Today is the birthday of Star of Vaudeville #105: Sophie Tucker (for more on The Last of the Red Hot Mamas go here). Here she is, still doing her thing on the Ed Sullivan Show in 1960: To find out more about the variety arts past and present, consult No Applause, Just Throw Money: The Book That Made Vaudeville [...]
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:43AM on January 13, 2013