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Gladys Mae West (née Brown; born October 27, 1930 [1]) is an American mathematician. She is known for her contributions to mathematical modeling of the shape of the Earth , and her work on the development of satellite geodesy models, that were later incorporated into the Global Positioning System (GPS). [ 2 ]
I'm No Angel is a 1933 American pre-Code black comedy film directed by Wesley Ruggles, and starring Mae West and Cary Grant.West received sole story and screenplay credit. It is one of her early films, and, as such, was not subjected to the heavy censorship that dogged her screenplays after Hollywood began enforcing the Hays Code.
Millions of people around the world rely on GPS technology every day to navigate roadways, the sky and the oceans. What was once relegated to large paper maps, or sometimes multiple small maps ...
sung by Mae West at the end and during the closing credits (No One Love Me Like) That Dallas Man (1933) music by Harvey O. Brooks lyrics by Gladys DuBois and Ben Ellison (uncredited) played on a record on which Mae West sings; They Call Me Sister Honky Tonk (1933) music by Harvey O. Brooks lyrics by Gladys DuBois and Ben Ellison (uncredited ...
The contralto singing voice has a vocal range that lies between the F below "middle C" (F 3) to two Fs above middle C (F 5) and is the lowest type of female voice.In the lower and upper extremes, some contralto voices can sing from two Bs below middle C (B 2) [1] to two B ♭ s above middle C (B ♭ 5).
In 2017, Mae West was the subject of an episode of the TV comedy series Over My Dead Body on Amazon Prime. [152] West was the subject of the 2020 PBS documentary Mae West: Dirty Blonde as part of their American Masters series. The documentary was produced by Bette Midler. [153] A May West is a Canadian dessert cake named after West. In the ...
Vernon Hines, the factory timekeeper, who thinks Gladys flirts too much and, as a result is always jealous. Prez, the head of the union and a skirt chaser, despite being a married man. Mabel, the mother hen of the factory and Sid's secretary. Mae, a loud-mouthed member of the Grievance Committee, who accepts Prez's advances, much to his surprise.
Born in 1889 in Illinois as Gladys Mae Sellers, she grew up in the city of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. By the 1910s, she led musical programs at the St. Mark AME Church and sometimes performed with her husband, Albert Smack. She toured as a singer in concerts throughout Midwestern cities like Milwaukee, Madison, Chicago, and Indianapolis. [1]