Josephine Baker
Born: 1906-06-03
• 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.
Filmography
Madness Remixed
Josephine Baker, la fleur au fusil
Modeles Noirs, Regards Blancs
Josephine Baker: The Story of an Awakening
Do I Look Like a Lady? (Comedians and Singers)
Jornal Português (1938-1951)
Paris: The Luminous Years
Joséphine Baker en couleur
Striptease: The Greatest Exotic Dancers of All Time
It's Black Entertainment
Intimate Portrait: Josephine Baker
No Image
Hitler's Forgotten Victims
Paris Was a Woman
Chasing a Rainbow: The Life of Josephine Baker
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
No Image
Show - Charme - Chansons
Variety carousel
Ten on Every Finger
Moulin Rouge
The French Way
Princess Tam Tam
Zouzou
The Fireman of the Folies-Bergere
Siren of the Tropics
Parisian Pleasures
La folie du jour
Die Frauen von Folies Bergères
Ways to Strength and Beauty
Palace Music Hall