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Mae West - Wikipedia. Mae West. Born. Mary Jane West(1. August 1. 7, 1. 89. Brooklyn, New York, United States. Died. November 2. Los Angeles, California, United States. Occupation. Actress, singer, playwright, screenwriter, comedian.
Years active. 19. Spouse(s)Frank Szatkus, stage name Frank Wallace(1. Partner(s)Paul Novak(1. Mary Jane "Mae" West (August 1.
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November 2. 2, 1. American actress, singer, playwright, screenwriter, comedian, and sex symbol whose entertainment career spanned seven decades. Known for her lighthearted bawdy double entendres, and breezy sexual independence, West made a name for herself in vaudeville and on the stage in New York City before moving to Hollywood to become a comedian, actress, and writer in the motion picture industry, as well as appearing on radio and television.
For her contributions to American cinema, the American Film Institute named West 1. American cinema. One of the more controversial movie stars of her day, West encountered many problems, especially censorship. She bucked the system, making comedy out of prudish conventional mores, and the Depression- era audience admired her for it. When her cinematic career ended, she wrote books and plays, and continued to perform in Las Vegas, in the United Kingdom, and on radio and television, and to record rock and roll albums. Asked about the various efforts to impede her career, West replied: "I believe in censorship. I made a fortune out of it." While true, she also suffered greatly because of it, even going to jail for her right to freedom of speech.[2][3]Early life, career, and jail[edit]West was born in Bushwick, Brooklyn on August 1.
She was the eldest surviving child of[5][6][7] John Patrick West and Matilda "Tillie" Delker (sometimes spelled "Dilker"). Delker and her five siblings emigrated with their parents, Jacob and Christiana, from the German state of Bavaria in 1. West's parents married on January 1. Brooklyn and reared their children as Protestants, although John West was of mixed Catholic- Protestant descent [9][1. Matilda "Tillie" Delker was of Jewish descent.[1. All For Melissa Full Movie Part 1. West's father was a prizefighter known as "Battlin' Jack West" who later worked as a "special policeman", and later had his own private investigations agency.[1.
Her mother was a former corset and fashion model.[1. Her paternal grandmother, Mary Jane (née Copley), for whom she was named, was of Irish Catholic descent,[1.
West's paternal grandfather, John Edwin West, was of English- Scots descent and a ship's rigger.[1. Her eldest sibling, Katie, died in infancy. Her other siblings were Mildred Katherine West, later known as Beverly (December 8, 1.
March 1. 2, 1. 98. John Edwin West, II (sometimes inaccurately called "John Edwin West, Jr."; February 1. October 1. 2, 1. 96. During her childhood, West's family moved to various parts of Woodhaven, as well as the Williamsburg and Greenpoint neighborhoods of Brooklyn. In Woodhaven, at Neir's Social Hall (which opened in 1. West supposedly first performed professionally.[1.
West was five when she first entertained a crowd at a church social, and she started appearing in amateur shows at the age of seven. She often won prizes at local talent contests.[2. She began performing professionally in vaudeville in the Hal Clarendon Stock Company in 1. West first performed under the stage name "Baby Mae: ,[2. She used the alias "Jane Mast" early in her career. Her trademark walk was said to have been inspired or influenced by female impersonators Bert Savoy and Julian Eltinge, who were famous during the Pansy Craze.[2. Her first appearance in a Broadway show was in a 1.
A La Broadway put on by her former dancing teacher, Ned Wayburn. The show folded after eight performances,[2. West was singled out and discovered by The New York Times.[2. The Times reviewer wrote that a "girl named Mae West, hitherto unknown, pleased by her grotesquerie and snappy way of singing and dancing." West next appeared in a show called Vera Violetta, whose cast featured Al Jolson.
In 1. 91. 2, she appeared in the opening performance of A Winsome Widow as a "baby vamp" named La Petite Daffy.[2. Ev'rybody Shimmies Now" sheet music cover with portrait, 1. She was encouraged as a performer by her mother, who according to West, always thought that anything Mae did was fantastic.[2. Other family members were less encouraging, including an aunt and her paternal grandmother. They are all reported as having disapproved of her career and her choices.[1. In 1. 91. 8, after exiting several high- profile revues, West finally got her break in the Shubert Brothers revue Sometime, opposite Ed Wynn.[3. Her character Mayme danced the shimmy,[3.
Ev'rybody Shimmies Now". Eventually, she began writing her own risqué plays using the pen name Jane Mast.[3. Her first starring role on Broadway was in a 1. Sex, which she wrote, produced, and directed. Although conservative critics panned the show, ticket sales were hot. The production did not go over well with city officials, who had received complaints from some religious groups, and the theater was raided, with West arrested along with the cast.[3.
She was taken to the Jefferson Market Court House, (now Jefferson Market Library), where she was prosecuted on morals charges, and on April 1. Though West could have paid a fine, and been let off, she chose the jail sentence for the publicity it would garner.[3. While incarcerated on Welfare Island (now known as Roosevelt Island), she dined with the warden and his wife; she told reporters that she had worn her silk panties while serving time, in lieu of the "burlap" the other girls had to wear.
West got great mileage from this jail stint.[3. She served eight days with two days off for "good" behavior. Media attention surrounding the incident enhanced her career, by crowning her the darling "bad girl" who "had climbed the ladder of success wrong by wrong."[3. Her next play, The Drag, dealt with homosexuality, and was what West called one of her "comedy- dramas of life".[3.
After a series of try- outs in Connecticut and New Jersey, West announced she would open the play in New York.[3. However, The Drag never opened on Broadway due to efforts by the New York Society for the Suppression of Vice to ban any attempt by West to stage it. West explained,"the city fathers begged me not to bring the show to New York because they were not equipped to handle the commotion it would cause." [3. Watch Nothing Left To Fear Download here. West was an early supporter of the women's liberation movement, but said she was not a "burn your bra" type feminist. Since the 1. 92. 0s, she was also an early supporter of gay rights.[3. West continued to write plays, including The Wicked Age, Pleasure Man, and The Constant Sinner.
Her productions aroused controversy, which ensured that she stayed in the news, which also often resulted in packed houses at her performances.[4. Her 1. 92. 8 play, Diamond Lil, about a racy, easygoing, and ultimately very smart lady of the 1. Broadway hit, and cemented West's image in the public's eye.[4.
This show had an enduring popularity and West successfully revived it many times throughout the course of her career. With Diamond Lil being a hit show, Hollywood naturally came courting.[4. Motion pictures and censorship[edit]. Diamond Lil" returning to New York from Hollywood, 1. In 1. 93. 2, West was offered a motion picture contract by Paramount Pictures despite being close to 4. This was an unusually late age to begin a movie career, especially for women, but she was not playing an ingénue, and her characterization of a freewheeling, sexually secure, and liberated woman was timeless and ageless. She nonetheless managed to keep her age ambiguous for some years.
She made her film debut in 1. Night After Night starring George Raft, who suggested her for the role, and helped secure her entry into film history. At first, she did not like her small role in Night After Night, but was appeased when she was allowed to rewrite her scenes.[4.