CinemaOSMovie · 2004 · 1h 3m

Tupperware!

75%(2)IMDbHistoryDocumentary

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.

Directed byLaurie Kahn-Leavitt

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 3m
Language
EN
Released
February 9, 2004
Studios
PBS

Featuring

Cast & crew

5 credited
Starring
Kathy Bates

Kathy Bates

Narrator

Karen MacDonald

Brownie Wise (voice)

Will LeBow

Earl Tupper (voice)

Brownie Wise

Self (achive footage)

Earl Tupper

Self (achive footage)

Creative team
Directed by
Laurie Kahn-Leavitt
Written by
Laurie Kahn-Leavitt
Produced by
Laurie Kahn-Leavitt

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