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Show Mae West Teaches Proper Appreciation of Mae West Mae West's childhood was spent in training for the stage and her later life In training the stage and screen to a proper appreciation of Mae West. Her parents were theatrical people and Miss West, who was born In Brooklyn on August 17 of an unspecified unspeci-fied year, made her professional debut at the age of five. After several years In vaudeville she made her Broadway debut In the "Follies Bergere," then played In "A la Broadway," "Vera Violetta" and "A Winsome Widow." After these successes she returned to vaudeville for five years, specializing 'n Imitations of George M. Cohan and iddie Foy. She returned to New York to appear xi New Wayburn's "Demitas6es Revue" nd "The Mimic World." It was at this time that she wrote her first play, "Sex." This sensational production ran two years with Miss West as the star. Her greatest success, "Diamond LiL" followed. |