West, Mae, 1893-1980
Variant names
English,
Biographical notes:
Mae West (b. Mary Jane West, Aug.t 17, 1893, Brooklyn, NY–d. Nov. 22, 1980, Los Angeles, CA) was an actress, singer, playwright, screenwriter, comedian, and sex symbol, known for her lighthearted bawdy double entendres and breezy sexual independence. She began her career 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.
Links to collections
Records Relating to U.S. Pavilion Designs, ca. 1989 - 1989
National Archives at College Park
Paramount Pictures, Inc., Collection. 1951 - 1951. Motion Picture Newsreel Films. 10/1941 - 3/1957. PARAMOUNT NEWS [APR. 12]
National Archives at College Park
Paramount Pictures, Inc., Collection. 1951 - 1951. Motion Picture Newsreel Films. 10/1941 - 3/1957. PARAMOUNT NEWS [MAY 29]
National Archives at College Park
Stark, Samuel. Theatre scrapbook collection., 1860-1950
Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Walter Terry papers, 1913-1982
The New York Public Library. Jerome Robbins Dance Division.
Charles Pierce papers, 1954-1998
The New York Public Library. Billy Rose Theatre Division.
Stanley Musgrove papers pertaining to Mae West, 1948-1976
Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Duke Ellington recordings collection
Eda Kuhn Loeb Music Library, Harvard College Library
Souvenir programs for theatrical productions, 1906-2005.
Harvard Theater Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University
John Mason Brown papers, 1922-1967.
Houghton Library
Bob Bailey Studios Photographic Archive 2004-167., ca. 1932-1998
Dolph Briscoe Center for American History
American Vaudeville Museum collection, 1845-2007, (bulk 1910-1940)
University of Arizona Libraries, Library Special Collections
Georgia Doble Sitwell Collection TXRC03-A?., 1901-1974
Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center
Fred Schiller papers, 1942-1995
Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.
John Eldon Thayer collection of motion picture memorabilia, 1916-1979.
Harvard Theater Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University
Robert Baral papers, 1876-1980
The New York Public Library. Billy Rose Theatre Division.
Will Rapport papers, 1931-1964.
Harvard Theater Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University
Miscellaneous screen, stage, and radio scripts, ca. 1859-2007.
Harvard Theater Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University
American screen and theater : photographs and lobby cards, 1914-1965, (bulk: 1930-1949)
Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Arthur Unger collection of recorded interviews [sound recording]
The New York Public Library. Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.
Hasty Pudding Club Theatricals souvenir programs, 1899-2003.
Harvard Theater Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University
Guide to the Daily Worker and Daily World Photographs Collection, 1920-2001
Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives
George Brinton Beal papers, circus collection, and other theatrical collections, 1862-1969.
Harvard Theater Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University
Mark Linder papers, 1933-1950
The New York Public Library. Billy Rose Theatre Division.
MAE WEST INTERVIEW
National Archives at College Park
Related names in SNAC
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Baral, Robert
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Beal, George Brinton.
correspondedWith
Brown, John Mason, 1900-1969
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Cullen, Frank, 1936-
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Dodge, Joseph Jeffers
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Linder, Mark, d. 1950
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McNeilly, Donald, 1945-
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Musgrove, Stanley
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Pierce, Charles, 1926-1999
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Rapport, Will.
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Samuel Stark
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Schiller, Fred
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Sitwell, Georgia Doble, 1906-1980
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Terry, Walter
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Thayer, John Eldon, 1899-1980
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Unger, Arthur
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American Museum of Vaudeville
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Bailey (Bob) Studios
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Communist Party of the United States of America.
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Subjects:
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Occupations:
- Singers
- Actress
- Comedians
- Playwrights
- Screenwriters
Places:
- CA, US
- NY, US
Variant Names
Mary Jayne, 1893-1980
Jayne, Mary, 1893-1980
West, Mary Jane, 1893-1980
Mast, Jane, 1893-1980
West, Mae
West, Mae, 1893-1980
West, Mae (Mary Jane), 1893-1980
West, Mae.
West, Mae, 1892? -1980
West, Mae, 1892-
Mae West
Mae West
Mae West
Mae West.
Mary Jayne
Mast, Jane
Jayne, Mary
West, Mary Jane 1893-1980
West, Mary J. 1893-1980
Mast, Jane 1893-1980
West, Mary Jane
Mary Jane West
