Movies
She is all but unknown today, but in 1962, when a poll asked Americans what they thought of when they heard the name “Sophie,” 95% answered “Tucker.”
July 23, 2015
The 10th edition of the Los Angeles Jewish Film Festival opens Thursday evening with the L.A. premiere of “The Outrageous Sophie Tucker,” a new documentary produced by Susan and Lloyd Ecker about the risqué comedian, singer and actress known as the Last of the Red Hot Mamas.
April 29, 2015
Entertainment & Arts
Sharon McNight is a force of nature, a performing presence with the imperturbable reliability of a powerful river and the irresistible energy of a smoldering volcano.
Jan. 9, 1997
L.A. Unleashed
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April 6, 2009
“The Sophie Tucker Songbook,” Sharon McNight’s one-woman tribute to the legendary singer, will makes its Los Angeles premiere with a three-week run, Jan. 7 to 23, at the Cinegrill in the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, 7000 Hollywood Blvd.
Dec. 28, 1996
Real Estate
Tucker Halpern and Sophie Hawley-Weld of Sofi Tukker fame have sold a remodeled bungalow in L.A.’s Rancho Park neighborhood for $1.83 million.
April 22, 2020
In this weekend’s picks, American Ballet Theatre clowns around while Aspen Santa Fe Ballet is all business, Sophie Tucker gets her due and various events honor the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.
Jan. 18, 2019
“There’s more music in a grand baby than there is in a baby grand” is among the first lines casually dropped away, sung as a song fragment by Wendy Westerwelle as Sophie Tucker in “Soph: A Visit With the Last of the Red Hot Mamas.”
Jan. 21, 1987
Sharon McNight has returned to the Cinegrill with her highly acclaimed one-woman show, “The Sophie Tucker Songbook,” in which she traces the 60-year career of the singer known as “the Last of the Red-Hot Mamas.”
June 14, 1997
Music
Yes, Miss M is still divine.
Dec. 17, 1993