Mae West was born on August 17, 1893 in Bushwick, New York and died on November 22, 1980 in Hollywood, Los Angeles. Mae West was an actress, comedian, singer, and sex symbol. West spent most of her childhood performing on stage. At the age 14, she began performing professionally in Vaudeville. Her mother encouraged her love for acting she made all her costumes and managed her bookings and contracts. By 1932, Hollywood began to notice Mae West's talent. That year, she was offered a motion picture contract by Paramount Pictures. Her popularity with the public was already so great that even though the Great Depression had begun, she won a $5,000 per week contract with Paramount Pictures. In her first film called Night After Night in