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(1893-1980) Writer. Mae West was born in Brooklyn, New York, and lived on 89th Street, Woodhaven in Queens, New York. She is buried in Cypress Hills Cemetery, 833 Jamaica Avenue, Brooklyn, New York.

Full Name

Mae West

Locations

Queens

Author's Timeline


Unknown

RESIDENCE

Mae West lived on 89th Street, Woodhaven, Queens, New York.

1893

BIRTH

Mae West was born Mary Jane West in Brooklyn, New York, on August 17, 1893.

1926

LITWORK

Sex


Broadway play.

1927

LITWORK

The Drag


Play.

1928

LITWORK

Pleasure Man
Dell

Play.

1928

LITWORK

Diamond Lil


Novel.

1930

LITWORK

Frisco Kate


Play.

1930

LITWORK

Babe Gordon
The Macaulay Company.

The novel on which The Constant Sinner was based.

1931

LITWORK

The Constant Sinner
Macaulay Company

Novel.

1932

LITWORK

Diamond Lil


Novel.

1932

LITWORK

Diamond Lil Man
Caxton House

Novelization of the play.

1944

LITWORK

Catherine Was Great


Play.

1946

LITWORK

Come On Over


Play.

1952

LITWORK

Sextette


Play. Revised 1961.

1959

LITWORK

Goodness Had Nothing To Do With It
Prentice-Hall

Autobiography.

1975

LITWORK

Mae West On Sex, Health and ESP
W. H. Allen / Virgin Books
0491016131 / 978-0491016131

1980

INTERMENT

Mae West is buried in Cypress Hills Cemetery, in Brooklyn, New York.

1980

DEATH

Mae West died in Beverly Hills, California, on November 22, 1980.

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