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	Solid! -- Carmen Miranda
		Often spoofed, Carmen Miranda will always be remembered best for her outrageous outfits and ''bowl of fruit'' hat.
		Although she was Brazilian, Carmen was actually born in Portugal.
		Her family immigrated to Brazil when she was a child.
	www.parabrisas.com /d_mirandac.php (155 words)

	CARMEN MIRANDA, Brazil's greatest singer, actress and Hollywood star.
		In ther mid 30s Carmen entered her "Bahiana phase", recording a series of songs dealing with the traditions and culture of the people of the state of Bahia, a region of Brazil where the African influence is greatest.
		Carmen made fourteen films in the United States, in all of them falling victim to her own image, portraying basically the same character, singing the same songs and even wearing the same clothes (and hats).
		Carmen was tr The reason for her success is three fold: 1) her artistic talent, even if rarely appreciated by an American audience and especially; 2) her exotic good humor, always appreciated by those around her.
	www.brazilbrazil.com /carmen.html (1261 words)

	Classic Images: Carmen Miranda
		Carmen grew up in a large, working class family; her father was a barber in a waterfront neighborhood and her mother ran a boarding house.
		Carmen was weighed down with jewels and increasingly hilarious hats; her skirts and blouses incorporated lamés, brocades, pompoms and lace, and her platform shoes grew to crippling heights.
		Carmen played along, and though she was quite fluent in English after a few years, to the end of her life she was quoted, and acted, in broken, highly-accented baby talk.
	www.classicimages.com /1998/april98/carmenmiranda.html (2511 words)

	BRAZZIL - News from Brazil - CARMEN MIRANDA Very Much Alive - Brazilian Music
		Carmen Miranda not only translated the fl samba for a white audience, originated the Brazilian way of singing, and instigated the new standard of performance practice for Brazilian popular music; she defined the Carioca woman.
		The voice of Carmen Miranda carried with it a vivaciousness, that by irony and contradiction to destiny, imprisoned her in successive bouts of depression until on the evening of August 5, 1955 while holding a mirror and putting on her make-up in her Hollywood mansion she suffered a terrible fall.
		Carmen's body was embalmed and taken back to Brazil where a priest refused to entrust Carmen's spirit to God because of her facial make-up.
	www.brazil-brasil.com /musjun96.htm (3357 words)

	Notes on Carmen
		Carmen Miranda--who had come to Rio with her Portuguese parents at the age of two, and still traveled under a Portuguese passport--came to the United States with a mandate to impersonate Brazilian culture itself.
		Miranda was herself an instant character, her charms all readily apparent and chomping at the bit.
		Miranda was, for all the variety of her cultural cross-dressing, in some sense also and above all a drag queen proper.
	www.juliandibbell.com /texts/carmen.html (2167 words)

	Carmen Miranda @ Filmbug
		Miranda was born in the small northern Portuguese town of Marco de Canaveses and went to school at the Convent of Saint Teresinha.
		Carmen Miranda, who neither drank nor smoked, died of a heart attack one day after an appearance on The Jimmy Durante Show.
		The location is especially noteworthy not only since Carmen Miranda's footprints are preserved in concrete at the Chinese Theater's famous collection, but in rememberance of an impromptu performance at a nearby Hollywood Boulevard intersection on V-J Day where she was joined by a throng of servicemen from the nearby USO.
	www.filmbug.com /db/685 (792 words)

	Carmen Miranda Celebriducks for the Connoisseur (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Carmen sang tangos, which were then all the rage, and impressed another baiano there, the guitar player, Josue de Barros, who became her mentor and took her to sing in radio programs a few times.
		Carmen's song style illustrated her enthusiastic method of delivering tunes, with dynamics of her flashing green eyes, rambling hips, and the facile hand movements of her speed-flowing broken English.
		Carmen was a singer, involved with Vivian Blaine, heiress of a broken down Southern plantation, who turns the mansion into a retreat for army wives.
	www.beckett.com /celebriducks/carmen_miranda/index.asp (3481 words)

	Biography for Carmen Miranda (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Carmen Miranda was a young hatmaker before she was invited to display her singing talents at a music academy.
		Carmen was the showpiece of Hollywood's contribution to this attitude of trans-Continental chuminess.
		Carmen Miranda, or rather her ghost, is the subject of a song by Leslie Fish called "Carmen Miranda's ghost is haunting Space Station Three".
	us.imdb.com /Bio?Miranda,+Carmen (1344 words)

	Bright Lights Film Journal \| Carmen Miranda
		Carmen Miranda is one of camp's enduring icons, the flamboyant outsider who makes us love her through sheer force of personality.
		Carmen Miranda's story is far more complex and heart-wrenching than one would expect of a woman who flashed to prominence in Hollywood in the early 1940s and ended up fixed forever in the public mind as the inspiration for Chiquita Banana and for countless drag queen revues.
		Carmen, born in 1909, was 20 when a test demo she made for Victor Records became a hit.
	www.brightlightsfilm.com /16/carmen.html (795 words)

	Brazil opens Carmen Miranda exhibit
		RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil In marking the 50th anniversary of Miranda's death this week, the Modern Art Museum is hosting "Carmen Miranda Forever," an exhibition honoring the Hollywood star that introduced Brazil and outrageous turbans to moviegoers everywhere.
		Carmen Miranda is back and fighting to get her slice of the icon pie in her native Brazil, where memories have faded of the late bombshell known for her trademark fruit headdress.
		In marking the 50th anniversary of Miranda's death this week, the Modern Art Museum is hosting "Carmen Miranda Forever," an exhibition honoring the Hollywood star that introduced Brazil and outrageous turbans to moviegoers everywhere.
	www.happynews.com /news/1212005/Brazil-opens-Carmen-Miranda-exhibit.htm (589 words)

	Denny Jackson's Carmen Miranda Page
		Carmen Miranda was born Maria do Carmo Miranda da Cunha on February 9, 1909 in the north of Portugal in a small town called Marco de Canaveses.
		Before long, she was discovered and began singing on a local radio station.
		Her body was flown to her adopted country of Brazil where her death was declared a period of national mourning.
	www.geocities.com /Hollywood/Hills/2440/miranda.html (663 words)

	ABC News: Brazil Opens Carmen Miranda Exhibition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		A worker stands by a replica of a theater, showing a poster with a photo of Carmen Miranda before an exhibition dedicated to her at the Museum of Modern Art, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2005.
		RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil Dec 1, 2005 (AP)— Carmen Miranda is back and fighting to get her slice of the icon pie in her native Brazil, where memories have faded of the late bombshell known for her trademark fruit headdress.
		While Miranda was adored here more than 500,000 packed Rio streets during her funeral procession in 1955 exhibit curator Fabiano Canosa said the South American country's devotion pales in relation to her success in the United States, where she starred in films such as "Copacabana" and "That Night in Rio."
	abcnews.go.com /International/wireStory?id=1361416 (464 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > News > World -- Brazil rediscovers Carmen Miranda 50 years later
		As well as the biography, an exhibition entitled "Carmen Miranda Forever" is currently on at Rio de Janeiro's Museum of Modern Art.
		Miranda went to the United States in 1939 after a Broadway impresario saw her perform in Rio.
		Born in Portugal in 1909, Miranda moved to Brazil with her parents when she was about 1 year old.
	www.signonsandiego.com /news/world/20051228-0921-brazil-miranda.html (736 words)

	Carmen Miranda CDs, DVDs, Videos & Books
		Carmen Miranda came from extreme poverty in Brazil to become the highest-salaried woman in America, earning over $200,000 from Twentieth Century Fox in 1945.
		BIOGRAPHY explores Miranda's life, from her rise as one of Brazil's most flamboyant, sensual singers to her starring roles in Hollywood musicals like That Night in Rio, Springtime In The Rockies, and The Gang's All Here.
		Extensive clips capture the Miranda's fiery appeal, while interviews with friends reveal the depression and exhaustion that may have contributed to her sudden death at age 46.
	www.thebraziliansound.com /brazil/carmen.htm (318 words)

	Carmen Miranda Discography - Slipcue.com Brazilian Music Guide
		One of the earliest and greatest samba stars, Carmen Miranda (1909-1955) left Brazil for Hollywood in the 1930s, and became famous for her movie cameos as "the lady with the fruit bowl on her head." More than any other artist, Miranda introduced Brazilian music to North Americans.
		A revelation for those who know Miranda only from her campy fruit-bowl-on-the-head Hollywood cameos, this disc highlights Miranda's early years in Brazil, where in the 1930s, she was a major samba star.
		In addition to a couple of excellent compilations of Carmen Miranda recordings, Revivendo Musicas has several discs that include tracks by her sister, Aurora.
	www.slipcue.com /music/brazil/miranda.html (1261 words)

	Carmen Miranda News
		There were several Carmen Miranda sightings in Hartford's Parkville neighborhood Sunday morning.
		The Modern Art Museum in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil has launched a major retrospective of the career of singer and film star Carmen Miranda on the 50th anniversary of her death.
		RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - Carmen Miranda is back and fighting to get her slice of the icon pie in her native Brazil, where memories have faded of the late bombshell known for her trademark fruit headdress.
	www.topix.net /who/carmen-miranda (339 words)

	The Official Site of Carmen Miranda_Home
		After the great success of the exhibition "Carmen Miranda Forever" in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, it is now taking place in Salvador in the estate of Bahia.
		It is time for a great honor, so that Carmen sings and smiles again, and with her eyes and hand hypnotize a whole new Brazilian generation.
		If you are interested in using Carmen Miranda's name, image or likeness in your next campaign, find all the information you need to know in the business section.
	www.carmenmiranda.net /home.php (196 words)

	Carmen Miranda - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The AandE Network Biography episode featuring Miranda contained the tragic kinescope footage from her August 4 appearance.
		Brazilian author Ruy Castro wrote a monumental biography of Carmen Miranda entitled "Carmen after four years of interviews", published in 2005 in Brazil.
		The effort was spearheaded by concert promoter Jean Chakanaka and Carmen Miranda's grandniece, Cheryl Cunha, herself a songwriter, singer and performer who adopted the stage name "Miranda" and performs many of her aunt's songs in tribute.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Carmen_Miranda (1219 words)

	El Records : Carmen Miranda
		All genres of Brazilian music such as Bossa Nova, Tropicalia, Latin Jazz, stem from Carmen Miranda.
		This edition is the unadulterated Carmen Miranda, concentrating on her triumphant Brazilian years, collecting together the charming, beautifully crafted vintage sambas, chorus and marches that established her fantastic reputation and made her a national hero.
		This is evidenced by the film documentary 'Bananas is my business', which was released this year on DVD, and by Ruy Castro’s best selling new biography 'Carmen'.
	www.cherryred.co.uk /el/artists/carmenmiranda.htm (158 words)

	Carmen Miranda - Moviefone
		Moviedom's "Brazilian Bombshell" was actually born in Portugal, but as a child Carmen Miranda moved with her large and prosperous family to Rio de...
		For her contribution to the motion picture industry, Carmen Miranda has a star...
		Helena Solberg made a documentary of her life, Carmen Miranda: Bananas Is...
	movies.aol.com /celebrity/carmen-miranda/49552/main (130 words)

	South American Way - Carmen Miranda - Brazilian Imports
		Remastered edition from the classic LP originally released in 1966 eleven years after Carmen's death.
		Copacabana (1947) Directed by Alfred E. Green and starring Carmen Miranda and Groucho Marx.
		This is Carmen Miranda in her first American movie.
	www.southamericanway.com /carmenmiranda.html (166 words)

	Carmen Miranda — Infoplease.com
		Icon: We Still Have Bananas; Carmen Miranda is back, and more colorful than ever.
		Carmen Miranda Strikes Back?(package tours to Mexico for women offered by Wild Women Adventures)(Brief Article)
		"Beyond Miranda's meanings": contemporary critical perspectives on Caribbean women's literatures.
	www.infoplease.com /ipea/A0196547.html (241 words)

	Carmen Miranda's Ghost is Haunting Space Station Three (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		She began as the daughter of struggling immigrants and became the embodiment of the fiery South American spirit.
		Carmen Miranda and the Maracas of Death by Julia Ecklar
		Carmen Miranda's Ghost is Haunting Space Station Three has been out of print for years.
	www.readersadvice.com /mmeade/writing/cmg.html (192 words)

	Carmen Miranda: Bananas Is My Business (1994)
		Offbeat documentary explores career of camp film icon Carmen Miranda.
		Lively investigation uses: clips, interviews, reenactments, to paint thoughtful portrait of mass culture consuming artist for film history buffs, feminists.
		Miranda's first American film is a tuneful fluffy romantic comedy.
	www.reel.com /movie.asp?MID=11876 (110 words)

	WOMEN MAKE MOVIES \| Carmen Miranda: Bananas is My Business (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		This fascinating film skillfully combines reenactments, interviews with confidants and commentators, and footage from her many films to tell the haunting story of 1940’s superstar Carmen Miranda.
		Charting Miranda’s transformation from famed Brazilian singer to Hollywood’s first Latina star to independent artist, award-winning Brazilian filmmaker Helena Solberg shows how Miranda’s saga exemplifies contradictions in the relationship between Latin America and the United States that persist today.
		At the convergence of sexual politics, cultural colonialism, and one woman’s life, this moving film powerfully explores the complex factors behind the image and life of the “Tutti-Frutti Woman”, Carmen Miranda.
	www.wmm.com /filmcatalog/pages/c455.shtml (258 words)

	Carmen Miranda (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Carmen Miranda was born Maria do Carmo Miranda Da Cunha on February 9...
		Discuss this person with other users on IMDb message board for Carmen Miranda
		Find where Carmen Miranda is credited alongside another name
	www.imdb.com /Name?Miranda,+Carmen (511 words)

	mybookshop, CD, video and books on Carmen Miranda.
		CARMEN MIRANDA'S GHOST IS HAUNTING SPACE STATION 3
		Ghost of Carmen Miranda: And Other Spooky Gay and Lesbian Tales
		Great Carmen Miranda look-alike contest & other bold-faced lies
	www.angelfire.com /biz7/mybookshop/store/cmiranda.htm (497 words)

	Carmen Miranda: Bananas Is My Business
		A fascinating and personal account of the life of Carmen Miranda, the Brazilian singer/actress who became one of Hollywood's biggest stars.
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	www.rottentomatoes.com /m/carmen_miranda_bananas_is_my_business (380 words)

	The Official Site of Carmen Miranda
		The Brazilian bombshell brought to American audiences a seductive surface: the exoticism of South America, a sensuality tempered by caricature, and outlandish costumes.
		Expressiva e talentosa, Carmen Miranda marcou época pela presença cativante, voz admirável e inesquecíveis plataformas e turbantes.
		© Estate of Carmen Miranda c/o CMG Worldwide
	www.carmenmiranda.net (48 words)

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