The Outrageous Sophie Tucker

The story

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

S Sophie TuckerSelf (archive footage) T Tony BennettSelf C Carol ChanningSelf K Kaye BallardSelf S Shecky GreeneSelf B Barbara WaltersSelf C Chubby CheckerSelf M Mickey RooneySelf C Connie StevensSelf J Jane KeanSelf M Mamie Van DorenSelf