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Unlike her sister Carmen Miranda, who was the definition of a superstar (she was the highest earning actor/entertainer in the United States between 1946 and 1950), Aurora preferred married life to her career. In 1951 she returned to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and a quiet life as wife and mother.

Although she outlived (Aurora died December 2005, aged 90) her sister Carmen Miranda (died August 1955, aged 46) by more than fifty years, they both died of the same cause - a heart attack.

Sister of Carmen Miranda (b.1909), Olinda (b.1907), Amaro (b.1911), Cecília (b.1913) and Oscar (b.1916).

Children with Gabriel Alexander Richaid: Gabriel and Maria Paula.

Daughter of José Maria Pinto da Cunha (1887-1938) and Maria Emília Miranda (1886-1971).