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Carmen Miranda
Acting
Born: February 9, 1909
Marco de Canaveses, Portugal
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
That's Entertainment!
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
That's Entertainment! III
as (archive footage)
A Date with Judy
as Rosita Cochellas
Doll Face
as Chita Chula
Scared Stiff
as Carmelita Castinha
Hooray for Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
Copacabana
as Carmen Novarro / Mlle. Fifi
The Gang's All Here
as Dorita
Down Argentine Way
as Herself
Nancy Goes to Rio
as Marina Rodrigues
