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Carmen Miranda
Carmen Miranda

Carmen Miranda

  • Department:Acting
  • Place of birth:Marco de Canaveses, Portugal
  • Birthday:2/9/1909
  • Deathday:8/5/1955
  • Popularity:0
  • Also known as:Maria do Carmo Miranda da Cunha

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.Expand

Acting and producing career