Acting
Carmen Miranda
Born 1909-02-09
Marco de Canaveses, Portugal
Department: Acting
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
Prominent works featuring Carmen Miranda
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What's My Line?
1950
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The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
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The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950
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That's Entertainment!
1974
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Legends
2006
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Scared Stiff
1953
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That's Entertainment! III
1994
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The Gang's All Here
1943
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Copacabana
1947
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A Date with Judy
1948
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Filmography & Credits
Complete career catalog (55 titles)
| Poster | Title | Character / Role | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Proust Palimpsesto: Pastiches e Misturas | Dorita (archive footage) (uncredited) | Movie | 2026 |
 | 3 Obás de Xangô | Self (archive footage) | Movie | 2025 |
 | Nas Ondas de Dorival Caymmi | Self (archive footage) | Movie | 2024 |
 | I Can't Give You Anything But Love: The Jimmy McHugh Story | Self (archive footage) | Movie | 2024 |
 | Dorival Caymmi - Um Homem de Afetos | Self (archive footage) | Movie | 2024 |
 | Garoto - Vivo Sonhando | Self (archive footage) | Movie | 2020 |
 | Dê Lembranças a Todos | Self (archive footage) | Movie | 2018 |
 | Rio 50 Degrees: Carry on CaRIOca | Self (archive footage) | Movie | 2014 |
 | Naked Eye | Self (archive footage) | Movie | 2014 |
 | Vito | Self (archive) | Movie | 2011 |
 | Busby Berkeley: A Journey with a Star | Self (archive footage) | Movie | 2007 |
 | Legends | Self (archive footage) | TV Series | 2006 |
 | The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2002 |
 | Aurora Miranda - A Irmã Notável de Carmen | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2002 |
 | It's All Brazil | Self (archive footage) | Movie | 1997 |
 | Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional | Self | Movie | 1997 |
 | Bahia de Todos os Sambas | (archive footage) (uncredited) | Movie | 1996 |
 | Carmen Miranda: Bananas Is My Business | Self (archive footage) | Movie | 1995 |
 | That's Entertainment! III | (archive footage) (uncredited) | Movie | 1994 |
 | It's All True | Self | Movie | 1993 |
 | A Embaixatriz do Samba | Self | Movie | 1991 |
 | Showbiz Goes to War | (archive footage) | Movie | 1982 |
 | Mulheres de Cinema | Self (archive footage) | Movie | 1978 |
 | Salsa | (archive footage) | Movie | 1976 |
 | Hooray for Hollywood | Self (archive footage) | Movie | 1976 |
 | That's Entertainment! | (archive footage) (uncredited) | Movie | 1974 |
 | Brasileiros em Hollywood | Self (archive footage) | Movie | 1970 |
 | Carmen Miranda | Self | Movie | 1969 |
| Isto é Lamartine | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1969 | |
| The Jimmy Durante Show | Self | TV Series | 1954 | |
 | Scared Stiff | Carmelita Castinha | Movie | 1953 |
 | The Colgate Comedy Hour | Self | TV Series | 1950 |
 | Nancy Goes to Rio | Marina Rodrigues | Movie | 1950 |
 | What's My Line? | Self | TV Series | 1950 |
 | A Date with Judy | Rosita Cochellas | Movie | 1948 |
 | The Ed Sullivan Show | Self | TV Series | 1948 |
 | Copacabana | Carmen Novarro / Mlle. Fifi | Movie | 1947 |
 | If I'm Lucky | Michelle O'Toole | Movie | 1946 |
 | Doll Face | Chita Chula | Movie | 1945 |
 | The All-Star Bond Rally | Self - Pinup Girl | Movie | 1945 |
 | Something for the Boys | Chiquita Hart | Movie | 1944 |
 | Greenwich Village | Princess Querida O'Toole | Movie | 1944 |
 | Four Jills in a Jeep | Carmen Miranda | Movie | 1944 |
 | The Gang's All Here | Dorita | Movie | 1943 |
 | Springtime in the Rockies | Rosita Murphy | Movie | 1942 |
 | Week-End in Havana | Rosita Rivas | Movie | 1941 |
 | That Night in Rio | Carmen | Movie | 1941 |
 | Down Argentine Way | Herself | Movie | 1940 |
 | Banana-da-Terra | Queen of Bananaland | Movie | 1939 |
 | Alô Alô Carnaval | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1936 |
 | Estudantes | Mimi | Movie | 1935 |
 | Hello, Hello, Brazil! | Themself | Movie | 1935 |
 | A Voz do Carnaval | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1933 |
| O Carnaval Cantado de 1932 | Self | Movie | 1932 | |
| Steps of Life | Self / Appearance | Movie | — |