The Outrageous Sophie Tucker (2014)
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
Self
Carol Channing
Self
Kaye Ballard
Self
Shecky Greene
Self
Barbara Walters
Self
Chubby Checker
Self
Mickey Rooney
Self
Connie Stevens
Self
Jane Kean
Self
Mamie Van Doren
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