Carmen Miranda
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Carmen Miranda was a Brazilian singer and performer who became famous in the 1930s and 1940s for her distinctive style, including colorful costumes and tropical fruit headdresses. She is historically significant as one of the first Latin American entertainers to achieve major international stardom, helping to bring Brazilian and Latin music into mainstream American popular culture.
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- 1909-02-09
- Died
- 1955-08-05
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- 1
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Acting · Marco de Canaveses, Portugal
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…
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- Proust Palimpsesto: Pastiches e Misturas — Dorita (archive footage) (uncredited)2026
- 3 Obás de Xangô — Self (archive footage)2025
- Dorival Caymmi - Um Homem de Afetos — Self (archive footage)2024
- I Can't Give You Anything But Love: The Jimmy McHugh Story — Self (archive footage)2024
- Nas Ondas de Dorival Caymmi — Self (archive footage)2024
- Garoto - Vivo Sonhando — Self (archive footage)
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Maria do Carmo Miranda da Cunha (9 February 1909 – 5 August 1955), known professionally as Carmen Miranda ( Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈkaʁmẽj miˈɾɐ̃dɐ]), was a Portuguese-born Brazilian singer, dancer, and actress. Nicknamed "the Brazilian Bombshell," she was known for her signature fruit hat outfits that she wore in her American films.
As a young woman, Miranda designed clothes and hats in a boutique before making her debut as a singer, recording with composer Josué de Barros in 1929. Miranda's 1930 recording of "Taí (Pra Você Gostar de Mim)", written by Joubert de Carvalho, catapulted her to stardom in Brazil as the foremost interpreter of samba.
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1909 births1955 deaths20th-century Brazilian actresses20th-century Brazilian dancers20th-century Brazilian women singers20th Century Studios contract playersBrazilian contraltosBrazilian expatriate actresses in the United StatesBrazilian female dancersBrazilian film actressesBrazilian Roman CatholicsBrazilian stage actresses