Carmen Miranda
Carmen Miranda (February 9, 1909 – August 5, 1955) was a Portuguese-Brazilian singer and actress.[1] She was best known for her exotic costumes and hats made of fruit.[1]
Carmen Miranda | |
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| File:Gangs all here trailer.jpg From the movie The Gang's All Here (1943) | |
| Born | Maria do Carmo Miranda da Cunha, GCIH 9 February 1909 |
| Died | 5 August 1955 (aged 46) |
| Cause of death | Heart attack |
| Other names | The Brazilian Bombshell The Chiquita Banana Girl The Lady in the tutti frutti hat |
| Years active | 1928–1955 |
| Spouse(s) | David Alfred Sebastian
(m. 1947–1955) |
Carmen Miranda Media
- Travessa do Comércio, Rio.jpg
Travessa do Comércio in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Miranda lived at number 13 when she was young.
- Abbott, Costello and Carmen Miranda.jpg
Bud Abbott (left) and Lou Costello with Miranda
- Carmen Miranda 1941.JPG
Photo of Carmen Miranda published by the New York Sunday News in 1941
- Scena Muda v.21, n.1076, 1941 - Carmen Miranda.jpg
On the cover of the Brazilian magazine A Cena Muda, 1941
- Carmen Miranda, 1943.JPG
Photo of Carmen Miranda published by the New York Sunday News in 1943. Dating is at upper right of uncropped photo.
- Carmen Miranda - Grauman's Chinese Theatre, 1941.jpg
In 1941 Miranda was invited to leave her hand and (high-heeled) footprints at Grauman's Chinese Theatre, the first Latin American to do so.
The musical number "The Lady in the Tutti Frutti Hat", performed by Miranda in the film The Gang's All Here.
- Carmen Miranda & Dennis O'Keefe in Doll Face 1946.JPG
Doll Face (1945), Miranda's first black-and-white film for Fox