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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.
Awards & recognition
- Grand Officer of the Order of Prince Henry
- Order of Cultural Merit (Brazil)
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
Filmography13 titles
It's All True
1993as Self
1993as Self
That's Entertainment!
1974as (archive footage) (uncredited)
1974as (archive footage) (uncredited)
That's Entertainment! III
1994as (archive footage)
1994as (archive footage)
What's My Line?
1950as Self
1950as Self
Vito
2011as Self (archive)
2011as Self (archive)
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950as Self
1950as Self
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948as Self
1948as Self
Greenwich Village
1944as Princess Querida O'Toole
1944as Princess Querida O'Toole
Scared Stiff
1953as Carmelita Castinha
1953as Carmelita Castinha
Down Argentine Way
1940as Herself
1940as Herself
A Date with Judy
1948as Rosita Cochellas
1948as Rosita Cochellas
The Gang's All Here
1943as Dorita
1943as Dorita
Doll Face
1945as Chita Chula
1945as Chita Chula