Mae West: Reputations Lost

Gossip columnist Liz Smith grabbed her jaded readers' attention by quoting MAE WEST when she opened a recent installment with this headline: "Lost reputations? Some stars are trying to recover theirs."
• • Before turning the topic to pooped pop-tart Britney Spears, former porn queen Traci Lords, Bronx native Jennifer Lopez, Julia Roberts, Paris Hilton, and others, la Liz led off on her left foot with a sour note.
• • Liz Smith wrote: I LOST my reputation young, but never missed it," said Mae West, the only star who never mourned lost youth, faded career, or lack of public interest.
• • Why? Because Mae didn't believe those things happened to her! (Mae was Billy Wilder's first choice for Sunset Boulevard.) She was by far the most self-assured, ego-driven actress ever to set foot on a soundstage, usually referring to herself in the third person.
• • Speaking of reputations, there is still talk going around Hollywood . . .
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• • Syndicated to newspapers by: Tribune Media Services
• • Columnist: Liz Smith
• • Published on: 10 October 2007
• • Come up and see Mae every day online: http://MaeWest.blogspot.com/
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