Carmen Miranda

Carmen Miranda

Known for
Acting
Born
February 9, 1909
Died
August 5, 1955 (aged 46)
Birthplace
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

Photos

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Filmography

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Steps of Life

Steps of Life

Movie

2026
Proust Palimpsesto: Pastiches e Misturas poster

Proust Palimpsesto: Pastiches e Misturas

Movie · as Dorita (archive footage) (uncredited)

2025
3 Obás de Xangô poster

3 Obás de Xangô

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2024
Dorival Caymmi - Um Homem de Afetos poster

Dorival Caymmi - Um Homem de Afetos

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2024
I Can't Give You Anything But Love: The Jimmy McHugh Story poster

I Can't Give You Anything But Love: The Jimmy McHugh Story

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2024
Nas Ondas de Dorival Caymmi poster

Nas Ondas de Dorival Caymmi

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2020
Garoto - Vivo Sonhando poster

Garoto - Vivo Sonhando

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2018
Dê Lembranças a Todos poster

Dê Lembranças a Todos

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2014
Rio 50 Degrees: Carry on CaRIOca poster

Rio 50 Degrees: Carry on CaRIOca

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2014
Naked Eye poster

Naked Eye

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2011
Vito poster

Vito

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2007
Busby Berkeley: A Journey with a Star poster

Busby Berkeley: A Journey with a Star

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2006
Legends poster

Legends

TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep

2002
The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema poster

The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema

Movie

2002
Aurora Miranda - A Irmã Notável de Carmen poster

Aurora Miranda - A Irmã Notável de Carmen

Movie

1997
Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional poster

Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional

Movie · as Self

1997
It's All Brazil poster

It's All Brazil

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1996
Bahia de Todos os Sambas poster

Bahia de Todos os Sambas

Movie · as (archive footage) (uncredited)

1995
Carmen Miranda: Bananas Is My Business poster

Carmen Miranda: Bananas Is My Business

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1994
That's Entertainment! III poster

That's Entertainment! III

Movie · as (archive footage) (uncredited)

1993
It's All True poster

It's All True

Movie · as Self

1991
A Embaixatriz do Samba poster

A Embaixatriz do Samba

Movie · as Self

1982
Showbiz Goes to War poster

Showbiz Goes to War

Movie · as (archive footage)

1978
Mulheres de Cinema poster

Mulheres de Cinema

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1976
Salsa poster

Salsa

Movie · as (archive footage)

1976
Hooray for Hollywood poster

Hooray for Hollywood

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1974
That's Entertainment! poster

That's Entertainment!

Movie · as (archive footage) (uncredited)

1970
Brasileiros em Hollywood poster

Brasileiros em Hollywood

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1969
Carmen Miranda poster

Carmen Miranda

Movie · as Self

1969
Isto é Lamartine

Isto é Lamartine

Movie

1954
The Jimmy Durante Show

The Jimmy Durante Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1953
Scared Stiff poster

Scared Stiff

Movie · as Carmelita Castinha

1950
Nancy Goes to Rio poster

Nancy Goes to Rio

Movie · as Marina Rodrigues

1950
The Colgate Comedy Hour poster

The Colgate Comedy Hour

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1950
What's My Line? poster

What's My Line?

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1948
A Date with Judy poster

A Date with Judy

Movie · as Rosita Cochellas

1948
The Ed Sullivan Show poster

The Ed Sullivan Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1947
Copacabana poster

Copacabana

Movie · as Carmen Novarro / Mlle. Fifi

1946
If I'm Lucky poster

If I'm Lucky

Movie · as Michelle O'Toole

1945
Doll Face poster

Doll Face

Movie · as Chita Chula

1945
The All-Star Bond Rally poster

The All-Star Bond Rally

Movie · as Self - Pinup Girl

1944
Something for the Boys poster

Something for the Boys

Movie · as Chiquita Hart

1944
Greenwich Village poster

Greenwich Village

Movie · as Princess Querida O'Toole

1944
Four Jills in a Jeep poster

Four Jills in a Jeep

Movie · as Carmen Miranda

1943
The Gang's All Here poster

The Gang's All Here

Movie · as Dorita

1942
Springtime in the Rockies poster

Springtime in the Rockies

Movie · as Rosita Murphy

1941
That Night in Rio poster

That Night in Rio

Movie · as Carmen

1941
Week-End in Havana poster

Week-End in Havana

Movie · as Rosita Rivas

1940
Down Argentine Way poster

Down Argentine Way

Movie · as Herself

1939
Banana-da-Terra poster

Banana-da-Terra

Movie · as Queen of Bananaland

1936
Alô Alô Carnaval poster

Alô Alô Carnaval

Movie

1935
Hello, Hello, Brazil! poster

Hello, Hello, Brazil!

Movie · as Themself

1935
Estudantes poster

Estudantes

Movie · as Mimi

1933
A Voz do Carnaval poster

A Voz do Carnaval

Movie

1932
O Carnaval Cantado de 1932

O Carnaval Cantado de 1932

Movie · as Self