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Sophie Tucker

Actress / Street Artist / Radio Personality / Stage Actress / Television Actress / Film Actress | * 01/13/1884 († 82, 02/09/1966) | Tulchyn, Podolia Governorate, Russian Empire [now Vinnytsia Oblast, Ukraine]
Sophie Tucker (born Sofia Kalish; January 13, 1886 – February 9, 1966) was an 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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Most frequent genres for this person: Comedies | Drama | Music

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An adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's Long Island-set novel, where Midwesterner Nick Carraway is lured into the lavish world of his neighbor, Jay Gatsby. Soon enough, however, Carraway will see throu ...

The Great Gatsby

PG-13

2013 | 3.7/5 | 2h 23min
Drama, Romance / Love
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As dancer Ginny Walker performs on stage, a veiled woman in the audience stands up, accuses Ginny of stealing her husband and then fires a gun at her. After Ginny collapses and is taken to her dressin ...

Sensations of 1945

NR

1944 | 3.1/5 | 1h 26min
Music
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Sisters are music-hall performers. One loves the other's fiancé and decides to quit the show, but the other runs into an old flame and new relations develop. ...

Gay Love

Certification unknown

1934 | 1h 17min
Music, Comedy
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Prohibition-era nightclub crooner Joe E. Lewis has his career and nearly his life cut short when his throat is slashed as payback for leaving the employ of Chicago mob boss Georgie Parker. A broken al ...

The Joker Is Wild

Certification unknown

1957 | 4.1/5 | 2h 6min
Drama
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Awards & Nominations for Sophie Tucker

Connecticut Women's Hall of Fame Star On Hollywood Walk of Fame
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Movies with Sophie Tucker as Actress(10)

as Herself (archive footage)2014 The Outrageous Sophie Tucker
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)1983 Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
as Self (archive footage)1974 Ain't Misbehavin'
as herself1957 The Joker Is Wild
as herself1944 Follow the Boys
as herself1944 Sensations of 1945
as Mother Ralph1937 Thoroughbreds Don't Cry
as Alice Clayton1937 Broadway Melody of 1938
as Sophie Tucker - Singer1934 Gay Love
as Sophie Leonard1929 Honky Tonk

TV Shows/Series with Sophie Tucker as Actress(3)

as Self - Mystery Guest1950 What's My Line?
as herself1948 The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self - Singer1948 The Ed Sullivan Show

Full Name: Sophie Tucker
Born: Sunday, 01/13 1884 (January) in Tulchyn, Podolia Governorate, Russian Empire [now Vinnytsia Oblast, Ukraine]
Died: Wednesday, 02/09 1966 (February) in New York City (aged: 82)
Zodiac sign: Capricorn (Chinese zodiac sign: Monkey)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Record Label: OKeh Records
Other names for Sophie Tucker (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Sonya Kalish"
Sophie Tucker frequently works together with these people:
Jackie Gleason (8x, Actor)
Art Carney (7x, Actor)
Charlton Heston (6x, Actor)
Debbie Reynolds (6x, Actress)
Red Buttons (6x, Actor)
Jerry Lewis (5x, Actor)
Louis Armstrong (5x, Actor)
Sergio Franchi (5x, Actor)
Alan King (5x, Actor)
Johnny Carson (5x, Actor)
Ethel Merman (5x, Actress)
Gordon MacRae (5x, Actor)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:606827, Added: 10/18/2018, Last updated: 03/29/2024