Poster for Carmen Miranda: Bananas Is My Business

Carmen Miranda: Bananas Is My Business (1995)

★ 7.4/10 91 min Documentary Brazil, United Kingdom Portuguese

Director: Helena Solberg

Streaming: Not available

Description

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.

Top Cast

Carmen Miranda Self (archive footage)

Maria José Queiroz Miranda Self

Aurora Miranda Self

Mario Cunha Self

Caribé da Rocha Self

Laurindo Almeida Self

Synval Silva Self

Aloysio de Oliveira Self

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