Carmen Miranda

Personal Info

Birthday

February 9, 1909

Day of Death

1955-08-05

(46 years old)

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

Something for the Boys

Doll Face

That's Entertainment!

A Date with Judy

That Night in Rio

That's Entertainment! III

Copacabana

Scared Stiff

Filmography

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