Carmen Miranda

Carmen Miranda

Actor

Marco de Canaveses, Portugal
February 9, 1909

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.

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Representative Works

Estudantes
Estudantes
10.0
/ Portuguese
That's Entertainment!
That's Entertainment!
7.4
/ English
Scared Stiff
Scared Stiff
6.5
/ English
A Date with Judy
A Date with Judy
6.1
/ English
Greenwich Village
Greenwich Village
6.7
/ English
Copacabana
Copacabana
5.3
/ English
That's Entertainment! III
That's Entertainment! III
7.1
/ English
The Gang's All Here
The Gang's All Here
5.9
/ English
That Night in Rio
That Night in Rio
6.2
/ English
Proust Palimpsesto: Pastiches e Misturas
Proust Palimpsesto: Pastiches e Misturas
No Rating Yet
/ Portuguese
Carmen Miranda
Carmen Miranda
9.0
/ Portuguese
Alô Alô Carnaval
Alô Alô Carnaval
6.1
/ Portuguese

Awards and Honors

Critical Favorites

Estudantes
1935Winner

Best Performance

Estudantes

That's Entertainment!
1974Nominee

Best Performance

That's Entertainment!

Scared Stiff
1953Nominee

Best Performance

Scared Stiff

Career Highlights

A Date with Judy
1948Highlight

Best Performance

A Date with Judy

Greenwich Village
1944Highlight

Best Performance

Greenwich Village

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