Actor info
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Name :
Carmen Miranda
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Born :
February 9, 1909 in Marco de Canaveses, Portugal (46 years at death)
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Died :
August 5, 1955
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Known for :
Acting
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Gender :
Female
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Film career :
49 films (1930–2026)
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Also known as :
Maria do Carmo Miranda da Cunha
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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.
Notable films
- That's Entertainment! III (1994) as (archive footage)
- Salsa (1976) as (archive footage)
- That's Entertainment! (1974) as (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Scared Stiff (1953) as Carmelita Castinha
- Copacabana (1947) as Carmen Novarro / Mlle. Fifi
