Sophie Tucker
Known for
Acting
Born
January 13, 1884
Birthplace
Tulchyn, Podolia Governorate, Russian Empire [now Vinnytsia Oblast, Ukraine]
Died
February 9, 1966 (aged 82)
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".
Best known work
The Joker is Wild
1957
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
What's My Line?
1950
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
Broadway Melody of 1938
1937
Follow the Boys
1944
Thoroughbreds Don't Cry
1937
Sensations of 1945
1944
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983
The Outrageous Sophie Tucker
2014Filmography
2014
The Outrageous Sophie Tuckeras Self (archive footage)
2007
Making Trouble: Three Generations of Funny Jewish Womenas Self (archive footage)
1983
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footageas Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1974
Ain't Misbehavin'as Self (archive footage)
1962
1957
The Joker is Wildas Sophie Tucker (uncredited)
1950
1948
1944
Sensations of 1945as Sophie Tucker
1944
Follow the Boysas Sophie Tucker
1937
Thoroughbreds Don't Cryas Mother Ralph
1937
Broadway Melody of 1938as Alice Clayton
1934
Gay Loveas Sophie Tucker - Singer
1929
Honky Tonkas Sophie Leonard