Carmen Miranda Quotes


I've chosen my wedding ring large and heavy to continue forever. But exactly because of that all the time that Dave and I have an argument I feel it like handcuffs, and on anger time I throw it in a basket. Poor Dave, he bought me three wedding rings already!


Citations

Gil-Montero, Martha. Brazilian Bombshell: The Biography of Carmen Miranda. Donald I. Fine, 1989, p. 195.

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Carmen Miranda
Carmen Miranda
  • Born: February 9, 1909
  • Died: August 5, 1955
  • Nationality: Portuguese
  • Profession: Singer, Dancer, Actress

Carmen Miranda GCIH OMC was a Portuguese-born Brazilian samba singer, dancer, Broadway actress, and film star who was active from the 1930s on. Nicknamed "The Brazilian Bombshell", Miranda is known for her signature fruit hat outfit she wore in her American films. As a young woman, she designed hats in a boutique before making her first recordings with composer Josué de Barros in 1929. Miranda's 1930 recording of "Taí (Pra Você Gostar de Mim)", written by Joubert de Carvalho, catapulted her to stardom in Brazil as the foremost interpreter of samba.