Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Born
1884-01-13
Place of Birth
Tulchyn, Podolia Governorate, Russian Empire [now Vinnytsia Oblast, Ukraine]
Sophie Tucker
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".
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Known For
Acting History
2014
The Outrageous Sophie Tucker as Self (archive footage)
2007Making Trouble: Three Generations of Funny Jewish Women as Self (archive footage)
1983Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1974Ain't Misbehavin' as Self (archive footage)
1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
1957The Joker is Wild as Sophie Tucker (uncredited)
1950What's My Line? as Self
1948The Ed Sullivan Show as Self
1944Sensations of 1945 as Sophie Tucker
1944Follow the Boys as Sophie Tucker
1937Thoroughbreds Don't Cry as Mother Ralph
1937Broadway Melody of 1938 as Alice Clayton
1934Gay Love as Sophie Tucker - Singer
1929Honky Tonk as Sophie Leonard