Carmen Miranda, pron. IPA: ['kaɾme͂j mi'rɐ͂dɐ], (February 9, 1909 – August 5, 1955); birth name Maria do Carmo Miranda da Cunha, GCIH) was a Portuguese-born[1] Brazilian[2] samba singer and motion picture star most active in the 1940s and 1950s. Famous for promoting Brazil all over the world, she was a Broadway star, the highest paid artist in Hollywood and the highest paid woman in the USA. She became best-known for her movie appearances, mostly musicals, wearing a hat with assorted tropical fruit on top, which has since become her iconic image.READ MORE HERE>>>
Carmen’s Hollywood image was one of a generic Latinness that blurred the distinctions between Brazil, Argentina, and Mexico as well as between samba, tango and habanera. It was carefully stylized and outlandishly flamboyant. She was often shown wearing platform sandals and towering headdresses made of fruit, becoming famous as "the lady in the tutti-frutti hat." At only 5 feet tall (1.52 m), these accoutrements made her appear almost larger-than-life on screen.
Gay Impersonators of Carmen Miranda
Batucada ("The Drumbeating")Carmen Miranda & Harry James
Busby Berkeley is at it again. Welcome to Banana Island. Only beautiful women with big bananas and little organ grinders with monkeys live here. Carmen Miranda is the queen and sings an electrifying song about her hat. This was banned in Brazil, and for good reason. This number ran at the Club New Yorker in 1943.
"The Lady In The Tutti-Frutti Hat" from THE GANG'S ALL HERE
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