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Carmen Miranda, was a Portuguese-born Brazilian samba singer, dancer, Broadway actress, and film star who was popular from the 1930s to the 1950s. Nicknamed "The Brazilian Bombshell", Miranda is noted for her signature fruit hat outfit she wore in her American films. As a young woman, she designed hats in a boutique before making her first recordings with composer Josué de Barros in 1929. Miranda's 1930 recording of "Taí ", written by Joubert de Carvalho, catapulted her to stardom in Brazil as the foremost interpreter of samba.
Birth Name
Maria do Carmo Miranda da Cunha
Born
Tuesday, 09 February 1909
Died
Friday, 05 August 1955
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Lucy and Desi | Self | 2022 |
| Olho Nu | (archive footage) | 2014 |
| Vito | Carmen Novarro / Mlle. Fifi | 2011 |
| Cantoras do Rádio - O Filme | (archive footage) | 2009 |
| The Man Who Bottled Clouds | (archive footage) | 2008 |
| Cartola, the Samba Legend | Self | 2007 |
| Imagine | Self | 2003 |
| Inside the Marx Brothers | Carmen Navarro (clip from Copacabana (1947)) | 2003 |
| The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema | Self | 2002 |
| E! Mysteries & Scandals | (archive footage) | 1998 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Lucy and Desi | Self | 2022 |
| Olho Nu | (archive footage) | 2014 |
| Vito | Carmen Novarro / Mlle. Fifi | 2011 |
| Cantoras do Rádio - O Filme | (archive footage) | 2009 |
| The Man Who Bottled Clouds | (archive footage) | 2008 |
| Cartola, the Samba Legend | Self | 2007 |
| Imagine | Self | 2003 |
| Inside the Marx Brothers | Carmen Navarro (clip from Copacabana (1947)) | 2003 |
| The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema | Self | 2002 |
| E! Mysteries & Scandals | (archive footage) | 1998 |
| Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults | Self | 1997 |
| Tudo É Brasil | Herself (archive footage) / Self | 1997 |
| Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years | Actress 'The Gang's All Here' | 1997 |
| Carmen Miranda: Bananas Is My Business | Herself (archive footage) / Self | 1995 |
| That's Entertainment! III | (archive footage) / Performer in Clip from 'Nancy Goes to Rio' | 1994 |
| It's All True | Herself / Self | 1993 |
| Biography | Self | 1987 |
| Cocoon | Vocalist on Recording: 'Weekend in Havana' | 1985 |
| Showbiz Goes to War | (archive footage) | 1982 |
| Salsa | 1976 | |
| That's Entertainment! | Clip from 'A Date with Judy' | 1974 |
| The Jimmy Durante Show | Self | 1954 |
| Scared Stiff | Carmelita Castinha | 1953 |
| All Star Revue | Self - Guest Vocalist / Self - Guest Samba Vocalist / Dancer | 1950 |
| The Colgate Comedy Hour | Self - Singer / Self | 1950 |
| TV Club | Self | 1950 |
| Nancy Goes to Rio | Marina Rodrigues | 1950 |
| What's My Line? | Herself - Mystery Guest | 1950 |
| The Ed Wynn Show | Self | 1949 |
| A Date with Judy | Rosita Conchellas / Rosita Cochellas | 1948 |
| The Ed Sullivan Show | Self | 1948 |
| The Milton Berle Show | Self - Singer / Singer / Dancer / Self / Actress | 1948 |
| We, the People | Self - Actress | 1948 |
| Copacabana | Mlle Fifi / Carmen Navarro / Carmen Novarro / Mlle. Fifi | 1947 |
| If I'm Lucky | Michelle O'Toole | 1946 |
| Doll Face | Chita Chula | 1945 |
| The All-Star Bond Rally | Self - Pinup Girl | 1945 |
| Something for the Boys | Chiquita Hart | 1944 |
| Greenwich Village | Princess Querida O'Toole | 1944 |
| Four Jills in a Jeep | Carmen Miranda | 1944 |
| The Gang's All Here | Dorita | 1943 |
| Springtime in the Rockies | Rosita Murphy | 1942 |
| Week-End in Havana | Rosita Rivas | 1941 |
| Meet the Stars #5: Hollywood Meets the Navy | Self | 1941 |
| That Night in Rio | Carmen | 1941 |
| Down Argentine Way | Carmen Miranda / Herself | 1940 |
| Laranja-da-China | 1940 | |
| Banana-da-Terra | Queen of Bananaland | 1939 |
| Alô Alô Carnaval | 1936 | |
| A Voz do Carnaval | Self at Rádio Mayrink Veiga | 1933 |
