Carmen Miranda
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Maria do Carmo Miranda da Cunha, known professionally as Carmen Miranda, was a Portuguese-born Brazilian singer, dancer, and actress. Nicknamed "the Brazilian Bombshell," she was known for her signatu
Miranda in a scene from the film Week-End in Havana (1941)
Travessa do Comércio in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Miranda lived at number 13 when she was young.
Miranda in 1930
Poster for the 1936 Brazilian film, Hello, Hello, Carnival!
The Gang's All Here is a 1943 American Twentieth Century Fox Technicolor musical film starring Alice Faye, Carmen Miranda and James Ellison. The film, directed and choreographed by Busby Berkeley, is
Carmen Miranda
…Grauman's Chinese Theatre and was the first South American honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. In 1943, Miranda starred in Busby Berkeley's The Gang's All Here, which featured musical numbers with the fruit hats that became her trademark. By 1945, she was the highest-paid woman in the United States. Miranda…
Theatrical release poster
Left to right: Alice Faye, Phil Baker, and Carmen Miranda in The Gang's All Here (1943).
Miranda became known for the signature fruit hat outfit she wore in her American films, especially in The Gang's All Here.
Carmen Miranda as Dorita in a scene from the film The Gang's All Here.