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) 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.The International Film Musical, p.152

In 1939 she became a star on Broadway, at the invitation of US show business impresario, Lee Shubert, and just two years later was under contract with the 20th Century-Fox studios in Hollywood.Hirsch, Foster. The Boys from Syracuse: The Shuberts' Theatrical Empire, p.189 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, 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.

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.

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.Cinematic Treasures Named to National Film Registry.

Credits

Film appearances + 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 Uncreditedda Costa Garcia, Tânia. O "it verde e amarelo" de Carmen Miranda (1930-1946), p.31 Barro Humano 1929 Adhemar Gonzaga Lilita RosaCarlos ModestoEva Schnoor There is a possibility that Carmen Miranda had appeared as an extra in a scene.Castro, Ruy, Carmen: uma Biografia. (2005) Degraus da Vida 1930 Lourival Agra Carlos EduardoElly ReneSérgio Soroa unfinishedJúnior, Abel Cardoso. Carmen Miranda, a cantora do Brasil, p.20 O Carnaval Cantado de 1932 1932 Herself Vital Ramos de Castro A Voz do Carnaval 1933 Herself Adhemar GonzagaHello, Hello Brazil! 1935 HerselfWallace DowneyAdhemar Gonzaga Ary BarrosoAurora MirandaDircinha BatistaEstudantes 1935 Mimi Wallace Downey Barbosa JúniorMesquitinhaMário ReisHello, Hello, Carnival! 1936 Herself Adhemar Gonzaga Francisco AlvesMário ReisAurora MirandaBanana da Terra 1939 Herself Ruy Costa Aloysio de OliveiraDircinha BatistaOscaritoLaranja da China 1940 Herself Ruy Costa Dircinha BatistaArnaldo Amaral Down Argentine Way 1940 Herself Irving Cummings Don AmecheBetty GrableHer first American feature film and first of ten feature films for Twentieth Century-FoxThat Night in Rio 1941 Carmen Irving Cummings Alice FayeDon AmecheWeek-End in Havana 1941 Rosita Rivas Walter Lang Alice FayeJohn PayneCesar RomeroSpringtime in the Rockies 1942 Rosita Murphy Irving Cummings Betty GrableJohn PayneCesar RomeroThe Gang's All Here 1943 Dorita Busby Berkeley Alice FayePhil BakerSheila RyanFour Jills in a Jeep 1944 Herself William A. Seiter Kay FrancisCarole LandisMartha RayeMitzi MayfairGreenwich Village 1944 Princess Querida O'Toole Walter Lang Don AmecheVivian BlaineWilliam BendixSomething for the Boys 1944 Chiquita Hart Lewis Seiler Vivian BlaineMichael O'SheaPhil SilversDoll Face 1945 Chita Chula Lewis Seiler Vivian BlaineDennis O'KeefePerry ComoIf I'm Lucky 1946 Michelle O'Toole Lewis Seiler Vivian BlainePerry ComoPhil SilversHarry JamesHer 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.Gevinson, Alan. Within Our Gates: Ethnicity in American Feature Films, 1911-1960, p. 225 A Date with Judy 1948 Rosita Cochellas Richard Thorpe Wallace BeeryJane PowellElizabeth TaylorNancy Goes to Rio 1950 Marina Rodrigues Robert Z. Leonard Jane PowellAnn SothernBarry SullivanScared Stiff 1953 Carmelita Castinha George Marshall Dean MartinJerry LewisLizabeth Scott Scared Stiff was Carmen Miranda's final film.Firmat, Gustavo Pérez. Life on the Hyphen: The Cuban-American Way, p.202

Short subjects + List of acting credits in short subjects, with directors and principal cast members Title Year Role Director Co-stars NotesHollywood Meets the Navy 1941 Herself Harriet ParsonsSing with the Stars 1945 HerselfMendonça, Ana Rita. Carmen Miranda foi a Washington, p.101 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 HerselfRowan Terry. World War II Goes to the Movies & Television Guide, p.226

Radio appearances Year Program Episode/source1939 The Rudy Vallée Show June 29, 1939The Seduction of Brazil: The Americanization of Brazil during World War II August 17, 1939 The Fred Allen Show October 4, 1939 1941 Rudy Vallee Valle Varieties May 22, 19411942Command Performance March 29, 1942 August 4, 1942 Treasury Star Parade 1942 Hello Americans "Brazil" 1943Command Performance "Tribute To The British Army"1944 January 8, 1944 March 25, 1944 Lux Radio Theatre "Springtime In The Rockies" Jubilee June 26, 19441945 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, 19451946 The Fred Allen Show March 10, 1946 Here's To Veterans "First Song Sioux City Sue" Command Performance June 30, 19461947 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 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 1951Bakish, David. Jimmy Durante: His Show Business Career, With an Annotated Filmography and Discography, p.135 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.Martha Gil-Montero, Brazilian bombshell: the biography of Carmen Miranda, p.253

Stage work The Streets of Paris (1939–1940)Carter, David Payne. Gower Champion: Dance and American Musical Theatre, p.12 Sons o' Fun (1941–1942)Dietz, Dan. The Complete Book of 1940s Broadway Musicals, p.89

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