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Josephine Baker

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Birthdate

1906-06-03

Day of Death

1975-04-12

Place of Birth

St. Louis, Missouri, USA

Josephine Baker

Biography

Josephine Baker (born Freda Josephine McDonald, naturalised French Joséphine Baker; 3 June 1906 – 12 April 1975) was an American-born French entertainer, activist, and French Resistance agent. Her career was centered primarily in Europe, mostly in her adopted France. During her early career she was renowned as a dancer, and was among the most celebrated performers to headline the revues of the Folies Bergère in Paris. Her performance in the revue Un vent de folie in 1927 caused a sensation in Paris. Her costume, consisting of only a girdle of artificial bananas, became her most iconic image and a symbol of the Jazz Age and the 1920s.

Filmography (29)

⭐ 0 Role: (archive footage)

Madness Remixed

2021
⭐ 0 Role: Self (archive footage)

Josephine Baker, la fleur au fusil

2021
⭐ 8.0 Role: Self

Modeles Noirs, Regards Blancs

2020
⭐ 7.9 Role: Self (archive footage)

Josephine Baker: The Story of an Awakening

2018
⭐ 0 Role: Self (archive footage)

Do I Look Like a Lady? (Comedians and Singers)

2016
⭐ 0 Role: Self (archive footage)

Jornal Português (1938-1951)

2015
⭐ 5.0 Role: Unknown

Paris: The Luminous Years

2010
⭐ 7.7 Role: Herself

Joséphine Baker en couleur

2005
⭐ 4.2 Role: Herself (archive footage)

Striptease: The Greatest Exotic Dancers of All Time

2004
⭐ 8.7 Role: Self (archive footage)

It's Black Entertainment

2002
⭐ 4.7 Role: Herself (archival footage)

Intimate Portrait: Josephine Baker

1999
No Image
⭐ 10.0 Role: Self (achive footage)

Hitler's Forgotten Victims

1997
⭐ 6.4 Role: Self (archive footage)

Paris Was a Woman

1996
⭐ 7.0 Role: Self (Archival Footage)

Chasing a Rainbow: The Life of Josephine Baker

1987
⭐ 0 Role: Self (archive footage)

Black Shadows on a Silver Screen

1975