Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
2/9/1909
Place of Birth
Marco de Canaveses, Portugal
Also Known As
Maria do Carmo Miranda da Cunha
Carmen Miranda
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
The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema
Unknown Role
Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional
as Self
Salsa
as (archive footage)
Doll Face
as Chita Chula
Week-End in Havana
as Rosita Rivas
Scared Stiff
as Carmelita Castinha
Bahia de Todos os Sambas
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Greenwich Village
as Princess Querida O'Toole
It's All Brazil
as Self (archive footage)
Garoto - Vivo Sonhando
as Self (archive footage)
The All-Star Bond Rally
as Self - Pinup Girl
It's All True
as Self
Mulheres de Cinema
as Self (archive footage)
That's Entertainment!
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
A Date with Judy
as Rosita Cochellas
Showbiz Goes to War
as (archive footage)
Something for the Boys
as Chiquita Hart
Busby Berkeley: A Journey with a Star
as Self (archive footage)
Down Argentine Way
as Herself
Hooray for Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)