Sophie Marceau

Prior to this, in 1995, she had made a 9-minute short film, L'Aube à l'envers, which also starred her friend Godrèche.
. Making her directorial debut in a feature film, Sophie Marceau was awarded Best Director by the jury of the 2002 Montreal World Film Festival for her film Parlez-moi d'amour (Speak to Me of Love), starring Judith Godrèche.
. Marceau wrote a semi-autobiographical novel Telling Lies (2001), and tried directing, as well.
. Following this success, she appeared in A Midsummer Night's Dream (1999), and as a Bond girl in the James Bond film The World Is Not Enough (1999).
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Marceau rose to international stardom playing the part of Princess Isabelle in Mel Gibson's epic Braveheart (1995). The location is especially noteworthy not only since Carmen Miranda's footprints are preserved in concrete at the Chinese Theater's famous collection, but in rememberance of an impromptu performance at a nearby Hollywood Boulevard intersection on V-J Day where she was joined by a throng of servicemen from the nearby USO. She showed her dramatic skills in films directed by her long-time companion, director Andrzej Zulawski: L'Amour braque (1985), Mes nuits sont plus belles que vos jours (1989), La Note bleue (1991) and La Fidélité (2000). The square is located at the intersection of Hollywood Boulevard and Orange Drive across from Mann's Chinese Theater. At age 16 she played a more demanding role in Fort Saganne (1984), where her partners were Gerard Depardieu and Catherine Deneuve. The same year she played with Jean-Paul Belmondo in Joyeuses Pâques (1984). Carmen Miranda Square is only one of about a dozen Los Angeles city intersections named for historic performers. Two years later the less funny but more sentimental sequel La Boum 2 (1982) increased her popularity further. Brazil's consul general Jorió Gama was on hand for opening remarks as were members of Bando da Lua, Carmen Miranda's original band.

In 1983, she was honored with a Cesar Award, France's equivalent of an Oscar, for "Most Promising Actress". The effort was spearheaded by Native American concert promoter Jean Chakanaka and Carmen Miranda's Brazilian-born grandniece, Cheryl Miranda Cunha, herself a songwriter, singer and performer who adopted the stage name "Miranda" and performs many of her aunt's songs in tribute. At the age of 14 she played in the teenager movie La Boum (1980), which overnight elevated her to teenage idol status in France and many other European countries. On September 25, 1998, a city square in Hollywood was named Carmen Miranda Square in a ceremony headed by longtime honorary Hollywood mayor Johnny Grant who was also one of the singer's personal friends dating back to World War II. Sophie Marceau (November 17, 1966) is a French actress born Sophie Danièle Sylvie Maupu in Paris, France. Barryman, who would later sign her death certificate, was the father of actor Michael Barryman. La Boum (aka The Party) (1980). M.

La Boum 2 (1982). Her personal physician Dr. Fort Saganne (1984). Her body was flown back to Brazil soon afterwards and the government declared a period of national mourning. Joyeuses Pâques (aka Happy Easter) (1984). Carmen Miranda, who neither drank nor smoked, died of a heart attack one day after an appearance on The Jimmy Durante Show. Although she was mildly addicted to prescription medications, she did not use cocaine nor carry the drug in her platform shoes as documented in the controversial book, "Hollywood Babylon". L'Amour braque (1985). A sour welcome back to Brazil in 1940 resulted in a response in Portuguese in a song called "Disseram Que Eu Voltei Americanizada," or "They Say I've Become Americanized." Helena Solberg made a documentary of her life, Carmen Miranda: Bananas Is My Business in 1995.

Police (1985). Her song, "Bananas Is My Business," was based on a line in one of her movies and directly addressed her image. Descente aux enfers (Descent Into Hell) (1986). She was well aware of the tensions in her career. L'Étudiante (aka The Student) (1988). Today, the "Carmen Miranda" persona is a popular turn (or performance) for female impersonation and drag performance. Chouans! (1988). Animator Virgil Ross used the image in "Tropical Hare" with Bugs Bunny who, appropriately enough, made his entrance as a stowaway in the fruit hat.

Mes nuits sont plus belles que vos jours (aka My Nights Are More Beautiful Than Your Days) (1989). The animation department at Warner Brothers seemed to be especially fond of the actress's image. Pacific Palisades (1990). This image was much satirized and taken up as camp, even in animated cartoon shorts. Pour Sacha (aka For Sasha) (1991). However, her roles in US movies featured her as a stylized comic "South American" singer and she was often shown wearing platform sandals and towering headdresses made of fruit, becoming known as "the lady in the tutti-frutti hat." At only 5'3"/160cm, these accoutrements made her appear almost larger than life on screen. La Note bleue (aka Blue Note) (1991). She was noted as a musical innovator in Brazil, one of the first samba superstars long before her arrival in the US.

Fanfan (aka Fanfan & Alexandre) (1993). In her spare time, she often sang at parties and festivals around the town where she was discovered and received the chance to perform on a local radio station. La Fille de d'Artagnan (The Daughter of D'Artagnan) (1994). Her very Catholic parents did not approve of her dreams of pursuing show business, so she hid it from them best she could. Braveheart (1995). Miranda was born in the small northern Portuguese town of Marco de Canaveses and went to school at the Convent of Saint Teresinha. Al di là delle nuvole (aka Beyond the Clouds) (1995). Her last Hollywood movie was in 1953 in Scared Stiff with Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin.

Anna Karenina (1997). Miranda's Hollywood debut was Down Argentine Way where she had the chance to work with Betty Grable. Marquise (1997). Her nickname, "The Brazilian Bombshell", captured her true spirit and the heart of her Latin culture. Firelight (1997). She arrived in the United States in 1939 and had become the country's highest-paid entertainer by 1943. Lost & Found (1999). Miranda reached her peak point of fame in the early 1940s.

A Midsummer Night's Dream (1999). August 5, 1955 Hollywood, California from untreated toxemia and heart failure stemming from pregnancy), born Maria do Carmo Miranda Da Cunha, was a Portuguese - Brazilian samba singer and motion picture star. The World Is Not Enough (aka Pressure Point) (1999). February 9, 1909, Marco de Canaveses, Portugal; d. La Fidélité (Fidelity) (2000). Carmen Miranda (b. Belphégor - Le fantôme du Louvre (aka Belphegor, Phantom of the Louvre) (2001). "City Squares Bring Lives Full Circle".

Alex and Emma (2003). Los Angeles Times, September 26, 1998. Je reste! (2003). Tobar, Hector. Les Clefs de bagnole (aka The Car Keys) (2003). A ce soir (2004).