Carmen Miranda: Bananas Is My Business (1995)

7.4/10 91 min Documentary

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.

Cast

Carmen Miranda

Self (archive footage)

Aurora Miranda

Self

Laurindo Almeida

Self

Cesar Romero

Self

Alice Faye

Self

Rita Moreno

Self

Cynthia Adler

Luella Hopper

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