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Carmen Miranda ( February 9, 1909 - August 5, 1955), born as Carmem Miranda de Cunha, was a Portuguese - Brazilian singer and actress. She was born in Portugal and died in Hollywood. Miranda reached her peak point of fame in the early 1940s. The expression the Brazilian Bombshell captured her true spirit and the heart of her Latin culture. 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.
Miranda was born in the small northern Portuguese town of Marco de Canaveses and went to school at the Convent of Saint Teresinha. Her very CatholicGeneral meaning Catholic means universal or whole''. With respect to the Christian Church, the early Christians used the term to refer to the whole undivided church. It is in that sense that all Christians today claim ownership of the term, including Prot parents did not approve of her dreams of pursuing show business, so she hid it from them best she could. In her spare time, she often sang at parties and festivals around the town where she was discovered and received the chance to perform on a local radioFor other uses see: radio (disambiguation Radio is a technology that allows the transmission of signals by modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of light. Radio waves Radio waves are a form of electromagnetic radiation, and are station.
She was noted as a musical innovator in Brazil, one of the first sambaSamba is the most famous among the various forms of music that resulted from the amalgam of African and Portuguese music that took place in Brazil. The name samba most probably comes from the Angolan semba ( mesemba) a religious rhythm. Samba developed as superstars. However, her roles in US movies featured her as a stylized comic "South American" singer and she was often shown wearing towering headdresses made of fruit, becoming known as "the lady in the tutti-frutti hat". This image was much satirized and taken up as campAs an adjective, camp or high camp refers to an ironic appreciation of that which might otherwise be considered outlandish or corny, such as Carmen Miranda with her tutti frutti hats. The term is often applied to popular culture events that are particular and is a popular turn (or performance) for female impersonation and drag performanceDrag queens Luc D'Arcy and Jerry Cyr and friend at Montreal's 2003 Divers-Cite pride parade Drag queens are performers usually gay men, sometimes transgendered women who dress in drag clothing associated with the female gender, usually highly exaggerated.
She was well aware of the tensions in her career. Her song "Bananas is my business" was based on a line in one of her movies and directly addressed her image. A sour welcome back to Brazil in 1940Events January-February January 5 FM radio is demonstrated to the FCC for the first time. January 6 World War II: Mass execution of Poles, committed by Germans in the Poznan, Warthegau. January 12 World War II: Russia bombs cities in Finland. February 2 F resulted in a response in Portuguese in a song called "Disseram que eu voltei americanizada", or "They say I've become Americanized". Helena Solberg made a documentary of her life, Carmen Miranda: Bananas is My Business (1995).
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