• • According to the fib-sters at Teddy's Bar & Grill, "Mae West was born upstairs. How much more authentic can you get?" [96 Berry Street, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY 11211; 718-384-9787].
• • TRUTH: Mae West never lived on Berry Street ever.
• • TRUTH: Mae West was born in Bushwick — — not Williamsburg.
• • TRUTH: Mae West's mother's maiden name was Dilker — — not Doelger. Was Mae even remotely related to the wealthy Peter Doelger clan of brewers? This is very doubtful. Matilda Dilker's father Jacob was a sugar and coffee broker — — not a brewer. The Dilkers were not wealthy. But it is possible that Mae West the vaudevillian liked to hint that her family had fancier connections. By the time the Brooklynite got to Hollywood, she was exaggerating her connections even further by telling the press her family had descended from Alfred the Great.
• • Authentic?
• • Source:www.amny.com
• • Come up and see Mae every day online: http://MaeWest.blogspot.com/
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ReplyDeleteI am one of the owners of Teddy's Bar & Grill. We only ever told anyone that we had been told by the old people who lived in the building,when we took it over 20 years ago, that they had been told that Mae west was born in the building. This claim has added weight, based on the history that Teddy's was originaly owned by Peter Doelgers Beer. This can be seen it the original stained glass Window that is still in our front facad. Peter Doelger was Mae Wests Great Uncle. Mae Wests mothers maiden neme was Doelger. When our building was originally built it was owned by the Peter Doelger company.
That being the case and because no where we look can we find a record of where Mae West was born, except that it was in the Greenpoint area. We don't think that it is so far fetched. Sometimes the old neighborhood stries are true. Also if you have ever been to Teddy's you know we are always full. We don't need to fib to fill the place up.