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Quick Facts

Birth Name: Mary Jane West

Alias: Baby Mae, Jane Mast, Mae West

Date of Birth: August 17, 1893

Place of Birth: Brooklyn, NY

Hair: Natural light brunette, later dyed platinum blonde / use of blonde wigs

Eyes: Blue

Height: 5'.0

Date of Death: 10:30am, Saturday November 22, 1980 (stroke)

Place of Death: Los Angeles, CA

Entombed: Cypress Hills Abbey, Aisle EE, Special Section #2, Memorial ID 1089, Brooklyn NY

 

Father: John Patrick "Battling Jack" West, March 1865 - January 5, 1935 (stroke)

Mother: Matilda "Tillie" (Doelger) West, February 18, 1875 - January 26, 1930 (cancer)

John West & Matilda Doelger m. January 19, 1889

 

Siblings:

1. Katie West, 1891-? (older sister, died at 4 months)

2. Mildred Katherine "Beverly" West (later, Arden), December 8, 1898 – March 12, 1982 (complications after a stroke)

3. David Edwin West, 1900 - October 1964 (heart attack)

 

Family Ancestry: Irish/English (West), German/French (Doelger)

 

​Address:

1932-1980 (The Ravenswood Apartments Penthouse Suite) #611-570 N Rossmore Avenue Los Angeles, CA

 

​Marital Status: Twice divorced

Frank Wallace b.Frank Szatkus 1889-?, m.April 11, 1911 - May 7, 1943 (Vaudeville performer)

Guido Deiro b.September 1, 1886 - July 26, 1950, m.1914-1920 (Vaudeville performer)

 

Known Relationships:

James Timony b.1886 - April 5, 1954 (manager/lawyer), companion 1917-1933

William "Gorilla" Jones b.May 12, 1906 - January 4, 1982 (professional boxer, also Mae's chauffeur), companion in 1933

Paul Novak b.Chester Rybinski 1923-1999 (professional wrestler, domestic partner 1954-1980)

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