The Outrageous Sophie Tucker

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

Self