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Carmen Miranda: Bananas Is My Business

Carmen Miranda: Bananas Is My Business (1995)★ 7.6/10

GB,BR · 91 min · April 13, 1995

  • Documentary
  • Music
  • Biography

Directed by: Helena Solberg

Written by: Helena Solberg

A biography of the Portuguese-Brazilian singer Carmen Miranda, whose most distinctive feature was her tutti frutti hat. She came to the US as the "Brazilian Bombshell" and was a Broadway and Hollywood star in the 1940s.

Directed by

Helena Solberg

Written by

Helena Solberg

Cast & crew

Helena SolbergNarrator (voice)Erick BarretoCarmen Miranda, Fantasy SequencesCarmen MirandaSelf (archiveFootage)Cynthia AdlerHedda HopperJeanne AllanSelf - Carmen's FriendTed AllanSelf - PhotographerLaurindo AlmeidaSelf - MusicianCássio BarsanteSelf - JournalistMario CunhaSelfCaribé da RochaSelf - JournalistJimmy DuranteSelf (archiveFootage)Alice FayeSelfJorginho GuinleSelf - Brazilian Consultant to the Rockefeller CommissionIvan JackSelf - Carmen Miranda CollectorAurora MirandaSelfMaría José Queiroz MirandaSelf - Carmen's cousinLeticia MonteCarmen Miranda, teenagerRita MorenoSelfAloysio de OliveiraSelf - Bando La Lua MusicianCesar RomeroSelfEstela RomeroSelf - Carmen's HousekeeperSynval SilvaSelfRaul SmandekSelf - Brazilian Cultural Attache