Sophie Tucker
January 13, 1884 (141 years old) in Tulchyn, Podolia Governorate, Russian Empire [now Vinnytsia Oblast, Ukraine]
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".
Known For
Credits
- 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 · The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
- 1957 · The Joker is Wild as Sophie Tucker (uncredited)
- 1950 · What's My Line? as Self
- 1948 · The Ed Sullivan Show as Self
- 1944 · Sensations of 1945 as Sophie Tucker
- 1944 · Follow the Boys as Sophie Tucker
- 1937 · Thoroughbreds Don't Cry as Mother Ralph
- 1937 · Broadway Melody of 1938 as Alice Clayton
- 1934 · Gay Love as Sophie Tucker - Singer
- 1929 · Honky Tonk as Sophie Leonard