Carmen Miranda: Bananas Is My Business

Carmen Miranda: Bananas Is My Business

91 mins | Documentary | April 13, 1995

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.

Carmen Miranda: Bananas Is My Business

91 mins | Documentary | April 13, 1995

Carmen Miranda: Bananas Is My Business
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.
IMDb rating 7.6
Producers Channel Four Films, Riofilme
Original title Carmen Miranda: Bananas Is My Business
Directors Helena Solberg
Writers

Cast

Helena Solberg

as Narrator

Carmen Miranda

as Herself (archive footage)

Aurora Miranda

as Herself

Cesar Romero

as Himself

Rita Moreno

as Herself

Alice Faye

as Herself

Mario Cunha

as Himself

Synval Silva

as Himself

Aloysio de Oliveira

as Himself

David Weir

as Voice

Cynthia Adler

as Luella Hopper

Eric Barreto

as Carmen Miranda

Leticia Monte

as Young Carmen Miranda

Tania Cypriano

as Carmen Miranda's Voice