Queen Latifah basedChicagocharacter on her grandmother after not knowing who director was referencing
She was nominated for an Oscar for the 2002 film. Sophie Tucker: She’s buxom, she wears sequins, and she does this.' And I was like ‘Oh, I don’t know Sophie Tucker, but that sounds like my grandmother…. Queen Latifah performs in ‘Chicago’.Miramax/ Everett I’m gonna do my grandmother. I got this, okay.'" Miramax/ Everett Tucker was a singer and comedic actress who died in the 1966. But Latifah’s strategy worked well....