ACTOR

Mae West

1893 - 1980

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Mary Jane "Mae" West (August 17, 1893 – November 22, 1980) was an American actress, singer, comedian, screenwriter, and playwright whose career spanned over seven decades. Considered a sex symbol, she was known for her breezy sexual independence and her lighthearted bawdy double entendres, often delivered in a husky contralto voice. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mae West has received more than 6,387,888 page views. Her biography is available in 73 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 70 in 2019). Mae West is the 548th most popular actor (down from 463rd in 2019), the 1,007th most popular biography from United States (down from 876th in 2019) and the 268th most popular American Actor.

Mae West was most famous for her risque double entendres and her sex appeal.

Memorability Metrics

  • 6.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 62.58

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 73

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.29

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 6.31

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Mae West ranks 548 out of 13,578. Before her are Mel Ferrer, Nǃxau ǂToma, Ken Watanabe, Maria Schell, Raul Julia, and Louise Fletcher. After her are Nastassja Kinski, Jessica Tandy, Harriet Andersson, Peter Finch, Jim Broadbent, and Samy Naceri.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1893, Mae West ranks 42. Before her are Viktor Shklovsky, Leslie Howard, Hans Fallada, Walter Baade, Prince Paul of Yugoslavia, and Lili Boulanger. After her are Lillian Gish, Ana Pauker, Lucien Tesnière, Jomo Kenyatta, Clemens Krauss, and Emmy Göring. Among people deceased in 1980, Mae West ranks 44. Before her are Anastasio Somoza Debayle, Willard Libby, Yigal Allon, Marian Rejewski, Lewis Milestone, and Marcelo Caetano. After her are Vinicius de Moraes, Gustav Wagner, John Hasbrouck Van Vleck, Kim Jae-gyu, Raoul Walsh, and Pascual Jordan.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Mae West ranks 1,007 out of 20,380. Before her are John Gotti (1940), Sherwood Anderson (1876), Karl Barry Sharpless (1941), John Franklin Enders (1897), Jerry Bruckheimer (1943), and Louise Fletcher (1934). After her are Nettie Stevens (1861), Meat Loaf (1947), L. Ron Hubbard (1911), Phil Spector (1939), Thomas Huckle Weller (1915), and Ed Wood (1924).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Mae West ranks 268. Before her are Mildred Harris (1901), Tom Waits (1949), Richard Dreyfuss (1947), Tippi Hedren (1930), Mel Ferrer (1917), and Louise Fletcher (1934). After her are Woody Harrelson (1961), Mr. T (1952), Kevin Kline (1947), Michael Jai White (1967), Forest Whitaker (1961), and David Hasselhoff (1952).

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Television and Movie Roles

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Feb 9o 19335.8 / 10
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