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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:
26
First Appeared:
In the movie Ways to Strength and Beauty 1925-03-16
Latest Project:
Movie Josephine Baker, la fleur au fusil 2021-03-08
Known For
Poster of Chasing a Rainbow: The Life of Josephine Baker
Poster of Variety carousel
Poster of Parisian Pleasures
Poster of Die Frauen von Folies Bergères
Filmography
Movie Josephine Baker, la fleur au fusil Self (archive footage) 2021-03-08
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 Joséphine Baker en couleur Herself 2005-04-23
Movie Jornal Português (1938-1951) Self (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 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