

Carmen Miranda: Bananas Is My Business
April 13, 1995•1h 31m•★ 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.
Director
Helena SolbergCast

Carmen Miranda
Self (archive footage)
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Maria José Queiroz Miranda
Self

Aurora Miranda
Self
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Mario Cunha
Self
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Caribé da Rocha
Self

Laurindo Almeida
Self
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Synval Silva
Self
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Aloysio de Oliveira
Self

Cesar Romero
Self

Alice Faye
Self
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Jeanne Allan
Self
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Estela Romero
Self
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Raul Smandek
Self
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Ivan Jack
Self
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Cássio Barsante
Self
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Jorginho Guinle
Self
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Ted Allan
Self

Rita Moreno
Self
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David Weir
Voice

Cynthia Adler
Luella Hopper