Carmen Miranda: Bananas Is My Business
Apr 13 1995
•2h 31m
•Documentary
A biography of the Portuguese-born Brazilian singer Carmen Miranda, whose most distinctive feature was her tutti-frutti hat. From her arrival in the US as the "Brazilian Bombshell" to her Broadway career and Hollywood stardom in the 1940s.
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Carmen Miranda
Self (archive footage)
Maria José Queiroz Miranda
Self
Aurora Miranda
Self
Mario Cunha
Self
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