Aurora Miranda

Her sisters were Carmen Miranda and Cecilia Miranda.

• Name — Aurora Miranda • Birth Name — Aurora Miranda da Cunha • Occupation — Singer, dancer, actress • Born — 20 April 1915 • Birthplace — Rio de Janeiro, Brazil • Died — 22 December 2005 • Place of death — Rio de Janeiro, Brazil • Resting Place — São João Batista Cemetery, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil • Years Active — 1933–1990 • Children — 2 • Relatives — * Amaro da Cunha (brother) • Carmen Miranda (sister) • Cecilia Miranda de Carvalho (sister)

• Illustration — Carmen Miranda (center) and Aurora in São Paulo (1934) • Illustration — Aurora Miranda with Walt Disney (1943). Aurora Miranda had a successful career in Brazil and the US, perhaps overshadowed by that of her sister, Carmen Miranda. Aurora was six years younger than her sister. • Illustration — Miranda in The Three Caballeros (1944) In 1932, aged 18, she was asked to perform on the Mayrink Veiga radio station by Josué de Barros, the same composer who had launched her sister's career three years earlier. Soon she was snapped up by a rival station and within 12 months she had released her first record, Cai, Cai, Balão ("Drop, Drop Balloon") alongside the crooner then considered Brazil's rei da voz or "king of the voice", Francisco Alves. Alves was known for supporting up-and-coming artists such as Miranda. Years later, she appeared in the documentaries Once Upon a Mouse and Carmen Miranda: Bananas is My Business. Miranda died at the age of 90 on 22 December 2005.

In 1940, she married Gabriel Richaid clad in a gold-embroidered wedding dress shipped from the US by Carmen. Unlike her sister, Aurora preferred married life to her career. In 1951 she returned to Rio and settled down as a wife and mother. She often spoke of her sister Carmen and appeared in many documentaries.

• Illustration — Aurora with Carmen Miranda in Alô, Alô Carnaval (1936). • Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1935 — Alô, Alô, Brasil! — Performer: "Cidade Maravilhosa" and "Ladrãozinho" • Estudantes — Herself — Performer: "Onde Está o Seu Carneirinho?" and "Linda Ninon" • 1936 — Hello, Hello, Carnival! — Performer: "Cantores do Rádio" and "Molha o Pano" • 1939 — Banana da Terra — Herself — Performer: "Menina do Regimento" • 1944 — Phantom Lady — Estela Monteiro • The Conspirators — Fado Singer — Uncredited • Brazil — Bailarina, Specialty Dancer • The Three Caballeros — Yaya — (as Aurora Miranda of Brazil) • 1945 — Tell It to a Star — Specialty Act • 1954 — Disneyland — Brazilian Girl — Voice, A Present for Donald (archive footage) • 1978 — Mulheres de Cinema — Herself — (archive footage) (Documentary short) • 1981 — Once Upon a Mouse • 1989 — Dias Melhores Virão — (final film role) • 1995 — Carmen Miranda: Bananas is my Business — Documentary • 2009 — Cantoras do Rádio - O Filme — (archive footage)