Carmen Miranda
1909-02-09 (1909)Marco de Canaveses, PortugalActing
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
What's My Line?
TV • 1950
The Colgate Comedy Hour
TV • 1950
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV • 1948
Legends
TV • 2006
Greenwich Village
MOVIE • 1944
Salsa
MOVIE • 1976
That's Entertainment!
MOVIE • 1974
That's Entertainment! III
MOVIE • 1994
A Date with Judy
MOVIE • 1948
Scared Stiff
MOVIE • 1953
The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema
MOVIE • 2002
Copacabana
MOVIE • 1947
The Gang's All Here
MOVIE • 1943
Showbiz Goes to War
MOVIE • 1982
Down Argentine Way
MOVIE • 1940
Springtime in the Rockies
MOVIE • 1942
3 Obás de Xangô
MOVIE • 2025
Something for the Boys
MOVIE • 1944