Was Doris Day the first cougar?

[MatureDJ]

I was reading this, and it got me interested:

Doris Day: A Hip Sex Goddess Disguised as the Girl Next Door (Published 2019)

Celebrated and misunderstood, Doris Day embodied the American mainstream and scrambled all its codes.

www.nytimes.com

In the canonical romantic comedies she made with Rock Hudson — “Pillow Talk” and “Lover Come Back” two years later — Day, in her late 30s, played unmarried New York career women.

 

[Billtx49]

In her film days Doris usually portrayed the exact opposite of Marilyn Monroe…
She was the grown wholesome girl next door type.

 

[samspade]

That'd be Mae West I'll bet...

 

[BeExcellent]

Mae West all the way

 

[Billtx49]

Mae West all the way

“When I'm good I'm very, very good, but when I'm bad, I'm better”

“A hard man is good to find”

“Ten men waiting for me? Send one of them home, I’m tired.”
~ Mae West

 

[samspade]

“When I'm good I'm very, very good, but when I'm bad, I'm better”

That's funny, Aerosmith quotes this line in Falling In Love Is Hard On The Knees. They also reference Mae West in Rag Doll with "come on up and see me." Mr. Tyler must be a fan...