Person file · Acting
Carmen Miranda
Born 1909-02-09Marco de Canaveses, Portugal
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.
Screen work
Movies & roles
Proust Palimpsesto: Pastiches e MisturasDorita (archive footage) (uncredited)3 Obás de XangôSelf (archive footage)Nas Ondas de Dorival CaymmiSelf (archive footage)I Can't Give You Anything But Love: The Jimmy McHugh StorySelf (archive footage)Dorival Caymmi - Um Homem de AfetosSelf (archive footage)Garoto - Vivo SonhandoSelf (archive footage)Dê Lembranças a TodosSelf (archive footage)Rio 50 Degrees: Carry on CaRIOcaSelf (archive footage)Naked EyeSelf (archive footage)VitoSelf (archive)Busby Berkeley: A Journey with a StarSelf (archive footage)The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American CinemaRoleAurora Miranda - A Irmã Notável de CarmenRoleIt's All BrazilSelf (archive footage)Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema NacionalSelfBahia de Todos os Sambas(archive footage) (uncredited)Carmen Miranda: Bananas Is My BusinessSelf (archive footage)That's Entertainment! III(archive footage) (uncredited)It's All TrueSelfA Embaixatriz do SambaSelfShowbiz Goes to War(archive footage)Mulheres de CinemaSelf (archive footage)Salsa(archive footage)Hooray for HollywoodSelf (archive footage)