• Name: Mae West
  • Date of Birth: August 17, 1893
  • Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York, USA
Mini-bio: Mae West was born 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...( read more) which she was arrested. Though her first movie role was a small part in Night After Night (1932), her scene has become famous. A coat check girl exclaims, "Goodness! What lovely diamonds!", after seeing Mae's jewelry. Mae replies, "Goodness had nothing to do with it". Her next film, in which she starred, came the following year. She Done Him Wrong (1933) was based on her earlier and very popular play, "Diamond Lil". She went on to write and star in seven more films, including My Little Chickadee (1940) with W.C. Fields. Her last movie was Sextette (1978), which also came from a play. She died in Hollywood, California on November 22, 1980.
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Replace this image with an actor photoMae West mini-bio: Mae West was born 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. Though her first movie role was a small part in Night After Night (1932), her scene has become famous. A coat check girl exclaims, "Goodness! What lovely diamonds!", after seeing Mae's jewelry. Mae replies, "Goodness had nothing to do with it". Her next film, in which she starred, came the following year. She Done Him Wrong (1933) was based on her earlier and very popular play, "Diamond Lil". She went on to write and star in seven more films, including My Little Chickadee (1940) with W.C. Fields. Her last movie was Sextette (1978), which also came from a play. She died in Hollywood, California on November 22, 1980.

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  • jaynyca1
    Yes, Mae West was an orginal!. . . There will never be another like her, she was so ahead of her time.
    posted 440 days ago
  • jaysgrandmother
    "come up to see me sometime", is her famouse invitation. She was a lovely Lady..I loved all her movies..
    posted 503 days ago

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