Mae West
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Mary Jane "Mae" West was an American actress, singer, comedian, screenwriter, and playwright whose career spanned more than seven decades. Recognized as a prominent sex symbol of her time, she was kno
West in 1932
Newspaper ad for burlesque show with West, "The Girl With a Personality", Detroit, Michigan, 1915
Cover of "Ev'rybody Shimmies Now" sheet music with West's portrait, 1918
"Diamond Lil" returning to New York from California, 1933
Contralto
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A contralto is a classical female singing voice whose vocal range is the lowest of such voice types.
Mae West
…her time, she was known for portraying sexually confident characters and for her use of double entendres, often delivering her lines in a distinctive contralto voice. West began performing in vaudeville and on stage in New York City before moving on to film in Los Angeles. She was frequently associated with…
Umm Kulthum, a well known contralto. She had the ability to sing as low as the second octave and as high as the eighth octave at her vocal peak.