Carmen Miranda: Bananas Is My Business

Helena Solberg
1995-04-13


7.6
91 min

A biography of the Portuguese-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.

Cast

Name Character Team
Carmen Miranda Self (archive footage) Unowned
Maria José Queiroz Miranda Self Unowned
Aurora Miranda Self Unowned
Mario Cunha Self Unowned
Caribé da Rocha Self Unowned
Laurindo Almeida Self Unowned
Synval Silva Self Unowned
Aloysio de Oliveira Self Unowned
Cesar Romero Self Unowned
Alice Faye Self Unowned
Jeanne Allan Self Unowned
Estela Romero Self Unowned
Raul Smandek Self Unowned
Ivan Jack Self Unowned
Cássio Barsante Self Unowned
Jorginho Guinle Self Unowned
Ted Allan Self Unowned
Rita Moreno Self Calvin and Nobbs
David Weir Voice Unowned
Cynthia Adler Luella Hopper Unowned
Eric Barreto Carmen Miranda Unowned
Leticia Monte Young Carmen Miranda Unowned
Tania Cypriano Carmen Miranda's Voice Unowned
Helena Solberg Narrator Unowned