I suspect the fruit basket she wore on her head could act better than she could.

Having said that, she was kind of fun to watch.

i thought she was more of a novelty act. not that she was not without talent. but as for a movie star actress. would not think of her as such.

Carmen Miranda is classical comedic actress of the 40s. What's so alluring about her is her national costumes. In every movie she has this colorful, bigger than life costumes. She wears all this weird hats and bandenas. Her accent is fun.I love whan she mispronounces words, some of them make no sense at all, but she is hilarious.