Actor

Carmen Miranda

12 credited titles on WatchWise

Maria do Carmo Miranda da Cunha GOIH • OMC (Marco de Canaveses, February 9, 1909 – Beverly Hills, August 5, 1955), known professionally as Carmen Miranda, was a Portuguese-born Brazilian singer, dancer, and actress who attained fame in Brazil and the US in the 1930s. Best known to American audiences as "the lady in the tutti-frutti hat" due to her signature headdresses made of fruits, she was the first South American honoured with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Carmen Miranda in one minute

Strongest genre

Comedy

$3.3M · 33% hit rate

Biggest hit

That's Entertainment!

$19M

Standout efficiency

6.0x

That's Entertainment! · gross ÷ budget

Commercial performance

Associated lifetime gross

$6.2M

Combined reported budget

$3.0M

Gross / budget

2.1x

Bankability Index

24 / 100

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