Carmen Miranda
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.
Known For
What's My Line?
The Ed Sullivan Show
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Legends
The Jimmy Durante Show
Scared Stiff
That's Entertainment! III
Naked Eye
That's Entertainment!
Doll Face
Copacabana
Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional
Vito
Week-End in Havana
Something for the Boys
Showbiz Goes to War
The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema
The Gang's All Here