Carmen Miranda
Known for department: Acting
Birthday: 1909-02-09 – 1955-08-05
Place of birth: 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
Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional
1997Self
Scared Stiff
1953Carmelita Castinha
Springtime in the Rockies
1942Rosita Murphy
Down Argentine Way
1940Herself
That Night in Rio
1941Carmen
The Gang's All Here
1943Dorita
Week-End in Havana
1941Rosita Rivas
Copacabana
1947Carmen Novarro / Mlle. Fifi
Showbiz Goes to War
1982(archive footage)
It's All True
1993Self
A Date with Judy
1948Rosita Cochellas
Nancy Goes to Rio
1950Marina Rodrigues
Doll Face
1945Chita Chula
If I'm Lucky
1946Michelle O'Toole
It's All Brazil
1997Self (archive footage)
Something for the Boys
1944Chiquita Hart
Greenwich Village
1944Princess Querida O'Toole
Alô Alô Carnaval
1936
Bahia de Todos os Sambas
1996(archive footage) (uncredited)