Sophie Tucker: First Lady of Show Business

by Armond Fields

Sophie Tucker appeared in only seven American stage musicals and appeared only twice on Broadway but, then, it was difficult to cast her in a show. A buxom and ebullient performer, she--and her audiences--quickly found that playing herself was most effective.

This is a biography of a vaudeville and cabaret performer who saw herself as one of the first liberated women and one of the last "red hot mamas." It tells the story of her birth as...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786415770
• ISBN13: 9780786415779
• Release Date: May 2003
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.2" x 9.7"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher