The most famous person to ever get married in Milwaukee tried to keep the information quiet for more than 25 years.

Profile Mae West was born in Brooklyn, New York to "Battling Jack" West and Matilda Doelger. She began her career as a child star in vaudeville, and later went on to write her own plays.

Documentary film exploring Mae West's life and career, embodied by performances on the stage and screen that pushed boundaries, cultivating social change. We’re ...

Mae West, center, is a nightclub owner sparring with a temperance leader (Cary Grant) in 1933's "She Done Him Wrong." Two years later, West would face a charge that could wreck her sex-symbol ...