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The Outrageous Sophie Tucker

  • May 2014
  • 1hr

    36mins

  • Documentary
  • Directed by

    William Gazecki,

    Phil Ramone,

    Gene Schwam,

    Starring

    Sophie Tucker,

    Tony Bennett,

    Carol Channing,

    Kaye Ballard

    ...

    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.`