Since stepping her tiny feet into New York in 1939, no one has better represented Brazil than Carmen Miranda. With her fruit covered turbans, puffy sleeves and sensual hand movements meant to mimic ...

Known for her outrageous costumes and beautiful voice, Brazilian performer Carmen Miranda was the highest-earning woman in Hollywood in the 1940s. In the signature number in the 1943 extravaganza The ...

Sao Paulo, 5 ago (EFE).Sao Paulo, 5 ago (EFE). — Después de sesenta años de la muerte de la ‘Pequeña Notable’, los brasileños recuerdan hoy a Carmen Miranda, la artista de origen portugués que hizo ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Rio De Janeiro, Brazil – In 1944, she was the highest-paid actress in America. And she wasn’t even American. Carmen Miranda was rich, powerful, a denizen of ...

On February 9, 1909, future Hollywood star Carmen Miranda was born in Portugal. Her family soon relocated to Brazil, where Carmen became a young singing sensation. In the early 1940s she broke into ...

Rio de Janeiro — IN 1944, she was the highest-paid actress in America. And she wasn’t even American. Carmen Miranda was rich, powerful, a denizen of Beverly Hills and a household name everywhere. The ...

It’s been more than 70 years since Brazilian singer and actress Carmen Miranda rose to fame as the “Lady in the Tutti Frutti Hat,” becoming one of the highest-paid actresses of the 1940s and ...