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.
Movies & TV Shows
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That's Entertainment! (1974) — (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Scared Stiff (1953) — Carmelita Castinha
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The Gang's All Here (1943) — Dorita
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That's Entertainment! III (1994) — (archive footage)
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Down Argentine Way (1940) — Herself
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What's My Line? (1950) — Self
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Copacabana (1947) — Carmen Novarro / Mlle. Fifi
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The Ed Sullivan Show (1948) — Self
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A Date with Judy (1948) — Rosita Cochellas
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That Night in Rio (1941) — Carmen
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It's All True (1993) — Self
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Doll Face (1945) — Chita Chula
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Springtime in the Rockies (1942) — Rosita Murphy
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Week-End in Havana (1941) — Rosita Rivas
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Vito (2011) — Self (archive)
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The Colgate Comedy Hour (1950) — Self
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Something for the Boys (1944) — Chiquita Hart
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Carmen Miranda: Bananas Is My Business (1995) — Self (archive footage)
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Alô Alô Carnaval (1936)
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Greenwich Village (1944) — Princess Querida O'Toole
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The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema (2002)
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It's All Brazil (1997) — Self (archive footage)
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Four Jills in a Jeep (1944) — Carmen Miranda
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Nancy Goes to Rio (1950) — Marina Rodrigues
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If I'm Lucky (1946) — Michelle O'Toole
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The All-Star Bond Rally (1945) — Self - Pinup Girl
- Carmen Miranda (1969) — Self
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Mulheres de Cinema (1978) — Self (archive footage)
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Showbiz Goes to War (1982) — (archive footage)
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Bahia de Todos os Sambas (1996) — (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Banana-da-Terra (1939) — Queen of Bananaland
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Hello, Hello, Brazil! (1935) — Themself
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A Embaixatriz do Samba (1991) — Self
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Salsa (1976) — (archive footage)
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Estudantes (1935) — Mimi
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Garoto - Vivo Sonhando (2020) — Self (archive footage)
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Dê Lembranças a Todos (2018) — Self (archive footage)
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Naked Eye (2014) — Self (archive footage)
- Isto é Lamartine (1969)
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Hooray for Hollywood (1976) — Self (archive footage)