Carmen Miranda (1909 - 1955)

Portuguese-born Brazilian samba singer, dancer, Broadway actress, and film star

* February 9, 1909 Marco de Canaveses, Portugal
 as Maria do Carmo Miranda da Cunha
 August 5, 1955 Beverly Hills, California, USA



Books on Carmen Miranda

Martha Gil-Montero
Brazilian bombshell, The biography of Carmen Miranda
New York, 1989

Books with substantial mentioning of Carmen Miranda

Foreword by John-Michael Howson Cut! Foreword by John-Michael Howson
Cut!, Hollywood murders, accidents, and other tragedies
Willoughby, Australia, 2005

Tom Pendergast, Sara Pendergast (eds.)
International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, 3. Actors and Actresses
Detroit/New York/San Francisco/London/Boston/Woodbridge, CT, 2000

James Robert Parish & Michael R. Pitts Hollywood Songsters James Robert Parish & Michael R. Pitts
Hollywood Songsters, A Biographical Dictionary
New York & London, 1991

Robert A. Nowlan and Gwendolyn Wright Nowlan
Movie Characters of Leading Performers of the Sound Era
Chicago and London, 1990

James Robert Parish The Fox Girls James Robert Parish
The Fox Girls
New Rochelle, N.Y., 1971

Books with an entry on Carmen Miranda

David Thomson The New Biographical Dictionary of Film David Thomson
The New Biographical Dictionary of Film
New York, 2003

Glenn Mitchell The Marx Brothers Encyclopedia Glenn Mitchell
The Marx Brothers Encyclopedia
London, 1996

Danny Peary Cult Movie Stars Danny Peary
Cult Movie Stars
New York, [..], 1991

Stanley Appelbaum and James Camner (editors) Stars of the American Musical Theater in Historic Photographs Stanley Appelbaum and James Camner (editors)
Stars of the American Musical Theater in Historic Photographs, 361 Portraits from the 1860s to 1950
New York, 1981

Paul Michael, editor in chief. James Robert Parish, associate editor The American movies reference book Paul Michael, editor in chief. James Robert Parish, associate editor
The American movies reference book, The sound era
Englewood Cliffs, N.J.,, 1969

Books with photograph(s) of Carmen Miranda

John Kobal (ed.) Movie-Star Portraits of the Forties John Kobal (ed.)
Movie-Star Portraits of the Forties, 163 Glamor Photos
New York, 1977

Films

1940
Down Argentine Way

1941
That Night in Rio
Week-End in Havana

1942
Springtime in the Rockies

1943
The Gang's All Here

1944
Four Jills in a Jeep
Greenwich Village
Something for the Boys

1945
Doll Face

1947
Copacabana

1948
A Date with Judy

1950
Nancy Goes to Rio

1953
Scared Stiff

1985
Cocoon

1994
Thats Entertainment! III

2011
Vito

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