Carmen Miranda

1909-02-09 – 1955-08-05 (age 46) Marco de Canaveses, Portugal

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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.

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Known For

Estudantes

Estudantes

1935

as Mimi

That's Entertainment! III

That's Entertainment! III

1994

as (archive footage)

Alô Alô Carnaval

Alô Alô Carnaval

1936

That's Entertainment!

That's Entertainment!

1974

as (archive footage) (uncredited)

Greenwich Village

Greenwich Village

1944

as Princess Querida O'Toole

Copacabana

Copacabana

1947

as Carmen Novarro / Mlle. Fifi

Hello, Hello, Brazil!

Hello, Hello, Brazil!

1935

as Themself

Carmen Miranda

1969

as Self

Scared Stiff

Scared Stiff

1953

as Carmelita Castinha

Salsa

Salsa

1976

as (archive footage)

The Gang's All Here

The Gang's All Here

1943

as Dorita

Proust Palimpsesto: Pastiches e Misturas

Proust Palimpsesto: Pastiches e Misturas

2026

as Dorita (archive footage) (uncredited)

Brasileiros em Hollywood

Brasileiros em Hollywood

1970

as Self (archive footage)

A Embaixatriz do Samba

A Embaixatriz do Samba

1991

as Self

Hooray for Hollywood

Hooray for Hollywood

1976

as Self (archive footage)

A Date with Judy

A Date with Judy

1948

as Rosita Cochellas

Banana-da-Terra

Banana-da-Terra

1939

as Queen of Bananaland

Showbiz Goes to War

Showbiz Goes to War

1982

as (archive footage)

A Voz do Carnaval

A Voz do Carnaval

1933

That Night in Rio

That Night in Rio

1941

as Carmen