Carmen Miranda

Acting • 1909-02-09 • Marco de Canaveses, Portugal

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.

Known For

5.9

The Gang's All Here

1943

6.5

Scared Stiff

1953

5.3

Copacabana

1947

6.2

That Night in Rio

1941

6.3

Something for the Boys

1944

7.0

Week-End in Havana

1941

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Filmography

2026
Proust Palimpsesto: Pastiches e MisturasFilm
Dorita (archive footage) (uncredited)
2025
3 Obás de XangôFilm
Self (archive footage)
2024
Dorival Caymmi - Um Homem de AfetosFilm
Self (archive footage)
2024
I Can't Give You Anything But Love: The Jimmy McHugh StoryFilm
Self (archive footage)
2024
Nas Ondas de Dorival CaymmiFilm
Self (archive footage)
2020
Garoto - Vivo SonhandoFilm
Self (archive footage)
★ 7.0
2018
Dê Lembranças a TodosFilm
Self (archive footage)
★ 7.0
2014
Naked EyeFilm
Self (archive footage)
★ 6.0
2014
Rio 50 Degrees: Carry on CaRIOcaFilm
Self (archive footage)
2011
VitoFilm
Self (archive footage)
★ 7.0
2007
Busby Berkeley: A Journey with a StarFilm
Self (archive footage)
2006
LegendsTV
Self (archive footage) • 1 episodes
★ 5.0
2002
The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American CinemaFilm
★ 6.5
2002
Aurora Miranda - A Irmã Notável de CarmenFilm
1997
It's All BrazilFilm
Self (archive footage)
★ 6.4
1997
Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema NacionalFilm
Self
1996
Bahia de Todos os SambasFilm
(archive footage) (uncredited)
★ 8.0
1995
Carmen Miranda: Bananas Is My BusinessFilm
Self (archive footage)
★ 7.4
1994
That's Entertainment! IIIFilm
(archive footage) (uncredited)
★ 7.1
1993
It's All TrueFilm
Self
★ 7.7
1991
A Embaixatriz do SambaFilm
Self
★ 7.0
1982
Showbiz Goes to WarFilm
(archive footage)
★ 10.0
1978
Mulheres de CinemaFilm
Self (archive footage)
★ 10.0
1976
SalsaFilm
(archive footage)
★ 10.0
1976
Hooray for HollywoodFilm
Self (archive footage)
★ 8.0
1974
That's Entertainment!Film
(archive footage) (uncredited)
★ 7.4
1970
Brasileiros em HollywoodFilm
Self (archive footage)
1969
Carmen MirandaFilm
Self
★ 9.0
1969
Isto é LamartineFilm
★ 7.0
1954
The Jimmy Durante ShowTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 10.0
1953
Scared StiffFilm
Carmelita Castinha
★ 6.5
1950
What's My Line?TV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 7.1
1950
The Colgate Comedy HourTV
Self • 2 episodes
★ 6.9
1950
Nancy Goes to RioFilm
Marina Rodrigues
★ 6.0
1948
The Ed Sullivan ShowTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 6.8
1948
A Date with JudyFilm
Rosita Cochellas
★ 6.1
1947
CopacabanaFilm
Carmen Novarro / Mlle. Fifi
★ 5.3
1946
If I'm LuckyFilm
Michelle O'Toole
★ 6.7
1945
Doll FaceFilm
Chita Chula
★ 4.6
1945
The All-Star Bond RallyFilm
Self - Pinup Girl
★ 6.0
1944
Something for the BoysFilm
Chiquita Hart
★ 6.3
1944
Greenwich VillageFilm
Princess Querida O'Toole
★ 6.7
1944
Four Jills in a JeepFilm
Carmen Miranda
★ 6.8
1943
The Gang's All HereFilm
Dorita
★ 5.9
1942
Springtime in the RockiesFilm
Rosita Murphy
★ 6.9
1941
That Night in RioFilm
Carmen
★ 6.2
1941
Week-End in HavanaFilm
Rosita Rivas
★ 7.0
1940
Down Argentine WayFilm
Herself
★ 6.4
1939
Banana-da-TerraFilm
Queen of Bananaland
★ 9.0
1936
Alô Alô CarnavalFilm
★ 6.1
1935
EstudantesFilm
Mimi
★ 10.0
1935
Hello, Hello, Brazil!Film
Themself
★ 9.0
1933
A Voz do CarnavalFilm
1932
O Carnaval Cantado de 1932Film
Self