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Carmen Miranda

Carmen Miranda

Actor · 1909–1955 · Marco de Canaveses, Portugal

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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.

Acted in 26

2020s

  1. 2026

    Proust Palimpsesto: Pastiches e Misturas

    Dorita (archive footage) (uncredited)

2000s

  1. 2002

    The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema

    Movie

  2. Aurora Miranda - A Irmã Notável de Carmen

    Movie

1990s

  1. 1996

    Bahia de Todos os Sambas

    (archive footage) (uncredited)

  2. 1994

    That's Entertainment! III

    (archive footage) (uncredited)

1980s

  1. 1982

    Showbiz Goes to War

    (archive footage)

1970s

  1. 1976

    Salsa

    (archive footage)

  2. 1974

    That's Entertainment!

    (archive footage) (uncredited)

1950s

  1. 1953

    Scared Stiff

    Carmelita Castinha

  2. 1950

    Nancy Goes to Rio

    Marina Rodrigues

1940s

  1. 1948

    A Date with Judy

    Rosita Cochellas

  2. 1947

    Copacabana

    Carmen Novarro / Mlle. Fifi

  3. 1946

    If I'm Lucky

    Michelle O'Toole

  4. 1945

    Doll Face

    Chita Chula

    55
  5. 1944

    Something for the Boys

    Chiquita Hart

  6. Greenwich Village

    Princess Querida O'Toole

  7. Four Jills in a Jeep

    Carmen Miranda

  8. 1943

    The Gang's All Here

    Dorita

  9. 1942

    Springtime in the Rockies

    Rosita Murphy

  10. 1941

    Week-End in Havana

    Rosita Rivas

  11. That Night in Rio

    Carmen

1930s

  1. 1939

    Banana-da-Terra

    Queen of Bananaland

  2. 1936

    Alô Alô Carnaval

    Movie

  3. 1935

    Estudantes

    Mimi

  4. Hello, Hello, Brazil!

    Themself

  5. 1933

    A Voz do Carnaval

    Movie

Appearances25

2020s

  1. 2025

    3 Obás de Xangô

    Self (archive footage)

  2. 2024

    Nas Ondas de Dorival Caymmi

    Self (archive footage)

  3. I Can't Give You Anything But Love: The Jimmy McHugh Story

    Self (archive footage)

  4. Dorival Caymmi - Um Homem de Afetos

    Self (archive footage)

  5. 2020

    Garoto - Vivo Sonhando

    Self (archive footage)

2010s

  1. 2018

    Dê Lembranças a Todos

    Self (archive footage)

  2. 2014

    Rio 50 Degrees: Carry on CaRIOca

    Self (archive footage)

  3. Naked Eye

    Self (archive footage)

  4. 2011

    Vito

    Self (archive footage)

2000s

  1. 2007

    Busby Berkeley: A Journey with a Star

    Self (archive footage)

  2. 2006

    Legends

    Self (archive footage) · 1 episode

1990s

  1. 1997

    It's All Brazil

    Self (archive footage)

  2. Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional

    Self

  3. 1995

    Carmen Miranda: Bananas Is My Business

    Self (archive footage)

  4. 1993

    It's All True

    Self

  5. 1991

    A Embaixatriz do Samba

    Self

1970s

  1. 1978

    Mulheres de Cinema

    Self (archive footage)

  2. 1976

    Hooray for Hollywood

    Self (archive footage)

  3. 1970

    Brasileiros em Hollywood

    Self (archive footage)

1960s

  1. 1969

    Carmen Miranda

    Self

1940s

  1. 1948

    The Ed Sullivan Show

    Self · 1 episode

    76
  2. 1945

    The All-Star Bond Rally

    Self - Pinup Girl

  3. 1940

    Down Argentine Way

    Herself