Carmen Miranda: Bananas Is My Business

Carmen Miranda: Bananas Is My Business

1995 · Documentary · 1h 31m · 7.4

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.

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Cast

Carmen Miranda
Carmen Miranda
Self (archive footage)
M
Maria José Queiroz Miranda
Self
Aurora Miranda
Aurora Miranda
Self
M
Mario Cunha
Self
C
Caribé da Rocha
Self
Laurindo Almeida
Laurindo Almeida
Self
S
Synval Silva
Self
A
Aloysio de Oliveira
Self
Cesar Romero
Cesar Romero
Self
Alice Faye
Alice Faye
Self
J
Jeanne Allan
Self
E
Estela Romero
Self

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