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