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Carmen Miranda

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Also known as Maria do Carmo Miranda da Cunha

Brazilian singer (1909–1955)

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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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Within Vinony's link graph, Carmen Miranda is referenced by 761 other articles, and connects out to 20th Century Studios, list of Tom and Jerry characters and Franklin D. Roosevelt.

It sits within the topics 1909 births, 1955 deaths and 20th-century Brazilian actresses.

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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)2020
  • Dê Lembranças a Todos — Self (archive footage)2018
  • Rio 50 Degrees: Carry on CaRIOca — Self (archive footage)2014
  • Naked Eye — Self (archive footage)2014
  • Vito — Self (archive)2011

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Maria do Carmo Miranda da Cunha (February 9 1909, Marco de Canaveses, Portugal — August 5, 1955, Beverly Hills, California), widely known as Carmen Miranda, was a Portuguese-Brazilian singer, dancer, Hollywood actress and performer of international fame. Her artistic career took place in Brazil and the United States between the 1930s and 1950s. She was considered by Rolling Stone magazine as the 15th greatest voice in Brazilian music, and is an international icon and symbol of Brazil abroad. <

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1909-02-09
date of death
1955-08-05
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1928-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview

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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