Mae West: Dirty Blonde

Synopsis

American Masters — Mae West: Dirty Blonde is the first major documentary film to explore Mae West’s life and career as she "climbed the ladder of success wrong by wrong" to become a writer, performer and subversive agitator for social change. West achieved great acclaim in every entertainment medium that existed during her lifetime, spanning eight decades of the 20th century. She possessed creative and economic powers unheard of for a female entertainer in the 1930s and still rare today.

Guest stars

Mae West

Self (archive footage)

Candice Bergen

Self

Margaret Cho

Self

Ringo Starr

Self

Jeanine Basinger

Self

Rona Barrett

Self