Show mae west teaches proper appreciation app recitation recia i tion of mae west mae bests childhood was spent in training for the stage and tier her later life in training the stage and screen to a proper appreciation of 0 mae west her parents were theatrical people and miss west who was born in brooklyn on august 17 of an u unspecified year made her professional debut at the age of five after several years in ID vaudeville ville she made her broadway debut in 1 the follies bergere then played in A la in broadway vera Vl Violet oletta tall and A winsome widow after these successes she returned to vaudeville for five years specializing n imitations of ceorge U M cohan and ai iddie dle foy she returned to new york to appeal A a new wayburne Way burns revue revie and nd the mimic world it was at this time that she wrote her first play sex this sensational production ran two years cars with miss ml s s west as the star tier her greatest success diamond lil liv followed |