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Josephine Baker

Josephine Baker

Birthday: 1906-06-03 | Place of Birth: St. Louis, Missouri, USA

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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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2021
Madness Remixed

as    (archive footage)

2020
2019
France between the two wars

as    Elle-même

2018
Josephine Baker: The Story of an Awakening

as    Self (archive footage)

2004
Striptease: The Greatest Exotic Dancers of All Time

as    Herself (archive footage)

1997
Hitler's Forgotten Victims

as    Self (achive footage)

1996
Paris Was a Woman

as    Self (archive footage)

1987
Chasing a Rainbow: The Life of Josephine Baker

as    Self (Archival Footage)

1965
Show - Charme - Chansons

as    Self

1954
Ten on Every Finger

as    Sängerin

1940
The French Way

as    Zazu Clarion

1935
Princess Tam Tam

as    Alwina

1934
Zouzou

as    Zouzou

1929
Siren of the Tropics

as    Papitou

1927
Parisian Pleasures

as    Herself