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 | |
|---|---|
| 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.
- Carmen Miranda em The Gang's All Here, 1943.jpg
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
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Institution, Smithsonian. "Carmen Miranda". Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2024-03-21.
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