Mae West: "I would never get in their way."

Some be aware that at one point Mae

 

was the second highest paid

 

person in Hollywood. 

 During the 1930s

and amongst many others

she helped / supported

Four black American female actresses:

Louise Beavers

Gertrude Howard

Hattie McDaniel 

and the

Extraordinary 

Libby Taylor get film roles

Her reason was always the same: