AS SEEN ON TV: SOPHIE TUCKER

This will be the only post this weekend which is not connected to Leslie Nielsen. But since tonight marks the season finale of 'Boardwalk Empire', I just had to turn the spotlight on one last historical figure who showed up in the series.

Besides, I think her saucy delivery would fit in well with Leslie Nielsen's sense of humor.....

SOPHIE TUCKER

AS SEEN IN:
'Boardwalk Empire'

AS PLAYED BY:
Kathy Brier

From Wikipedia:
Sophie Tucker (13 January 1886 – 9 February 1966) was a Russian/Ukrainian-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."

In 1921, Tucker hired pianist and songwriter Ted Shapiro as her accompanist and musical director, a position he would keep throughout her career. Besides writing a number of songs for Tucker, Shapiro became part of her stage act, playing piano on stage while she sang, and exchanging banter and wisecracks with her in between numbers. Tucker remained a popular singer through the 1920s, and hired stars such as Mamie Smith and Ethel Waters to give her lessons.

BCnU!