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Carmen Miranda filmography

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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. The only glimpses that today's audiences can have of her Brazilian screen performances are in the recently restored Alô, Alô, Carnaval (1936)[1] and a tantalisingly brief clip from Banana da Terra (1939), in which she first wore on screen what would become her iconic baiana costume and extravagant turban.[2]

In 1939 she became a star on Broadway, at the invitation of US show business impresario, Lee Shubert,[3] and just two years later was under contract with the 20th Century-Fox studios in Hollywood.[4] Her most memorable performances are in the musical numbers of films such as Down Argentine Way (1940), Week-End in Havana (1941), That Night in Rio (1941) and The Gang's All Here (1943).

After World War II, Miranda's films at 20th Century Fox were made in black-and-white indicating her waning status at the studio. In 1946, she bought out her Fox contract for $75,000,[5] she made the decision to pursue her acting career free of the constraints of the studios. In 1947, she starred an independent production for United Artists, Copacabana alongside Groucho Marx, with limited success.

She was the first Latin American to inscribe her name, handprints and footprints on the Walk of Fame outside Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood on 24 March 1941, and in 1944 she became the highest-paid woman in United States.[6]

On August 4, 1955, Miranda filmed a number for The Jimmy Durante Show, during which she complained of being out of breath. In the early hours of the following morning, she died of a heart attack in the dressing room of her Beverly Hills mansion, collapsing to the floor, her hand still clutching a mirror.[7]

Carmen Miranda became a Latin American icon and two of the films in which she appeared—Down Argentine Way and The Gang's All Here—have been added to the Library of Congress's National Film Registry.[8]

Credits

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Film appearances

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List of acting credits in film, with directors and principal cast members
Title Year Role Director Co-stars Notes
A Esposa do Solteiro 1926 Carlo Campogalliani Uncredited[9]
Barro Humano 1929 Adhemar Gonzaga Lilita Rosa
Carlos Modesto
Eva Schnoor
There is a possibility that Carmen Miranda had appeared as an extra in a scene.[10]
Degraus da Vida 1930 Lourival Agra Carlos Eduardo
Elly Rene
Sérgio Soroa
unfinished[11]
O Carnaval Cantado de 1932 1932 Herself Vital Ramos de Castro
A Voz do Carnaval 1933 Herself Adhemar Gonzaga
Hello, Hello Brazil! 1935 Herself Wallace Downey
Adhemar Gonzaga
Ary Barroso
Aurora Miranda
Dircinha Batista
Estudantes 1935 Mimi Wallace Downey Barbosa Júnior
Mesquitinha
Mário Reis
Hello, Hello, Carnival! 1936 Herself Adhemar Gonzaga Francisco Alves
Mário Reis
Aurora Miranda
Banana da Terra 1939 Herself Ruy Costa Aloysio de Oliveira
Dircinha Batista
Oscarito
Laranja da China 1940 Herself Ruy Costa Dircinha Batista
Arnaldo Amaral
Down Argentine Way 1940 Herself Irving Cummings Don Ameche
Betty Grable
Her first American feature film and first of ten feature films for Twentieth Century-Fox
That Night in Rio 1941 Carmen Irving Cummings Alice Faye
Don Ameche
Week-End in Havana 1941 Rosita Rivas Walter Lang Alice Faye
John Payne
Cesar Romero
Springtime in the Rockies 1942 Rosita Murphy Irving Cummings Betty Grable
John Payne
Cesar Romero
The Gang's All Here 1943 Dorita Busby Berkeley Alice Faye
Phil Baker
Sheila Ryan
Four Jills in a Jeep 1944 Herself William A. Seiter Kay Francis
Carole Landis
Martha Raye
Mitzi Mayfair
Greenwich Village 1944 Princess Querida O'Toole Walter Lang Don Ameche
Vivian Blaine
William Bendix
Something for the Boys 1944 Chiquita Hart Lewis Seiler Vivian Blaine
Michael O'Shea
Phil Silvers
Doll Face 1945 Chita Chula Lewis Seiler Vivian Blaine
Dennis O'Keefe
Perry Como
If I'm Lucky 1946 Michelle O'Toole Lewis Seiler Vivian Blaine
Perry Como
Phil Silvers
Harry James
Her final film for Twentieth Century-Fox.
Copacabana 1947 Carmen Novarro / Mademoiselle Fifi Alfred E. Green Groucho Marx This was Carmen Miranda's first film after leaving Twentieth Century-Fox.[12]
A Date with Judy 1948 Rosita Cochellas Richard Thorpe Wallace Beery
Jane Powell
Elizabeth Taylor
Nancy Goes to Rio 1950 Marina Rodrigues Robert Z. Leonard Jane Powell
Ann Sothern
Barry Sullivan
Scared Stiff 1953 Carmelita Castinha George Marshall Dean Martin
Jerry Lewis
Lizabeth Scott
Scared Stiff was Carmen Miranda's final film.[13]

Short subjects

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List of acting credits in short subjects, with directors and principal cast members
Title Year Role Director Co-stars Notes
Hollywood Meets the Navy 1941 Herself Harriet Parsons
Sing with the Stars 1945 Herself[14] Dick Lane (as Richard Lane) Produced by Army Pictorial Service
The All-Star Bond Rally 1945 Pin-up girl Michael Audley
Hollywood Goes to War 1954 Herself[15]

Radio appearances

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Year Program Episode/source
1939 The Rudy Vallée Show June 29, 1939[16]
August 17, 1939
The Fred Allen Show October 4, 1939
1941 Rudy Vallee Valle Varieties May 22, 1941
1942 Command Performance March 29, 1942
August 4, 1942
Treasury Star Parade 1942
Hello Americans "Brazil"
1943 Command Performance "Tribute To The British Army"
1944 January 8, 1944
March 25, 1944
Lux Radio Theatre "Springtime In The Rockies"
Jubilee June 26, 1944
1945 Mail Call January 10, 1945
National Radio Hall of Fame "Breakfast In Hollywood"
Which Is Which January 31, 1945
Command Performance February 1, 1945
The Danny Kaye Show February 15, 1945
1946 The Fred Allen Show March 10, 1946
Here's To Veterans "First Song Sioux City Sue"
Command Performance June 30, 1946
1947 The Chase and Sanborn Hour November 23, 1947
The Ford Show April 2, 1947
1950 The Hedda Hopper Show December 10, 1950
1951 The Big Show March 25, 1951

Television appearances

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Year Program Episode/source Note
1948 Texaco Star Theatre 5 October 1948
1949 Erskine Johnson's Hollywood Reel
The Ed Wynn Show 29 September 1949
Texaco Star Theatre 18 January 1949
1950 Texaco Star Theatre 21 November 1950
1951 TV Club 28 February 1951
What's My Line? 18 November 1951
The Colgate Comedy Hour 16 December 1951
Texaco Star Theatre 6 November 1951
Four Star Revue 21 March 1951[17]
1952 The Colgate Comedy Hour 24 February 1952
Texaco Star Theatre 23 September 1952
1953 Four Star Revue 7 March 1953
Toast of the Town 13 September 1953
1955 The Jimmy Durante Show 15 October 1955 Last appearance before her death on 5 August 1955.[18]

Stage work

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References

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  1. ^ "Restaurado, "Alô, Alô, Carnaval" mostra que resiste aos Carnavais". Folha de S. Paulo. June 7, 2002. Retrieved August 20, 2016.
  2. ^ The International Film Musical, p.152
  3. ^ "Livro derruba mitos sobre Carmen Miranda". Folha de S. Paulo. November 30, 2005. Retrieved August 20, 2016.
  4. ^ Hirsch, Foster. The Boys from Syracuse: The Shuberts' Theatrical Empire, p.189
  5. ^ "Miranda Act". Sun-Sentinel. October 5, 1995. Archived from the original on May 23, 2014. Retrieved August 20, 2016.
  6. ^ "Tributes honor Carmen Miranda's colorful career". The Boston Globe. January 17, 2006. Retrieved August 20, 2016.
  7. ^ "Film Star Carmen Miranda Dies". Los Angeles Times. August 6, 1955. Retrieved August 20, 2016.
  8. ^ Cinematic Treasures Named to National Film Registry.
  9. ^ da Costa Garcia, Tânia. O "it verde e amarelo" de Carmen Miranda (1930-1946), p.31
  10. ^ Castro, Ruy, Carmen: uma Biografia. (2005)
  11. ^ Júnior, Abel Cardoso. Carmen Miranda, a cantora do Brasil, p.20
  12. ^ Gevinson, Alan. Within Our Gates: Ethnicity in American Feature Films, 1911-1960, p. 225
  13. ^ Firmat, Gustavo Pérez. Life on the Hyphen: The Cuban-American Way, p.202
  14. ^ Mendonça, Ana Rita. Carmen Miranda foi a Washington, p.101
  15. ^ Rowan Terry. World War II Goes to the Movies & Television Guide, p.226
  16. ^ The Seduction of Brazil: The Americanization of Brazil during World War II
  17. ^ Bakish, David. Jimmy Durante: His Show Business Career, With an Annotated Filmography and Discography, p.135
  18. ^ Martha Gil-Montero, Brazilian bombshell: the biography of Carmen Miranda, p.253
  19. ^ Carter, David Payne. Gower Champion: Dance and American Musical Theatre, p.12
  20. ^ Dietz, Dan. The Complete Book of 1940s Broadway Musicals, p.89
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