Carmen Miranda

Carmen Miranda (b. February 9, 1909, Marco de Canaveses, Portugal; d. August 5, 1955 Hollywood, California, USA from untreated toxemia and heart failure stemming from pregnancy), born Maria do Carmo Miranda da Cunha, was a Portugues

Carmen Miranda (b. February 9, 1909, Marco de Canaveses, Portugal; d. August 5, 1955 Hollywood, California, USA from untreated toxemia and heart failure stemming from pregnancy), born Maria do Carmo Miranda da Cunha, was a Portuguese-Brazilian samba singer and motion picture star.

Miranda reached her peak point of fame in the early 1940s. She arrived in the United States in 1939 and had become the country's highest-paid entertainer by 1943. According to TV's The Biography Channel, Miranda was the highest paid woman in the United States in 1945, earning more than $ 200,000 that year. Miranda's Hollywood debut was Down Argentine Way where she had the chance to work with Betty Grable. Her last Hollywood movie was in 1953 in Scared Stiff with Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin.