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    West was an early supporter of the women's liberation movement, but said she was not a "burn your bra" type of feminist. Since the 1920s, she was also an early supporter of gay rights, and publicly declared against police brutality that gay men experienced.

  2. Nov 30, 2020 · Mae West started in Vaudeville and on the stage in New York, and later moved to Hollywood to star in films known for their blunt sexuality and steamy settings.

  3. Jun 30, 2021 · Mae West in “She Done Him Wrong,” one of the biggest hits of 1933. Kino Lorber. By Jason Bailey. June 30, 2021. Mae West is fourth-billed in her film debut, the 1932 melodrama “Night After...

  4. Jun 21, 2024 · Mae West, American stage and film actress, a sex symbol whose frank sensuality, languid postures, and wisecracking became her trademarks. She usually portrayed women who accepted their lives of dubious virtue with flippant good humor.

  5. 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.

  6. Dec 4, 2020 · By the time she made her movie debut in 1932’s Night After Night, Mae West had built a persona, sequin by sequin, that was fit to last through twelve movies and all the years before, after, and in between. “I created myself,” she said in an interview not long before she died, “and I never put up with sloppy work.”.

  7. Aug 17, 2021 · There weren’t many individuals in old Hollywood like Mae West, a bold comic performer who was at least 50 years ahead of her time in terms of her material and command of her career.