Carmen Miranda: Bananas Is My Business

Carmen Miranda: Bananas Is My Business (1995)

13/04/1995
Documentary
1h 31m

Overview

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.

  • Helena SolbergDirector
  • Status

    Released

  • Original Language

    Portuguese

Keywords

  • profile
  • woman director

Top Billed Cast

Carmen Miranda

Carmen Miranda

Self (archive footage)

Maria José Queiroz Miranda

Self

Aurora Miranda

Aurora Miranda

Self

Mario Cunha

Self

Caribé da Rocha

Self

Laurindo Almeida

Laurindo Almeida

Self

Synval Silva

Self

Aloysio de Oliveira

Self

Cesar Romero

Cesar Romero

Self

Alice Faye

Alice Faye

Self

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