Aurora Miranda
Entertainer Aurora Miranda, Carmen Miranda’s sister, died of natural causes on Wed., Dec. 21, in Rio de Janeiro. She was 90.
Born in Rio on April 20, 1915, Aurora started her show business career in the late 1920s, singing on radio and pairing up with sister Carmen at Rio’s then prestigious Cassino da Urca.
Aurora Miranda’s biggest hit came out in 1934: André Filho’s "Cidade Maravilhosa" (Wonderful City), which became Rio’s official anthem in 1960.
Her film debut took place in 1935, singing "Cidade Maravilhosa" in Alô, Alô, Brasil, a series of musical sketches (which also featured Carmen) directed by Wallace Downey, João de Barro, and Alberto Ribeiro. She also appeared with Carmen in several other Brazilian [...]
by Andre Soares | December 25, 2005
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Tags: Alô Alô Brasil, Aurora Miranda, Brazilian Cinema, Carmen Miranda, Cidade Maravilhosa, Classic Movies, Dias Melhores Virão, João de Barro, Phantom Lady, The Three Caballeros
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d: Harold S. Bucquet, Jack Conway; scr: Jane Murfin, Marguerite Roberts
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d: Otto Preminger; scr: Jay Dratter, Samuel Hoffenstein, Betty Reinhardt
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d: David Lean; scr: Anthony Havelock-Allan, David Lean, Ronald Neame
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d: Frank Capra; scr: Julius J. Epstein, Phillip G. Epstein
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by Andre Soares | August 31, 2004
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Tags: Adolfo Franci, Alfred Hitchcock, Alison Leggart, Anthony Havelock-Allan, Arsenic and Old Lace, Barry Fitzgerald, Best Films, Bette Davis, Betty Reinhardt, Carmen Miranda, Celia Johnson, Cesare Giulio Viola, Cesare Zavattini, Claire Trevor, Classic Movies, Claude Rains, Claudette Colbert, Crime by Night, Dame May Whitty, David Lean, David Raksin, Dodie Smith, Double Indemnity, Dragon Seed, Edward G. Robinson, Emilio Fernandez, Ernest Haller, Faye Emerson, Francisco Dominguez, Gabriel Figueroa, Gary Cooper, Gaslight, Gene Tierney, George Barnes, George J. Folsey, Gherardo Gherardi, Going My Way, Henry Daniell, Henry Hathaway, Home in Indiana, I Bambini ci guardano, Irving Brecher, Jane Eyre, Jane Murfin, Jay Dratter, Jean Adair, Jeanne Crain, Jerome Cowan, Jo Swerling, John Cromwell, Joseph LaShelle, Joseph Ruttenberg, Josephine Hull, Judy Garland, Julius J. Epstein, Laird Cregar, Laura, Lee Garmes, Leon Ames, Lewis Allen, Lifeboat, Lucien Ballard, Maria Candelaria, Marjorie Main, Meet Me in St. Louis, Mr. Skeffington, Mrs. Parkington, Murder My Sweet, Otto Preminger, Peter Lorre, Phantom Lady, Phillip G. Epstein, Portrait of Maria, Priscilla Lane, Raymond Massey, Renzo Rossellini, Robert Siodmak, Samuel Hoffenstein, Since You Went Away, Something for the Boys, Stanley Cortez, Tallulah Bankhead, The Children Are Watching Us, The Keys of the Kingdom, The Lodger, The Suspect, The Uninvited, The White Cliffs of Dover, This Happy Breed, Victor Young, Vincent Sherman, Vincente Minnelli, Vittorio De Sica, Vivian Blaine, Walter Slezak, Winston Miller
