background who died in 1935) and Matilda Dilker (or Doelger) West (a German-born corset model who died in 1930); second of four ...

Mary Jane "Mae" West was an American actress, singer, comedian, screenwriter, and playwright whose career spanned over seven decades. Considered a sex symbol, s...

Mae West: Dirty Blonde is the first major documentary film to explore Mae West’s life and career as she “climbed the ladder of success wrong by wrong” to become a writer, performer and ...