Carmen Miranda
Date of birth: 1909-02-09
Place of birth: Marco de Canaveses, Portugal
Known for: Acting
Also known 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.
Movie Credits
Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional
1997-01-01
"Portraits and excerpts from Brazilian films from all times. Actors, directors and images that affir
Scared Stiff
1953-04-27
A nightclub singer and his partner escape mobsters by fleeing to Cuba with a beautiful heiress, who
Springtime in the Rockies
1942-11-06
Broadway partners Vicky Lane and Dan Christy have a tiff over Christy's womanizing. Jealous Vicky ta
Down Argentine Way
1940-10-11
The story—in which an American heiress on holiday in South America falls in love with an Argentine h
That Night in Rio
1941-04-11
An entertainer in Rio impersonates a wealthy aristocrat. When the aristocrat's wife asks him to carr
The Gang's All Here
1943-12-24
A soldier falls for a chorus girl and then experiences trouble when he is posted to the Pacific.
Week-End in Havana
1941-10-17
A ship company employee, Jay Williams, is sent to Florida where one of the company cruise ships is s
Copacabana
1947-05-30
A talent agent sells his girlfriend to a nightclub – as two separate acts. The deception and constan
Showbiz Goes to War
1982-12-31
While a few Hollywood celebrities such as James Stewart and Clark Gable saw combat during World War
It's All True
1993-10-17
A documentary about Orson Welles's unfinished three-part film about South America.
A Date with Judy
1948-07-29
Best friends Judy and Carol compete for the affection of an older man during their high school dance
Nancy Goes to Rio
1950-03-10
Mother and daughter compete over same singing role and, unbeknownst to each other, the same man.
Doll Face
1945-12-31
Burlesque queen Doll Face Carroll is dismissed from an audition for a legitimate Broadway show becau
If I'm Lucky
1946-09-02
Out of work swing band maneuvers a gig working for a political campaign, by drawing in and entertain
It's All Brazil
1997-09-18
A film essay about Brazil discovered through Orson Welles' eyes during the shooting of It's All True
Something for the Boys
1944-11-01
The oddly-assorted Hart cousins: revue singer Blossom, con man Harry, and machinist Chiquita (who ge
Greenwich Village
1944-09-27
In 1922, a would-be classical composer gets involved with people putting on a musical revue.
Alô Alô Carnaval
1936-01-20
Two authors go look for a business to finance their dream musical.
Bahia de Todos os Sambas
1996-09-01
Between August 23 and 31, 1983, at the "Circo Massimo", in Rome, there was a musical event that brou
That's Entertainment!
1974-06-21
Various MGM stars from yesterday present their favorite musical moments from the studio's 50 year hi
Carmen Miranda: Bananas Is My Business
1995-04-13
A biography of the Portuguese-born Brazilian singer Carmen Miranda, whose most distinctive feature w
Four Jills in a Jeep
1944-03-17
Reenactments of actual USO experiences of its female stars entertaining troops overseas.
Dorival Caymmi - Um Homem de Afetos
2024-04-25
An irresistible journey through the universe of the singer and composer that revolutionized the song
Banana-da-Terra
1939-02-10
A man in charge of a publicity campaign for bananas decides to kidnap the Queen of 'Bananaland', a t
Carmen Miranda
1969-01-01
Short documentary about Carmen Miranda, with some of her songs, rare footage of the "lost" film "Ban
Busby Berkeley: A Journey with a Star
2007-02-20
Profile of famed dance director Busby Berkeley's career, in particular "The Gang's All Here"
Hello, Hello, Brazil!
1935-01-12
A man is looking for a radio singer named "Dulcineia." For this, he goes through the biggest hassles
That's Entertainment! III
1994-07-01
Some of MGM'S musical stars review the studios history of musicals. From The Hollywood Revue of 1929
A Embaixatriz do Samba
1991-01-01
Mulheres de Cinema
1978-06-06
Documentary on famous Brazilian actresses, female directors and the role of women in Brazilian film
The All-Star Bond Rally
1945-05-10
Inspirational documentary short film featuring Hollywood stars promoting the sales of War Bonds thro
Salsa
1976-08-18
The Fania All Stars perform for 44,000 fans at Yankee stadium in New York. Besides concert footage,
Steps of Life
1930-12-31
Estudantes
1935-07-08
Rio 50 Degrees: Carry on CaRIOca
2014-08-21
A look at Rio's cultural, political and technical revolutions since the 1970s to 2011
Garoto - Vivo Sonhando
2020-09-10
A prodigy of stringed instruments, a pioneer of Bossa Nova, a modernizing master of the guitar: Aníb
Dê Lembranças a Todos
2018-07-01
Dorival Caymmi was one of the inventors of the Bahian imagination. In his 94 years of life, Caymmi c
I Can't Give You Anything But Love: The Jimmy McHugh Story
2024-09-12
An aspiring singer is tasked with promoting the music catalogue of his great-grandfather, the famous
Nas Ondas de Dorival Caymmi
2024-11-28
The film reveals the creation of poet Dorival Caymmi's musical works with testimonies from researche
Naked Eye
2014-05-15
“Naked Eye” is a film-documentary of long-length of the artistic and existential universe of the sin
A voz do Carnaval
1933-03-12
Isto é Lamartine
1969-01-01
Hooray for Hollywood
1976-01-01
A celebration of Hollywood in the 1930s, featuring a compilation of clips from features and newsreel
The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema
2002-06-06
Documentary about the presence of Latin American culture and actors in American movies.
3 Obás de Xangô
2025-08-03
The friendship between Jorge Amado, Dorival Caymmi, and Carybé, artists who were largely responsible