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
Top 29 Movies
It's Black Entertainment
2002
Josephine Baker: The Story of an Awakening
2018
Intimate Portrait: Josephine Baker
1999
The French Way
1940
Do I Look Like a Lady? (Comedians and Singers)
2016
Zouzou
1934
Siren of the Tropics
1927
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
1975
Die Frauen von Folies Bergères
1927
Ten on Every Finger
1954
Variety carousel
1955
Jornal Português (1938-1951)
2015
Paris: The Luminous Years
2010
Paris Was a Woman
1996
Striptease: The Greatest Exotic Dancers of All Time
2004
Ways to Strength and Beauty
1925
Moulin Rouge
1940
Parisian Pleasures
1927
The Fireman of the Folies-Bergere
1928
Chasing a Rainbow: The Life of Josephine Baker
1987
Princess Tam Tam
1935
Josephine Baker, la fleur au fusil
2021
Madness Remixed
2021
Palace Music Hall
1925
Modeles Noirs, Regards Blancs
2020
La folie du jour
1927
Joséphine Baker en couleur
2005