Josephine Baker
- Acting
- June 3, 1906 · St. Louis, Missouri, USA
- April 12, 1975
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
Filmography
- Bardot · archive footage
- Donyale Luna: Supermodel · archive footage
- The Century of Icons · Self
- Madness Remixed · (archive footage)
- Josephine Baker, la fleur au fusil · Self
- Modeles Noirs, Regards Blancs · Self
- France between the two wars · Elle-même
- Josephine Baker: The Story of an Awakening · Self
- Do I Look Like a Lady? (Comedians and Singers) · Self
- Jornal Português (1938-1951) · Self
- Paris: The Luminous Years
- Legends · Self
- Joséphine Baker en couleur · Self
- Striptease: The Greatest Exotic Dancers of All Time · Self
- It's Black Entertainment · Self
- Das Jahrhundert des Kabaretts · Self
- Le Petite Tonkinoise · Music
- Intimate Portrait: Josephine Baker · Self
- Hitler's Forgotten Victims · Self
- Paris Was a Woman · Self
- Intimate Portrait · Self
- Chasing a Rainbow: The Life of Josephine Baker · Self
- Black Shadows on a Silver Screen · Self
- Système 2 · Self
- Am laufenden Band · Self
- Acht nach 8 · Self
- Midi trente · Self
- Le Grand Échiquier · Self
- Erkennen Sie die Melodie? · Self
- Night-Club · Self
- Meine Melodie · Self
- Show - Charme - Chansons · Self
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson · Self
- Hotel Victoria · Self
- Discorama · Self
- Variety carousel
- Ten on Every Finger · Sängerin
- Moulin Rouge · Princess Tam-Tam
- The French Way · Zazu Clarion
- Princess Tam Tam · Alwina
- Zouzou · Zouzou
- The Fireman of the Folies-Bergere
- Siren of the Tropics · Papitou
- Parisian Pleasures · Self
- La folie du jour
- The Women of the Folies Bergères
- Ways to Strength and Beauty
- Palace Music Hall
- Miss Josephine Baker