Josephine Baker
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.
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- Born:
- Jun 3, 1906 In St. Louis - Missouri - USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 24
- First Appeared:
- In the movie Ways to Strength and Beauty 1925-03-16
- Latest Project:
- Movie Modeles Noirs, Regards Blancs 2020-10-14
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Modeles Noirs, Regards Blancs | Self | 2020-10-14 |
| Movie | Josephine Baker: The Story of an Awakening | Self (archive footage) | 2018-11-22 |
| Movie | Do I Look Like a Lady? (Comedians and Singers) | Self (archive footage) | 2016-10-16 |
| Movie | Paris: The Luminous Years | 2010-12-14 | |
| Movie | Jornal Português (1938-1951) | Herself (archive footage) | 2005-12-12 |
| Movie | Striptease: The Greatest Exotic Dancers of All Time | Herself (archive footage) | 2004-11-09 |
| Movie | It's Black Entertainment | Self (archive footage) | 2002-02-08 |
| Movie | Hitler's Forgotten Victims | Self (achive footage) | 1997-10-02 |
| Movie | Chasing a Rainbow: The Life of Josephine Baker | Self (Archival Footage) | 1987-03-24 |
| Movie | Zelig | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1983-07-15 |
| Movie | Black Shadows on a Silver Screen | Self (archive footage) | 1975-04-19 |
| Series | Am laufenden Band | Gast | 1974-04-27 |
| Movie | Variety carousel | 1955-02-08 | |
| Movie | Ten on Every Finger | Sängerin | 1954-10-27 |
| Movie | The French Way | Zazu Clarion | 1945-06-27 |
| Movie | Moulin Rouge | Princess Tam-Tam | 1940-12-08 |
| Movie | Princess Tam Tam | Alwina | 1935-11-02 |
| Movie | Zouzou | Zouzou | 1934-12-21 |
| Movie | The Fireman of the Folies-Bergere | Unknown | 1928-03-01 |
| Movie | Die Frauen von Folies Bergères | 1927-02-01 | |
| Movie | La folie du jour | 1927-02-25 | |
| Movie | Parisian Pleasures | Herself | 1927-11-29 |
| Movie | Siren of the Tropics | Papitou | 1927-12-30 |
| Movie | Ways to Strength and Beauty | 1925-03-16 |