Mae West
Acting
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Acting Credits
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 Ame...
Known For
Intimate Portrait
Self (archive footage)
The Oscars
Self
American Masters
Self (archive footage)
Mister Ed
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression
Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Uncensored
Self (archive footage)
I'm No Angel
Tira
She Done Him Wrong
Lady Lou
Filmography
Becoming Marilyn
2022
as (archive footage)
Mae West: Dirty Blonde
2020
as Self (archive footage)
Becoming Cary Grant
2017
as Self (archive footage)
The Women Who Run Hollywood
2016
as Self (archive footage)
Vito
2011
as Self (archive)
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression
2009
as Self (archive footage)
Starz Inside: Sex and the Cinema
2009
as Self (archive)
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
2008
as Tira (archive footage)
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
2007
as Self (archive footage)
Complicated Women
2003
as Self (archive footage)
Cleavage
2002
Beyond Tara: The Extraordinary Life of Hattie McDaniel
2001
as Self (archive footage)
The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful
1996
as Self (archive footage)
Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons
1995
as Self (archive footage)
Trailer Camp
1995
as (Archival)
The Casting Couch
1995
Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her
1994
as Self (archive footage)
Homo Promo
1993
as (Archival)
Intimate Portrait
1993
as Self (archive footage)
Anthony Quinn: An Original
1990
as Self (archive footage)
Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man
1988
as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Uncensored
1987
as Self (archive footage)
American Masters
1986
as Self (archive footage)
Going Hollywood: The '30s
1984
as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Sextette
1978
as Marlo Manners
Hooray for Hollywood
1976
as Self (archive footage)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975
as Self (archive footage)
Myra Breckinridge
1970
as Leticia Van Allen
Hollywood Blue
1970
as (archive footage)
The Best of Laurel and Hardy
1968
as (archive footage)
Mister Ed
1961
The Strange Case of the Cosmic Rays
1957
as Miss Ultraviolet (voice, archive footage)
The Oscars
1953
as Self
The Heat's On
1943
as Fay Lawrence
My Little Chickadee
1940
as Flower Belle Lee
Every Day's a Holiday
1937
as Peaches O'Day
Go West Young Man
1936
as Mavis Arden
Klondike Annie
1936
as Rose Carlton / Annie Alden
Goin' to Town
1935
as Cleo Borden
The Fashion Side of Hollywood
1935
as Self
Belle of the Nineties
1934
as Ruby Carter
Hollywood on Parade No. B-10
1934
as Self
I'm No Angel
1933
as Tira
She Done Him Wrong
1933
as Lady Lou
Hollywood on Parade No. B-5
1933
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Night After Night
1932
as Maudie Triplett