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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ClassyCo" data-source="post: 445949" data-attributes="member: 7">As with other classic movie stars, there was a period where there was a dispute over Mae West's birth year. We know now that she was born in 1893, but this was not always the case. During her long career, Mae and her publicity people floated several different years as her year of birth. For a while, it was widely believed she was born in 1892, while gossip columnists said she was born in 1888. Mae, for a long time, claimed 1900 as her birth year to appear younger, especially once she went to Hollywood. [ATTACH=full]59820[/ATTACH]</blockquote>