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Birth
Name: Mary Jane West
Sometimes credited as: Jane Mast
Height: 5'
Hollywood's
outrageous, self-proclaimed psychic Criswell predicted in
1955 that Mae West would win the 1960 Presidential election,
and would fly to the moon in 1965 with him and friend George
Liberace!
Nominated
for an Oscar for the film "She Done Him Wrong" in 1933.
Mae
West and Frank Wallace never shared living quarters; in fact,
she denied she was ever married, a story hard to stick to
when a marriage license surfaced... along with Mr. Wallace.
According
to actor Tony Curtis, Mae West's famous walk originated while
beginning her career as a stage actress.
Special
six-inch platforms were attached to her shoes to increase
the height of her stage presence.
Her
walk literally was "one foot at a time."
During
World War II, Navy and Army pilots and crewman in the Pacific,
named their inflatable life vests after Mae West supposedly
because of her well-endowed attributes.The term "Mae West"
for a life-vest continues to this day.
She
was with George Raft in both her first (Night After Night)
and last (Sextette) film.
The
comedy entitled "Sex" she wrote in 1926 revived in NY, off
Broadway, Dec. 1999.
Her
star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame is located at At 1560 Vine
Street.
Plays
written by Mae West:
1927
"Sex" (credited to Jane Mast)
1927 "The Drag" (credited to Jane Mast)
1927 "The Wicked Age"
1928 "Diamond Lil"
1928 "Pleasure Man"
1931 "The Constant Sinner"
1939 "Clean Beds"
1944 "Catherine Was Great"
1946 "Come On Up" (Originally titled "Ring Twice Tonight")
1961 "Sextette"
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