Known For
Acting
Birthday
February 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 - Movies
That's Entertainment!
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Springtime in the Rockies
as Rosita Murphy
Scared Stiff
as Carmelita Castinha
Showbiz Goes to War
as (archive footage)
A Date with Judy
as Rosita Cochellas
Down Argentine Way
as Herself
I Can't Give You Anything But Love: The Jimmy McHugh Story
as Self (archive footage)
The Gang's All Here
as Dorita
Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional
as Self
That's Entertainment! III
as (archive footage)
