The Outrageous Sophie Tucker
2 May 2014| 96 min
The rags to riches story of Sophie Tucker, an iconic superstar who ruled the worlds of vaudeville, Broadway, radio, television, and Hollywood throughout the 20th century. Before Beyoncé, Lady Gaga, Madonna, Bette Midler, Marilyn Monroe, and Mae West, Sophie Tucker was the first woman to infatuate her audiences with a bold, bawdy and brassy style unlike any other. Using all of "The Last of the Red Hot Mamas" 400-plus recently rediscovered personal scrapbooks, authors Susan and Lloyd Ecker take you on their seven-year journey retracing Tucker's sixty-year career in show business.`
Genres
Documentary
Cast
Sophie Tucker
Tony Bennett
Carol Channing
Kaye Ballard
Shecky Greene
Barbara Walters
Chubby Checker
Mickey Rooney
Connie Stevens
Jane Kean
Mamie Van Doren
