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 & crew

Sophie TuckerSelf (archive footage)

Tony BennettSelf

Carol ChanningSelf

Kaye BallardSelf

Shecky GreeneSelf

Barbara WaltersSelf

Chubby CheckerSelf

Mickey RooneySelf

Connie StevensSelf

Jane KeanSelf

Mamie Van DorenSelf