The Outrageous Sophie Tucker (2014)
May 2, 2014
Documentary
1h 36m


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.`
Cast & Crew
- Director
- William Gazecki
- Self (archive footage) Sophie Tucker
- Self Tony Bennett
- Self Carol Channing
- Self Kaye Ballard
- Self Shecky Greene
- Self Barbara Walters
- Self Chubby Checker
- Self Mickey Rooney
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Keywords
- show business
- historical figure