Aurora Miranda
Acting
Biography
Born sixteen years after her sister -- entertainer Carmen Miranda. Aurora is probably best known for appearing in the Disney film The Three Caballeros and in the classic film noir Phantom Lady. Her career in movies was short-lived due to her leaving the business to raise a family.
Born: April 20, 1915
Place of Birth: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Known For
Carmen Miranda: Bananas Is My Business
A biography of the Portuguese-born Brazilian singer Carmen Miranda, whose most distinctive feature was her tutti-frutti hat. From her arrival in the US as the "Brazilian Bombshell" to her Broadway career and Hollywood stardom in the 1940s.
Phantom Lady
A devoted secretary embarks on a dangerous mission to try to find the elusive woman who may prove her boss didn't murder his wife.
A Embaixatriz do Samba
Once Upon a Mouse
Once Upon a Mouse is a theatrical featurette highlighting Disney's animated legacy starting with Steamboat Willie in 1928.
Better Days Ahead
Earning her living by dubbing American TV Series, a woman dreams of becoming an international Hollywood star.
The Three Caballeros
For Donald's birthday he receives a box with three gifts inside. The gifts, a movie projector, a pop-up book, and a pinata, each take Donald on wild adventures through Mexico and South America.
Alô Alô Carnaval
Two authors go look for a business to finance their dream musical.
Brazil
Brazil is perhaps the best of the handful of US films made by singing sensation Tito Guizar. In typical screwball-comedy fashion, the plot is set in motion by authoress Nicky Henderson, who has hit the best-seller charts with her latest tome, Why Marry a Latin? While researching her next book in Rio De Janeiro, she finds out "why" when she meets handsome songwriter Miguel Soares. Upon learning about Nicky's book, Miguel decides to teach her a few lessons in the affairs of the heart. Edward Everett Horton is also on hand, twittering his way through the role of a well-meaning buttinsky. Thanks to the "Good Neighbor" policy of the 1940s, South American musicals were a glut on the market, but Brazil was good enough on its own merits to pay its way at the box office.
Laurindo Almeida, Muito Prazer
Banana-da-Terra
A man in charge of a publicity campaign for bananas decides to kidnap the Queen of 'Bananaland', a tropical island paradise, and take her to Rio, where she falls in love with a member of Carmen Miranda's backing ensemble, 'Bando da Lua'.
Filmography
as Self
as Aurora
as Self
as Self (archive footage)
as Brazilian Girl
as Ballerina, Specialty Dancer
as Estela Monteiro
as Themself