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.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional
as Self
1997
Scared Stiff
as Carmelita Castinha
1953
Springtime in the Rockies
as Rosita Murphy
1942
Down Argentine Way
as Herself
1940
That Night in Rio
as Carmen
1941
The Gang's All Here
as Dorita
1943
Week-End in Havana
as Rosita Rivas
1941
Copacabana
as Carmen Novarro / Mlle. Fifi
1947
Showbiz Goes to War
as (archive footage)
1982
It's All True
as Self
1993
A Date with Judy
as Rosita Cochellas
1948
Nancy Goes to Rio
as Marina Rodrigues
1950
Doll Face
as Chita Chula
1945
If I'm Lucky
as Michelle O'Toole
1946
It's All Brazil
as Self (archive footage)
1997
Something for the Boys
as Chiquita Hart
1944
Greenwich Village
as Princess Querida O'Toole
1944
Alô Alô Carnaval
1936
Bahia de Todos os Sambas
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
1996
That's Entertainment!
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
1974
