Mae West

American actress, playwright, screenwriter and sex symbol.
08/17/1893-11/22/1980

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She believes virtue always triumphs over vice.

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Her pet aversion is a man who wears white socks.

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She kisses on the stage with all the fervor that she does off. During an intense love scene in the play her pulse will jump 28 beats

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They are all cut very low about the neck.

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Then she puts on her dress. All her dresses are made to order with special slits to enable her to do this.

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When dressing she first puts on her shoes and stockings. Then combs her hair and puts on her hat.

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She receives at least four proposals of marriage a week. And from some of the town's best blue blood.

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Her ambition is to write a Pulitzer Prize Play.

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Some day she hopes to own a leopard for a pet.

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She sleeps in a black lace nightgown. Lying flat on her back with her right arm over her eyes.

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The swan bed used in Diamond Lil was taken from her home. Formerly it belonged to Diamond Jim Brady.

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She has the same mannerisms offstage as on. When acting, however, her voice is three times lower than usual.

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Her conversation bubbles with slang. Mae West will often invent certain phrases and expressions all her own.

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Doesn't smoke. The cigarettes she smokes on the stage are denicotinized.

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All her leading men have been six footers. She prefers the "he-man" type.

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She is the originator of the shimmy. Discarded it before Gilda Gray and Bee Palmer took up the sway.

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In vaudeville she also worked in an acrobatic act. She can lift a 500-pound weight. She can support three men each weighing 150 pounds.

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Her favorite dish is kippered herring.

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She uses a floral perfume in the morning. In the evening she changes to a heavy Oriental perfume.

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She always wears a pendant in the shape of a champagne bottle.