Josephine Baker

Josephine Baker

  • Birthday: 1906-06-03
  • Deathday: 1975-04-12
  • Place of birth: St. Louis, Missouri, USA
  • Also know as: Freda Josephine McDonald

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

Princess Tam Tam

1935

As Alwina

Siren of the Tropics

1927

As Papitou

Zouzou

1934

As Zouzou

The French Way

1945

As Zazu Clarion

Josephine Baker: The Story of an Awakening

2018

As Self (archive footage)

Striptease: The Greatest Exotic Dancers of All Time

2004

As Herself (archive footage)

Madness Remixed

2021

As (archive footage)

Josephine Baker, la fleur au fusil

2021

As Self (archive footage)

Chasing a Rainbow: The Life of Josephine Baker

1987

As Self (Archival Footage)

Parisian Pleasures

1927

As Herself

Intimate Portrait: Josephine Baker

1999

As Herself (archival footage)

Black Shadows on a Silver Screen

1975

As Self (archive footage)

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

2016

As Self (archive footage)

It's Black Entertainment

2002

As Self (archive footage)

Jornal Português (1938-1951)

2005

As Herself (archive footage)

Ten on Every Finger

1954

As Sängerin

Hitler's Forgotten Victims

1997

As Self (achive footage)

Moulin Rouge

1940

As Princess Tam-Tam

Zelig

1983

As Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Production

Le Petite Tonkinoise

2001

As Music

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