Acting
Carmen Miranda
Also Known As: Maria do Carmo Miranda da Cunha
Birth Date
February 9, 1909
Death Date
August 5, 1955
(passed away at 46)
Place of Birth
Marco de Canaveses, Portugal
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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.
Photos
What's My Line?
Self
1950 • 1 episode
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Self
1950 • 2 episodes
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
1948 • 1 episode
Legends
Self (archive footage)
2006 • 1 episode
The Jimmy Durante Show
Self
1954 • 1 episode
The Gang's All Here
Dorita
1943
That's Entertainment! III
(archive footage) (uncredited)
1994
That's Entertainment!
(archive footage) (uncredited)
1974
Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional
Self
1997
Showbiz Goes to War
(archive footage)
1982
A Date with Judy
Rosita Cochellas
1948
That Night in Rio
Carmen
1941
Proust Palimpsesto: Pastiches e Misturas
Dorita (archive footage) (uncredited)
2026
Scared Stiff
Carmelita Castinha
1953
Estudantes
Mimi
1935
Something for the Boys
Chiquita Hart
1944
Copacabana
Carmen Novarro / Mlle. Fifi
1947
I Can't Give You Anything But Love: The Jimmy McHugh Story
Self (archive footage)
2024
Greenwich Village
Princess Querida O'Toole
1944
The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema
2002