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)
Scared Stiff
as Carmelita Castinha
Showbiz Goes to War
as (archive footage)
Salsa
as (archive footage)
That's Entertainment! III
as (archive footage)
Something for the Boys
as Chiquita Hart
A Date with Judy
as Rosita Cochellas
Carmen Miranda: Bananas Is My Business
as Self (archive footage)
Doll Face
as Chita Chula
