Cecilia Miranda de Carvalho (October 20, 1913 – May 21, 2011) was a Brazilian singer. She was

Carmen Miranda Carmen Miranda, (; born Maria do Carmo Miranda da Cunha, 9 February 1909 – 5 August 1955) was a Portuguese-born Brazilian samba singer, dancer, Broadway actress and film star who was active from the late 1920s onwards. Nicknamed "The B ...

and

Aurora Miranda Aurora Miranda da Cunha Richaid (20 April 1915 – 22 December 2005) was a Brazilian singer and actress. She began her career at the age of 18 in 1933. Miranda appeared in several films, including ''The Three Caballeros'', where she danced with ...

's sister.

Biography

Cecilia Miranda da Cunha was born in

Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of the same name, Brazil's third-most populous state, and the second-most populous city in Brazil, after São Paulo. Listed by the GaWC as a b ...

on October 20, 1913. She was the fourth daughter of the Portuguese marriage José Pinto da Cunha (1887–1938) and Maria Emilia Miranda (1886–1971). At 18, she married Abilio Fernandes de Carvalho. She was successful in the 1930s, when she sang for the Radio Society of Rio (currently Rádio MEC) and participated in some records of the time. But after the birth of her only daughter, Carmen Miranda de Carvalho (later Guimarães) in 1936, Cecilia did not continue in her musical career. Her husband died in 1939 due to heart problems. In 1946, Cecilia moved to the United States, where she lived with her sister Carmen Miranda in

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for a year. Cecilia Miranda died on May 21, 2011, of natural causes in Rio de Janeiro at age 97. For six years, she was the last Miranda sister living.

References

External links

carmenmiranda.com.br
Carmen Miranda 1913 births 2011 deaths 20th-century Brazilian women singers 20th-century Brazilian singers Brazilian people of Portuguese descent Musicians from Rio de Janeiro (city) {{Brazil-singer-stub