Carmen Miranda
Born
9 February 1909 (117)
Place of Birth
Marco de Canaveses, Portugal
Also known as
Maria do Carmo Miranda da Cunha
Biography
Maria do Carmo Miranda da Cunha GOIH • OMC (Marco de Canaveses, February 9, 1909 – Beverly Hills, August 5, 1955), known professionally as Carmen Miranda, was a Portuguese-born Brazilian singer, dancer, and actress who attained fame in Brazil and the US in the 1930s. Best known to American audiences as "the lady in the tutti-frutti hat" due to her signature headdresses made of fruits, she was the first South American honoured with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Filmography (40)
3 Obás de Xangô
2025
Nas Ondas de Dorival Caymmi
2024
I Can't Give You Anything But Love: The Jimmy McHugh Story
2024
Dorival Caymmi - Um Homem de Afetos
2024
Garoto - Vivo Sonhando
2020
Dê Lembranças a Todos
2018
Rio 50 Degrees: Carry on CaRIOca
2014
Naked Eye
2014
Busby Berkeley: A Journey with a Star
2007
The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema
2002
It's All Brazil
1997
Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional
1997
Bahia de Todos os Sambas
1996
Carmen Miranda: Bananas Is My Business
1995
That's Entertainment! III
1994
It's All True
1993
A Embaixatriz do Samba
1991
Showbiz Goes to War
1982
Mulheres de Cinema
1978
Salsa
1976
Hooray for Hollywood
1976
That's Entertainment!
1974
Brasileiros em Hollywood
1970
Carmen Miranda
1969
Isto é Lamartine
1969
Scared Stiff
1953
Nancy Goes to Rio
1950
A Date with Judy
1948
Copacabana
1947
If I'm Lucky
1946
Doll Face
1945
The All-Star Bond Rally
1945
Something for the Boys
1944
Greenwich Village
1944
Four Jills in a Jeep
1944
The Gang's All Here
1943
Springtime in the Rockies
1942
Week-End in Havana
1941
That Night in Rio
1941
Down Argentine Way
1940