The Outrageous Sophie Tucker (2014)

7.0/10 • 96 min • 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

Self (archive footage)

Tony Bennett

Carol Channing

Kaye Ballard

Shecky Greene

Barbara Walters

Chubby Checker

Mickey Rooney

Connie Stevens

Jane Kean

Mamie Van Doren

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