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;">Tucker's comic and singing styles are credited with influencing later female
entertainers, including Mae West,
Joan Rivers, Roseanne Barr, Ethel Merman, "Mama" Cass Elliot of The Mamas
& the Papas, and most notably Bette Midler who has included "Soph" as one of her
many stage characters (and whose daughter Sophie is reputedly named after
Tucker).
Sophie Tucker (13 January 1884 – 9 February 1966) was a Russian-born American singer and
actress. Known for her stentorian delivery of comical and risque songs, she was
one of the most popular entertainers in America during the first two-thirds of
the 20th century. She was widely known by the nickname "The Last of the Red Hot Mamas."
