Sophie Tucker
Born: 1884-01-13 in Tulchyn, Podolia Governorate, Russian Empire [now Vinnytsia Oblast, Ukraine]
Died: 1966-02-09
Known For: Acting
Biography
Sophie Tucker (born Sofia Kalish; January 13, 1886 – February 9, 1966) was a Russian-American singer, comedian, actress, and radio personality. Known for her powerful delivery of comical and risqué songs, she was one of the most popular entertainers in the U.S. during the first half of the 20th century. She was known by the nickname "the Last of the Red-Hot Mamas".
Filmography
2014
- The Outrageous Sophie Tucker as Self (archive footage)
2007
- Making Trouble: Three Generations of Funny Jewish Women as Self (archive footage)
1983
- Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1974
- Ain't Misbehavin' as Self (archive footage)
1962
1957
- The Joker is Wild as Sophie Tucker (uncredited)
1950
- What's My Line? as Self
1948
- The Ed Sullivan Show as Self
1944
- Follow the Boys as Sophie Tucker
- Sensations of 1945 as Sophie Tucker
1937
- Broadway Melody of 1938 as Alice Clayton
- Thoroughbreds Don't Cry as Mother Ralph
1934
- Gay Love as Sophie Tucker - Singer
1929
- Honky Tonk as Sophie Leonard