Josephine Baker
Date of birth: 1906-06-03
Place of birth: St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Freda Josephine McDonald, Joséphine 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.
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Joséphine Baker en couleur
2005-04-23
Josephine Baker, la fleur au fusil
2021-03-08
Josephine Baker, heedless of danger - The extraordinary destiny of Josephine Baker. From her native
Moulin Rouge
1940-12-08
A poor wretch, who has just been hired as a music-hall artist, in spite of himself becomes the tenan
Paris: The Luminous Years
2010-12-14
A storm of Modernism swept through the art worlds of the West in the early decades of the twentieth
The Fireman of the Folies-Bergere
1928-03-01
After a lengthy period of watching the dancers at the Folies Bergères, a fireman stops in for a drin
Hitler's Forgotten Victims
1997-10-02
The story of black and mixed race people in Nazi Germany who were sterilised, experimented upon, tor
Princess Tam Tam
1935-11-02
A French novelist passes off an African shepherdess as a princess.
Ten on Every Finger
1954-10-27
Siren of the Tropics
1927-12-30
Marquis Sévéro, a rich, lazy Parisian, wants to divorce his wife so that he can marry his own goddau
Variety carousel
1955-02-08
A painter gives his daughter a television set for her 18th birthday. On the evening of the party, th
Chasing a Rainbow: The Life of Josephine Baker
1987-03-24
The story of Josephine Baker takes us on a fascinating tour of 20th-century race relations on both s
Zouzou
1934-12-21
Zou Zou tries to help her childhood friend prove his innocence after he's accused of murder.
Parisian Pleasures
1927-11-29
Gabrielle (Helene Hallier), an ambitious but innocent would-be young chorine, trumps a music hall pu
The French Way
1940-06-27
Cabaret star Zazu intervenes when young lovers are sundered by their parents' feud.
Ways to Strength and Beauty
1925-03-16
The perfect body as an object of cult worship. Based on the mass sports and body worship movement of
Jornal Português (1938-1951)
2005-12-12
The newsreel series Jornal Português (1938-1951) was produced for the Secretariat of National Propag
Die Frauen von Folies Bergères
1927-02-01
Josephine Baker: The Story of an Awakening
2018-11-22
How did a poor little black girl from Missouri become the Queen of Paris, before joining the French
It's Black Entertainment
2002-02-08
A star-studded tribute (from the creators of That's Entertainment) to the contributions of Afro-Amer
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
1975-04-19
Ossie Davis narrates a history of "race films," films made before 1950 which catered to a primarily
Do I Look Like a Lady? (Comedians and Singers)
2016-10-16
Do I Look Like a Lady? (Comedians and Singers) presents a dynamic checkerboard of moving image foota
La folie du jour
1927-02-25
This is a Folies Bergère show with Josephine Baker in the spotlight.
Striptease: The Greatest Exotic Dancers of All Time
2004-11-09
Performances of the greatest exotic dancers are collected here for the first time, from Little Egypt
Palace Music Hall
1925-01-01
Intimate Portrait: Josephine Baker
1999-07-20
From world-renowned performer of the Jazz Age, to WWII spy, to civil rights activist – a look into t
Modeles Noirs, Regards Blancs
2020-10-14
Madness Remixed
2021-06-09
Madness Remixed explores the image of exoticism portrayed by Josephine Baker in a 1926 performance e
Paris Was a Woman
1996-02-19
Women (many of them lesbian) artists, writers, photographers, designers, and adventurers settled in
Show - Charme - Chansons
1965-02-02