Carmen Miranda
Born: 1909-02-09
Birthplace: Marco de Canaveses, Portugal
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.
Known For
That's Entertainment! III
That's Entertainment!
Doll Face
Naked Eye
Copacabana
The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema
Springtime in the Rockies
A Date with Judy
Showbiz Goes to War
Vito
Top Movie Credits
That's Entertainment! III
(archive footage)
That's Entertainment!
(archive footage) (uncredited)
Doll Face
Chita Chula
Naked Eye
Self (archive footage)
Copacabana
Carmen Novarro / Mlle. Fifi
Springtime in the Rockies
Rosita Murphy
A Date with Judy
Rosita Cochellas
Showbiz Goes to War
(archive footage)
Vito
Self (archive)