Carmen Miranda: Bananas Is My Business
1995 · 91 min · ★ 7.4 · Documentary
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.
Directed by Helena Solberg
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Carmen Miranda Self (archive footage) - M Maria José Queiroz Miranda Self
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Aurora Miranda Self - M Mario Cunha Self
- C Caribé da Rocha Self
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Laurindo Almeida Self - S Synval Silva Self
- A Aloysio de Oliveira Self
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Cesar Romero Self -
Alice Faye Self - J Jeanne Allan Self
- E Estela Romero Self
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