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Maria do Carmo Miranda da Cunha GCIH, OMC [1] (9 February 1909 – 5 August 1955), known professionally as Carmen Miranda (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈkaʁmẽj miˈɾɐ̃dɐ]), was a Portuguese-born Brazilian singer, dancer, and actress.
Copacabana is a 1947 American musical comedy film directed by Alfred E. Green starring Carmen Miranda, Groucho Marx and Steve Cochran.The film is a showcase for Miranda, who performs several numbers in her usual style, including a high-energy rendition of "Tico-Tico".
Carmen Miranda in 1944. This is a complete filmography of Carmen Miranda, a Portuguese-Brazilian singer, actress, and dancer. By the mid-1930s, Carmen Miranda had become the most popular female singer in Brazil, and one of the nation's first film stars. In her lifetime she had appeared in six Brazilian films and fourteen US productions.
Down Argentine Way marked the American film debut of Carmen Miranda (as she already had appeared in Brazilian films), already known as "the Brazilian Bombshell." Turner Classic Movies described her musical numbers in the movie as "a gaudy delight—and the Nicholas Brothers serve up a characteristically joyous, effervescent routine." [15]
Carmen Miranda, something of a sensation on Broadway and therefore a subject for exploitation in this appearance, performs four characteristic numbers but plays no part in the film save as herself. Charlotte Greenwood contributes comedy and a bit of dancing, both in the vein she is known for, but it is the Nicholas Brothers, Negro dance team ...
In 1946, Cecilia moved to the United States, where she lived with her sister Carmen Miranda in Beverly Hills for a year. Cecilia Miranda died on May 21, 2011, of natural causes in Rio de Janeiro at age 97. For six years, she was the last Miranda sister living. [citation needed]
After Scott's Carmen Miranda appearance, Tom Brokaw, former Today Show anchor said of Scott, "Willard was a born showman". [16] Al Roker , the meteorologist who succeeded Scott on the Today Show said "No broadcaster was loved by so many and brought so many smiles".
On stage: Jerry Colonna (voiced by Blanc) and Bob Hope; Carmen Miranda, dancing with her signature fruit headdress; Babbit and Catstello (caricatures of Abbott and Costello, from other cartoons such as The Mouse-Merized Cat; only here, they are dogs; Catstello is also voiced by Blanc)