Josephine Baker
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1906-06-03
Day of Death
1975-04-12 (68 years old)
Place of Birth
St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Josephine Baker
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.
Known For
Acting
(2021)
Josephine Baker, la fleur au fusil
as Self (archive footage)
(2021)
Madness Remixed
as (archive footage)
(2020)
(2018)
Josephine Baker: The Story of an Awakening
as Self (archive footage)
(2016)
Do I Look Like a Lady? (Comedians and Singers)
as Self (archive footage)
(2010)
(2005)
Jornal Português (1938-1951)
as Self (archive footage)
(2005)
Joséphine Baker en couleur
as Herself
(2004)
Striptease: The Greatest Exotic Dancers of All Time
as Herself (archive footage)
(2002)
It's Black Entertainment
as Self (archive footage)
(1999)
Intimate Portrait: Josephine Baker
as Herself (archival 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)
(1975)
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
as Self (archive footage)
(1955)
(1954)
Ten on Every Finger
as Sängerin
(1940)
Moulin Rouge
as Princess Tam-Tam
(1940)
The French Way
as Zazu Clarion
(1935)
Princess Tam Tam
as Alwina
(1934)
Zouzou
as Zouzou
(1928)
(1927)
Siren of the Tropics
as Papitou
(1927)
Parisian Pleasures
as Herself
(1927)
(1927)
(1925)
(1925)
Crew
(2001)
Le Petite Tonkinoise
Music