Carmen Miranda
Maria do Carmo Miranda da Cunha GOIH • OMC (Marco de Canaveses, February 9, 1909 – Beverly Hills, August 5, 1955), known professionally as Carmen Miranda, was a Portuguese-born Brazilian singer, dancer, and actress who attained fame in Brazil and the US in the 1930s. Best known to American audiences as "the lady in the tutti-frutti hat" due to her signature headdresses made of fruits, she was the first South American honoured with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
That's Entertainment!
as (archive footage) (uncredited)Various MGM stars from yesterday present their favorite musical moments from the studio's 50...
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Down Argentine Way
as HerselfThe story—in which an American heiress on holiday in South America falls in love with an...
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That's Entertainment! III
as (archive footage)Some of MGM'S musical stars review the studios history of musicals. From The Hollywood Revue of...
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Scared Stiff
as Carmelita CastinhaA nightclub singer and his partner escape mobsters by fleeing to Cuba with a beautiful heiress,...
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That Night in Rio
as CarmenAn entertainer in Rio impersonates a wealthy aristocrat. When the aristocrat's wife asks him to...
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The Gang's All Here
as DoritaA soldier falls for a chorus girl and then experiences trouble when he is posted to the Pacific.
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Something for the Boys
as Chiquita HartThe oddly-assorted Hart cousins: revue singer Blossom, con man Harry, and machinist Chiquita...
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Springtime in the Rockies
as Rosita MurphyBroadway partners Vicky Lane and Dan Christy have a tiff over Christy's womanizing. Jealous...
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Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional
as Self"Portraits and excerpts from Brazilian films from all times. Actors, directors and images that...
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A Date with Judy
as Rosita CochellasBest friends Judy and Carol compete for the affection of an older man during their high school...
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Four Jills in a Jeep
as Carmen MirandaReenactments of actual USO experiences of its female stars entertaining troops overseas.
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Doll Face
as Chita ChulaBurlesque queen Doll Face Carroll is dismissed from an audition for a legitimate Broadway show...
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Copacabana
as Carmen Novarro / Mlle. FifiA talent agent sells his girlfriend to a nightclub – as two separate acts. The deception and...
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Showbiz Goes to War
as (archive footage)While a few Hollywood celebrities such as James Stewart and Clark Gable saw combat during World...
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It's All True
as SelfA documentary about Orson Welles's unfinished three-part film about South America.
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Mulheres de Cinema
as Self (archive footage)Documentary on famous Brazilian actresses, female directors and the role of women in Brazilian...
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Carmen Miranda: Bananas Is My Business
as Self (archive footage)A biography of the Portuguese-born Brazilian singer Carmen Miranda, whose most distinctive...
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I Can't Give You Anything But Love: The Jimmy McHugh Story
as Self (archive footage)An aspiring singer is tasked with promoting the music catalogue of his great-grandfather, the...
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Week-End in Havana
as Rosita RivasA ship company employee, Jay Williams, is sent to Florida where one of the company cruise ships...
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Greenwich Village
as Princess Querida O'TooleIn 1922, a would-be classical composer gets involved with people putting on a musical revue.
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If I'm Lucky
as Michelle O'TooleOut of work swing band maneuvers a gig working for a political campaign, by drawing in and...
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Bahia de Todos os Sambas
as (archive footage) (uncredited)Between August 23 and 31, 1983, at the "Circo Massimo", in Rome, there was a musical event that...
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The All-Star Bond Rally
as Self - Pinup GirlInspirational documentary short film featuring Hollywood stars promoting the sales of War Bonds...
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Rio 50 Degrees: Carry on CaRIOca
as Self (archive footage)A look at Rio's cultural, political and technical revolutions since the 1970s to 2011
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Dê Lembranças a Todos
as Self (archive footage)Dorival Caymmi was one of the inventors of the Bahian imagination. In his 94 years of life,...
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Nancy Goes to Rio
as Marina RodriguesMother and daughter compete over same singing role and, unbeknownst to each other, the same man.
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Garoto - Vivo Sonhando
as Self (archive footage)A prodigy of stringed instruments, a pioneer of Bossa Nova, a modernizing master of the guitar:...
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It's All Brazil
as Self (archive footage)A film essay about Brazil discovered through Orson Welles' eyes during the shooting of It's All...
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Busby Berkeley: A Journey with a Star
as Self (archive footage)Profile of famed dance director Busby Berkeley's career, in particular "The Gang's All Here"
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Alô Alô Carnaval
as uncreditedTwo authors go look for a business to finance their dream musical.
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Salsa
as (archive footage)The Fania All Stars perform for 44,000 fans at Yankee stadium in New York. Besides concert...
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Banana-da-Terra
as Queen of BananalandA man in charge of a publicity campaign for bananas decides to kidnap the Queen of 'Bananaland',...
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Dorival Caymmi - Um Homem de Afetos
as Self (archive footage)An irresistible journey through the universe of the singer and composer that revolutionized the...
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The Colgate Comedy Hour
as SelfThe Colgate Comedy Hour is an American comedy-musical variety series that aired live on the NBC...
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What's My Line?
as Self - Mystery GuestFour panelists must determine guests' occupations - and, in the case of famous guests, while...
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The Ed Sullivan Show
as SelfThe Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June...
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