Tupperware!
2004•1h 3m•7.5•Released
HistoryDocumentary
The remarkable story of Earl Silas Tupper, an ambitious but reclusive small-town inventor, and Brownie Wise, the self-taught sales-woman who built him an empire out of bowls that burped. Brownie was an intuitive marketing genius who trained a small army of Tupperware Ladies to put on Tupperware parties in living rooms across America in the 1950s. She rewarded her sales force with minks and modern appliances at extravagant annual jubilees which the company filmed. her saleswomen earned thousands, even millions, selling Tupperware. And the experience changed their lives.
Director
Laurie Kahn-Leavitt
Writer
Laurie Kahn-Leavitt
Languages
English
Studio
PBS
Cast
Kathy Bates
Narrator
Karen MacDonald
Brownie Wise (voice)
Will LeBow
Earl Tupper (voice)
Brownie Wise
Self (achive footage)
Earl Tupper
Self (achive footage)
Production
Company
PBS
Producer
Laurie Kahn-Leavitt
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