profile image

Carmen Miranda

Feb 09, 1909 - Aug 05, 1955 (46 years old) in 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 first South American honoured with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Known For

poster
Legends
Self (archive footage)
poster
Doll Face
Chita Chula
poster
That's Entertainment!
(archive footage) (uncredited)
poster
That's Entertainment! III
(archive footage)
poster
Scared Stiff
Carmelita Castinha
poster
Showbiz Goes to War
(archive footage)

Credits