Mae West
Photoplayd Industry Rating
Not enough rated films yet to compute a weighted score.
Roles are weighted by involvement: director 1.0, screenwriter 0.7, lead 0.8, supporting 0.4, crew 0.1.
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 American Film Institute named West 15th among the greatest female stars of all time. One of the more controversial movie stars of her day, West encountered many problems including censorship. When her cinematic career ended, she continued to perform on stage, in Las Vegas, in the United Kingdom, on radio and television, and recorded rock and roll albums. She used the alias Jane Mast early in her career. Description above from the Wikipedia article Mae West, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Credits
Hollywood Uncensored (1987)
as Self (archive footage)
Trailer Camp (1995)
as (Archival)
My Mom Jayne (2025)
as archive footage
Starz Inside: Sex and the Cinema (2009)
as Self (archive)
Marlene Dietrich: Home Movies (2024)
as Self
Hollywood on Parade No. B-10 (1934)
as Self
I'm No Angel (1933)
as Tira
Anthony Quinn: An Original (1990)
as Self (archive footage)
The Women Who Run Hollywood (2016)
as Self (archive footage)
Myra Breckinridge (1970)
as Leticia Van Allen
Beyond Tara: The Extraordinary Life of Hattie McDaniel (2001)
as Self (archive footage)
The Casting Couch (1995)
Actor
Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons (1995)
as Self (archive footage)
She Done Him Wrong (1933)
as Lady Lou
Belle of the Nineties (1934)
as Ruby Carter
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage (1983)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Becoming Cary Grant (2017)
as Self (archive footage)
Goin' to Town (1935)
as Cleo Borden
Sextette (1978)
as Marlo Manners
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? (1975)
as Self (archive footage)
My Little Chickadee (1940)
as Flower Belle Lee
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema (2007)
as Self (archive footage)
Becoming Marilyn (2022)
as (archive footage)
Going Hollywood: The '30s (1984)
as Self (archive footage)
Mae West: Dirty Blonde (2020)
as Self (archive footage)
Every Day's a Holiday (1937)
as Peaches O'Day
The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful (1996)
as Self (archive footage)
Go West Young Man (1936)
as Mavis Arden
Cleavage (2002)
Actor
Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man (1988)
as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression (2009)
as Self (archive footage)
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood (2008)
as Tira (archive footage)
Klondike Annie (1936)
as Rose Carlton / Annie Alden
Hollywood on Parade No. B-5 (1933)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Vito (2011)
as Self (archive footage)
The Strange Case of the Cosmic Rays (1957)
as Miss Ultraviolet (voice, archive footage)
Hooray for Hollywood (1976)
as Self (archive footage)
The Heat's On (1943)
as Fay Lawrence
The Fashion Side of Hollywood (1935)
as Self
The Best of Laurel and Hardy (1968)
as (archive footage)
Night After Night (1932)
as Maudie Triplett
Complicated Women (2003)
as Self (archive footage)
Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her (1994)
as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Blue (1970)
as (archive footage)
Homo Promo (—)
as (Archival)
Homo Promo (1993)
as (Archival)