Carmen Miranda (February 9, 1909 – August 5, 1955) was a Portuguese-born Brazilian samba singer, dancer, Broadway actress, and film star who was popular in the 1940s and 1950s. After establishing a successful singing and acting career in Brazil, Lee Shubert signed Miranda and her band to a contract in 1939. She made her American stage debut in July 1939, and later moved to Hollywood to pursue a film career. Nicknamed “The Brazilian Bombshell”, by 1945 she was the highest paid woman in the United States.
Carmen Miranda
Carmen Miranda
Carmen Miranda
Carmen Miranda
Carmen Miranda
Carmen Miranda
Carmen Miranda
Carmen Miranda
