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Geburtsort | Brooklyn, New York, U.S. |
Todesort | Los_Angeles,_California |
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Beschreibung | Mae West (geb. Mary Jane West; 17. August 1893 - 22. November 1980) war eine amerikanische Bühnen- und Filmschauspielerin, Dramatikerin, Drehbuchautorin, Sängerin und Sexsymbol, deren Karriere sich über sieben Jahrzehnte erstreckte. Sie war bekannt für ihre unbeschwerte sexuelle Unabhängigkeit und ihre heiteren, oft mit heiserer Altstimme vorgetragenen, derben Anspielungen. Sie war im Vaudeville und auf der Bühne in New York City aktiv, bevor sie nach Los Angeles zog, um eine Karriere in der Filmindustrie zu machen. |
Love isn't an emotion or an instinct - it's an art.
When I'm good I'm very, very good, but when I'm bad, I'm better.
The best way to hold a man is in your arms.
It's hard to be funny when you have to be clean.
Too much of a good thing can be taxing.
Too much of a good thing can be wonderful.
Marriage is a great institution, but I'm not ready for an institution.
I used to be Snow White, but I drifted.
Love thy neighbor - and if he happens to be tall, debonair and devastating, it will be that much easier.
When women go wrong, men go right after them.
Ten men waiting for me at the door? Send one of them home, I'm tired.
Personally, I like two types of men - domestic and foreign.
Between two evils, I always pick the one I never tried before.
A hard man is good to find.
It's not the men in my life that count, it's the life in my men.
Look your best - who said love is blind?
I like a man who's good, but not too good - for the good die young, and I hate a dead one.
When I'm good, I'm very good. But when I'm bad I'm better.
Love conquers all things except poverty and toothache.
He's the kind of man a woman would have to marry to get rid of.
A man's kiss is his signature.
Save a boyfriend for a rainy day - and another, in case it doesn't rain.
I only have 'yes' men around me. Who needs 'no' men?
I only like two kinds of men, domestic and imported.
A woman in love can't be reasonable - or she probably wouldn't be in love.