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By Jone Johnson Lewis, About.com Guide to Women's History since 1999

Mae West's Wit and Wisdom

Wednesday March 12, 2008
Mae West was best known as a comedian and actress whose bawdy plays and movies were full of double entendres and attracted the attention of industry censors. Less well known is her role as writer in many productions. Her film career -- mainly at Paramount in the 1930s -- seemed to stop in 1943, but she returned in the 1970s for Myra Breckindridge, a cult classic. Today, Mae West and her spirit live on in the quotes from her life and characters -- even Warren Buffett has said about investing, "Too much of a good thing can be wonderful."

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March 28, 2008 at 10:36 am
(1) Mae says:

“COURTING MAE WEST” - - a history play based on true events in the life of Mae West - - will be onstage in NYC from July 19th, 2008 - on at the Algonquin Theatre [123 East 24th Street, NYC 10010]. Come up and see Mae in July in New York City! CourtingMaeWest.blogspot.com

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