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A Short Biography of Sophie Tucker

Author Name:

Sophie Tucker

Born As:

Sonia Kalish

Other Names:

Sophie Tucker

Born:

13 Jan 1884

Died:

9 Feb 1966




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Vaudeville singer                          
Selected Works:

Stage Work:

Lulu's Husbands - 1910 - Broadway
Earl Carroll's Vanities of 1924 - 1924 - Broadway
Leave It to Me! - 1938 - Broadway
High Kickers - 1941 - Broadway

Filmography:

Honky Tonk - 1929
Gay Love - 1934
Paramount Headliner: Broadway Highlights No. 1 - 1935 - short subject
Broadway Melody of 1938 - 1937
Thoroughbreds Don't Cry - 1937
Follow the Boys - 1944
Sensations of 1945 - 1944
Screen Snapshots: The Great Showman - 1950 - short subject
Screen Snapshots: Hollywood's Great Entertainers - 1953 - short subjects
The Heart of Show Business - 1957 - short subject
The Joker Is Wild - 1957 - Cameo.                          
Husband for a short time LouisTuck.
Sophie would marry twice more in her life, but neither marriage lasted more than five years.                          
                          
Born Sonia Kalish to a Jewish family in Tsarist Russia, her family emigrated to the United States when she was an infant, and settled in Hartford, Connecticut. The family changed its name to Abuza, and her parents opened a restaurant.