The Outrageous Sophie Tucker (2014)
Documentary
Overview
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
- Sophie Tucker as Self (archive footage)
- Tony Bennett as Self
- Carol Channing as Self
- Kaye Ballard as Self
- Shecky Greene as Self
- Barbara Walters as Self
- Chubby Checker as Self
- Mickey Rooney as Self
- Connie Stevens as Self
- Jane Kean as Self
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