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Overview

Mae West 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

Vaudeville

Vaudeville was a theatrical genre of variety entertainment in the United States and Canada from the early 1880s until the early 1930s. Each performance was made up of a series of separate, unrelated acts grouped together on a common bill...

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.

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Quotations

Goodness had nothing to do with it, dearie.

Response to an exclamation, "Goodness! What lovely diamonds!" in Night After Night (1932). She later used Goodness had nothing to do with it as the title of her autobiography (1953).

Why don't you come up sometime and see me? ... Come on up, I'll tell your fortune.

She Done Him Wrong (1933)

Is that a gun in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?

She Done Him Wrong (1933)

Beulah, Peel me a grape.

I'm No Angel (1933)

I only like two kinds of men, domestic and imported.

I'm No Angel (1933)

When I'm good, I'm very good. When I'm bad, I'm better.

I'm No Angel (1933)

I used to be Snow White, but I drifted.

I'm No Angel (1933)

Between two evils, I generally like to pick the one I never tried before.

Klondike Annie (1936) Sometimes quoted as: "When choosing between two evils, I always like to try the one I've never tried before."

A man in the house is worth two in the street.

Belle of the Nineties

It's not the men in your life that matters, it's the life in your men

I'm No Angel

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