Carmen Miranda
Carmen Miranda, GCIH, OMC (Portuguese pronunciation: born Maria do Carmo Miranda da Cunha, 9 February 1909 – 5 August 1955) was a Portuguese-born Brazilian samba singer, dancer, Broadway actress and film star who was active from the late 1920s onwards. Nicknamed "The Brazilian Bombshell", Miranda was known for her signature fruit hat outfit that she wore in her American films. As a young woman, she designed hats in a boutique before making her first recordings with composer Josué de Barros in 1929. Miranda's 1930 recording of "Taí (Pra Você Gostar de Mim)", written by Joubert de Carvalho, catapulted her to stardom in Brazil as the foremost interpreter of samba.
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| Full name at birth | Maria do Carmo Miranda Da Cunha
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| Claim to fame | The Brazilian Bombshell
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| Date of birth | 9 February 1909
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| Place of birth | Marco de Canavezes, Portugal
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| Date of death | 5 August 1955
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| Age | 46 (age at death)
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| Place of death | Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA
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| Cause of death | Heart Attack
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| Resting place | São João Batista Cemetery, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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| Occupation | Singer, dancer, actress
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| Height | 5' (152 cm)
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| Weight | 107 lbs (49 kg)
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- Died of a heart attack hours after her final appearance on the Jimmy Durante Show
- The "Lady with the Tutti-Frutti Hat" in Hollywood musicals of the 1940s. See her at her sparkling best as the cheeky "Rosita Murphy" in the gorgeous Technicolor Springtime in the Rockies (1942), in which, without the slightest effort, she virtually steals every scene she's in - upstaging even the film's [nominal] star, Betty Grable!
- Carmen Miranda, or rather her ghost, is the subject of a song by Leslie Fish called "Carmen Miranda's ghost is haunting Space Station Three". There is also a book by that name, containing a collection of short stories. The only connection between the stories is that each have to do with the title.
- The intersection of Hollywood Bl. and Orange Drive, was named Carmen Miranda Square. [September 1998]
- She appeared in the 1939 Broadway revue, "Streets of Paris", in which she introduced the song "South American Way".
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