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Carmen Miranda - The Brazilian Bombshell

Carmen Miranda (born Maria do Carmo Miranda da Cunha in Marco de Canaveses, Porto on February 9, 1909 – 5 August 1955) was a Portuguese-born Brazilian singer. Nicknamed "The Brazilian Bombshell", she was known for her sass and signature fruit hat outfit that she wore in her American films.

Miranda was introduced to a composer while working at her family's inn, and she soon recorded her first single ("Não vá Simbora") in 1929. She then signed a two-year contract with Rádio Mayrink Veiga, the most popular Brazilian station of the 1930s. Her rise to stardom in Brazil was linked to the growth of a native style of music: the samba.

At the invitation of US show business impresario, Lee Shubert, who saw her perform in Rio's Cassino da Urca, she came to Broadway and starred in hit musicals: The Streets of Paris and Sons o' Fun.

. Her fame grew quickly, and she was formally presented to President Franklin D. Roosevelt at a White House banquet shortly after her arrival in the US.

When news of Broadway's latest star (known as the Brazilian Bombshell) reached Hollywood, Twentieth Century-Fox offered her a contract in 1941. Her most memorable film performances are in the musical numbers of films such as Week-End in Havana (1941) and The Gang's All Here (1943).

After World War II, Miranda's films at Fox were produced in black-and-white, indicative of Hollywood's diminishing interest in her. As a result, Miranda decided to produce her own films to limited success. Although her film career was faltering, her musical career remained solid and she was still a popular nightclub attraction. She continued to tour the US, Europe, and Latin America. After filming a segment for the NBC variety series The Jimmy Durante Show, where complained of feeling unwell, she died at home from a heart attack. She was 46 years old.

Legacy:

Chosen by former Brazilian president Getúlio Vargas as a goodwill ambassador in the United States

Was the first contract singer in Brazilian radio history; subsequently, the highest-paid radio singer in Brazil in the 1930s

Was Hollywood's highest-paid entertainer and the top female taxpayer in the United States in 1945, earning more than $200,000 that year

Has a museum in Rio de Janeiro, Museu Carmen Miranda, established in her honor in 1976

Received the Ordem do Infante Dom Henrique Grande Oficial, a Portuguese order of knighthood, in 1995

Has a square in Hollywood named Carmen Miranda Square with a ceremony headed by honorary mayor of Hollywood Johnny Grant and attended by Brazilian consul general Jorió Gama in 1998

Was one of 500 stars nominated for the American Film Institute's 50 greatest screen legends in 1999

Honored by the Museum of Modern Art in Rio de Janeiro in 2005 and the Latin America Memorial in São Paulo in 2006 with a Carmen Miranda Forever exhibit to commemorate the 50th anniversary of her death

Bestowed the Ordem do Mérito Cultural by the Ministry of Culture of Brazil in 2009

Was a part of a set of commemorative US Postal Service Latin Music Legends stamps, painted by Rafael Lopez, in 2011

Honored in the 2016 Summer Olympics closing ceremony with a tribute

Was the first Latin American star to be invited to leave hand and footprints in the courtyard of Grauman's Chinese Theatre

Was the first South American honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960, located at 6262 Hollywood Boulevard

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redhairclara · 8 months

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Showgirl and actress Avonne Taylor with a friend, c. 1920s

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Bela Lugosi photographed in 1923

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John Barrymore and Dolores Costello in When a Man Loves (Alan Crosland, 1927)

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Harold Lloyd

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Silent era vamp, Estelle Taylor c.1920s.

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I really hate that Taylor swift fans have discovered Clara bow. Can yall stop acting like know it alls when you didnt even know who she was till your cult leader told you about a week ago 🙄

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John Barrymore and Martha Mansfield in Dr. Jekyll and Mr Hyde 1920 🧪

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Anna May Wong, 1927

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🕸️ Theda Bara 🕸️

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Conrad Veidt in Budapest, March 1926.

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The casket of silent screen star Jeanne Eagels leaving Campbell’s Funeral Home at 65th St. and Broadway on its way to Kansas City, Mo., for burial, October 5, 1929. Eagels had died two days before of a drug overdose. She was 39.

Photo: NY Daily News

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