Carmen Miranda Family, Real Name, Spouse, Profession, Eye Color, body stats, Feet Size, Wiki

Carmen Miranda Family, Real Name, Spouse, Profession, Eye Color, body stats, Feet Size, Wiki

Carmen Miranda GCIH OMC (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈkaɾmẽȷ̃

miËˆÉ¾É ÌƒdÉ ]; born Maria do Carmo Miranda da Cunha; 9 February 1909

â€" 5 August 1955) was a Portuguese-born Brazilian samba singer,

dancer, Broadway actress, and film star who was active from the 1930s

on. Nicknamed "The Brazilian Bombshell", Miranda is known for her

signature fruit hat outfit 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.During the 1930s, Miranda performed on Brazilian

radio and appeared in five Brazilian chanchadas, films celebrating

Brazilian music, dance, and the country's carnival culture. Hello,

Hello Brazil! and Hello, Hello, Carnival! embodied the spirit of these

early Miranda films. The 1939 musical Banana da Terra (directed by Ruy

Costa) gave the world her "Baiana" image, inspired by

African-Brazilians from the northeastern state of Bahia.In 1939,

Broadway producer Lee Shubert offered Miranda an eight-week contract

to perform in The Streets of Paris after seeing her at Cassino da Urca

in Rio de Janeiro. The following year she made her first Hollywood

film, Down Argentine Way with Don Ameche and Betty Grable, and her

exotic clothing and Lusophone accent became her trademark. That year,

she was voted the third-most-popular personality in the United States;

she and her group, Bando da Lua, were invited to sing and dance for

President Franklin D. Roosevelt. 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.
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