Josephine Baker
Known for: Acting
Born: June 2, 1906 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA - Died: April 11, 1975
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.
Known for
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Moulin Rouge
Princess Tam-Tam
Paris: The Luminous Years
The Fireman of the Folies-Bergere
Hitler's Forgotten Victims
Self (achive footage)
Princess Tam Tam
Alwina
Ten on Every Finger
Sängerin
Siren of the Tropics
Papitou
Variety carousel
Zouzou
Zouzou
Parisian Pleasures
Herself
The French Way
Zazu Clarion
Ways to Strength and Beauty
Jornal Português (1938-1951)
Self (archive footage)
Die Frauen von Folies Bergères
It's Black Entertainment
Self (archive footage)
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
Self (archive footage)
Do I Look Like a Lady? (Comedians and Singers)
Self (archive footage)
La folie du jour
Striptease: The Greatest Exotic Dancers of All Time
Herself (archive footage)
Palace Music Hall
Modeles Noirs, Regards Blancs
Self
Madness Remixed
(archive footage)
Paris Was a Woman
Self (archive footage)
Show - Charme - Chansons
Self