Carmen Miranda

Carmen Miranda

Actor

Marco de Canaveses, Portugal
February 9, 1909

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.

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Representative Works

Estudantes
Estudantes
10.0
/ Portuguese
Scared Stiff
Scared Stiff
6.5
/ English
Greenwich Village
Greenwich Village
6.7
/ English
Copacabana
Copacabana
5.3
/ English
A Date with Judy
A Date with Judy
6.1
/ English
Vito
Vito
7.0
/ English
The Gang's All Here
The Gang's All Here
5.9
/ English
3 Obás de Xangô
3 Obás de Xangô
No Rating Yet
/ Portuguese
A Voz do Carnaval
A Voz do Carnaval
No Rating Yet
/ Portuguese
Hello, Hello, Brazil!
Hello, Hello, Brazil!
9.0
/ Portuguese

Awards and Honors

Critical Favorites

Estudantes
1935Winner

Best Performance

Estudantes

That's Entertainment!
1974Nominee

Best Performance

That's Entertainment!

Scared Stiff
1953Nominee

Best Performance

Scared Stiff

Career Highlights

Greenwich Village
1944Highlight

Best Performance

Greenwich Village

Copacabana
1947Highlight

Best Performance

Copacabana