Cecilia Miranda de Carvalho

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Miranda and the second or paternal family name is Cunha.

Cecilia Miranda de Carvalho (née da Cunha; 20 October 1913 – 21 May 2011) was a Brazilian singer. She was Carmen Miranda and Aurora Miranda's sister.^[1]

Cecilia Miranda de Carvalho
Miranda in 1935
Born	Cecilia Miranda da Cunha (1913-10-20)20 October 1913 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Died	21 May 2011(2011-05-21) (aged 97) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Spouse	Abílio Fernandes de Carvalho ​ ​ (m. 1931; died 1939)​
Children	1
Relatives	Amaro da Cunha (brother) Aurora Miranda (sister) Carmen Miranda (sister)

Biography

Cecilia Miranda da Cunha was born in Rio de Janeiro 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 Beverly Hills 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.^{[citation needed]}

References

1. "Cecilia Miranda de Carvalho (1913–2011) – Última irmã viva de Carmen Miranda". Folha de S.Paulo. May 27, 2011. Retrieved December 4, 2015.

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