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.

Carmen Miranda

Acting Born February 9, 1909 – Died August 5, 1955 Marco de Canaveses, Portugal

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?

Self

The Ed Sullivan Show

Self

The Colgate Comedy Hour

Self

Legends

Self (archive footage)

The Jimmy Durante Show

Self

That's Entertainment!

(archive footage) (uncredited)

Scared Stiff

Carmelita Castinha

The Gang's All Here

Dorita

Showbiz Goes to War

(archive footage)

Copacabana

Carmen Novarro / Mlle. Fifi

That's Entertainment! III

(archive footage) (uncredited)

A Date with Judy

Rosita Cochellas