Carmen Miranda

In 1946, Carmen was the highest paid artist in Hollywood and the woman who paid more income tax in the U.S.. On March 17, 1947 he married the American David Alfred Sebastian, born in Detroit November 23, 1908. Before, Carmen dated various Hollywood stars and also the Brazilian musician Aloysio, member of the Gang of the Moon
Before leaving for the United States and before meeting her husband, Carmen dated the young Mario Cunha and bon vivant Carlos da Rocha Faria, son of a traditional family of Rio de Janeiro. In the U.S., Carmen kept the case with actors John Wayne and Dana Andrews. Marriage is appointed by all biographers and scholars of Carmen Miranda as the beginning of his physical and moral decay. Her husband, David, before a simple employee of a film producer, became "entrepreneur" Carmen Miranda and led its business and bad contracts. He was also an alcoholic and may have stimulated Carmen Miranda to consume alcoholic beverages, which she would soon become dependent. The marriage was in crisis in the first months, due to excessive jealousy, treachery and violent fights David, Carmen Miranda but did not accept the separation because it was a convinced Catholic. Became pregnant in 1948, but suffered a miscarriage after a presentation and could not get pregnant, which worsened their depressive episodes and abuse with sedative drugs and drinks.