Madonna, Mariah Carey, Lena Dunham and other women entertainers have followed in Mae West's footsteps in various ways, including breaking taboos about sexuality. Madonna in particular, with her book called "Sex," may have been paying direct homage to West.
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Susan La Flesche Picotte became the first American Indian woman to graduate from medical school, and is notable for founding an independently funded hospital on the Omaha reservation in Nebraska.
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The former Vogue editor on how Mae West was "...almost like an acrobat" in her high platform shoes and how her power walk "...is just unique in the history of modern film making," both contributing to the power of her sexuality. Watch this outtake from ...
The silent film era ended with the birth of the "talkie" not long before Mae West become a Hollywood star. While audiences were enthralled by West's powerful and confident sexuality, the main way she expressed it was with language. ("Any chorus girl in any Warner ...
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"Toni Morrison is an extraordinary subject in front of the camera," says director Timothy Greenfield-Sanders. In this interview, he talks about how he met Morrison and what it took to make this film. Photo: Timothy Greenfield-Sanders.
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The Mae West film "She Done Him Wrong" was credited with helping to bring Paramount Pictures out of bankruptcy. It also helped make her a star in Hollywood and gave her the opportunity to turn a childhood dream -- involving very large cats -- into ...
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The film "Sextette," which Mae West made at age 87, was actually a "radical power move," according to comedian Natasha Lyonne. It demonstrated West's supreme confidence as a woman trying to defy the taboo against sexual older women. At the same time, it showed that ...
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Mae West was a master of constructing her persona from head to toe. Wherever she went, she arrived fully dressed in the most lavish of ensembles. West boldly cultivated beauty, embracing an aesthetic that did not reflect trends, but her own discerning taste. "I think ...
On February 9, 1927, Mae West went backstage of a performance of her play “Sex” and found herself surrounded by officers from the New York Police Department's Municipal Vice Squad, which rounded up the cast and put them into black police vans. West was a ...
The notorious entertainment icon Mae West was full of wit and wisdom. Think of a yes or no question you're grappling with and let the Mae West Fortune Teller provide you with an answer.
