Carmen Miranda
Birthday
1909/02/09
Day of death
1955/08/05 (46 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Marco de Canaveses, Portugal
Also know 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.
Acting
(1997) Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional
as Self
(1953) Scared Stiff
as Carmelita Castinha
(1942) Springtime in the Rockies
as Rosita Murphy
(1940) Down Argentine Way
as Herself
(1941) That Night in Rio
as Carmen
(1943) The Gang's All Here
as Dorita
(1941) Week-End in Havana
as Rosita Rivas
(1947) Copacabana
as Carmen Novarro / Mlle. Fifi
(1982) Showbiz Goes to War
as (archive footage)
(1993) It's All True
as Self
(1948) A Date with Judy
as Rosita Cochellas
(1950) Nancy Goes to Rio
as Marina Rodrigues
(1945) Doll Face
as Chita Chula
(1946) If I'm Lucky
as Michelle O'Toole
(1997) It's All Brazil
as Self (archive footage)
(1944) Something for the Boys
as Chiquita Hart
(1944) Greenwich Village
as Princess Querida O'Toole
(1936) Alô Alô Carnaval
as ---
(1996) Bahia de Todos os Sambas
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1974) That's Entertainment!
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1995) Carmen Miranda: Bananas Is My Business
as Self (archive footage)
(1944) Four Jills in a Jeep
as Carmen Miranda
(2024) Dorival Caymmi - Um Homem de Afetos
as Self (archive footage)
(1939) Banana-da-Terra
as Queen of Bananaland
(1969) Carmen Miranda
as Self
(2007) Busby Berkeley: A Journey with a Star
as Self (archive footage)
(1935) Hello, Hello, Brazil!
as Themself
(1994) That's Entertainment! III
as (archive footage)
(1991) A Embaixatriz do Samba
as Self
(1978) Mulheres de Cinema
as Self (archive footage)
(1945) The All-Star Bond Rally
as Self - Pinup Girl
(1976) Salsa
as (archive footage)
(1930) Steps of Life
as ---
(1935) Estudantes
as Mimi
(2014) Rio 50 Degrees: Carry on CaRIOca
as Self (archive footage)
(2020) Garoto - Vivo Sonhando
as Self (archive footage)
(2018) Dê Lembranças a Todos
as Self (archive footage)
(2024) I Can't Give You Anything But Love: The Jimmy McHugh Story
as Self (archive footage)
(2024) Nas Ondas de Dorival Caymmi
as Self (archive footage)
(2014) Naked Eye
as Self (archive footage)
(1933) A voz do Carnaval
as ---
(1969) Isto é Lamartine
as ---
(1976) Hooray for Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
(1954) The Jimmy Durante Show
as Self
(1950) The Colgate Comedy Hour
as Self
(1948) The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
(2006) Legends
as Self (archive footage)
(1950) What's My Line?
as Self