Swaying to the pounding samba beat, tourists pranced down the aisles of an unusual museum in a nondescript building just off Rio`s Flamengo Beach. It honors Carmen Miranda, the queen of samba, the ...

WITH A MOUNTAIN OF fruit piled atop her head, her 8-inch platform heels and glowing green eyes, Carmen Miranda remains one of the most immediately recognizable images in movie history “The Lady ...

Since stepping her tiny feet into New York in 1939, no one has better represented Brazil than Carmen Miranda. With her fruit covered turbans, puffy sleeves and sensual hand movements meant to ...

More than 70 years have passed since Carmen Miranda became the lady in the Tutti Frutti Hat, but the forces that shaped her public persona are as dominant as ever.

Known for her outrageous costumes and beautiful voice, Brazilian performer Carmen Miranda was the highest-earning woman in Hollywood in the 1940s. In the signature number in the 1943 extravaganza ...

Almanac: Carmen Miranda February 9, 2020 / 9:17 AM EST / CBS News On February 9, 1909, future Hollywood star Carmen Miranda was born in Portugal.

Carmen Miranda celebrated with Google Doodle but who was she and where did her famous headwear come from? Miranda donned a "fruit hat" when she performed which became her signature as her star soared ...

Many across the world will have loaded up Google this morning and been greeted with a Doodle of ladies in colourful headwear. The middle figure is Carmen Miranda, with Google marking what would ...

Entertainer Carmen Miranda was the subject of a U.S. Postal Service stamp in 2011. Now, another Hispanic actress, Sofia Vergara, has held fast to the mantle of highest-paid actress on television.