- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- June 3, 1906
- Place of Birth
- St. Louis, Missouri, USA
- Died
- April 12, 1975
Josephine Baker
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
movieBardot
2025 · archive footage
tvThe Century of Icons
2022 · Self (archive footage)
movieMadness Remixed
2021 · (archive footage)
movieJosephine Baker, la fleur au fusil
2021 · Self (archive footage)
movieModeles Noirs, Regards Blancs
2020 · Self
tvFrance between the two wars
2019 · Elle-même
movieJosephine Baker: The Story of an Awakening
2018 · Self (archive footage)
movieDo I Look Like a Lady? (Comedians and Singers)
2016 · Self (archive footage)
movieJornal Português (1938-1951)
2015 · Self (archive footage)
movieParis: The Luminous Years
2010
tvLegends
2006 · Self (archive footage)
movieJoséphine Baker en couleur
2005 · Herself
movieStriptease: The Greatest Exotic Dancers of All Time
2004 · Herself (archive footage)
movieIt's Black Entertainment
2002 · Self (archive footage)
Das Jahrhundert des Kabaretts
tvDas Jahrhundert des Kabaretts
2001 · Self (archive Footage)
Le Petite Tonkinoise
movieLe Petite Tonkinoise
2001 · Music
movieIntimate Portrait: Josephine Baker
1999 · Herself (archival footage)
Hitler's Forgotten Victims
movieHitler's Forgotten Victims
1997 · Self (achive footage)
movieParis Was a Woman
1996 · Self (archive footage)
tvIntimate Portrait
1993 · Self (archive footage)
movieChasing a Rainbow: The Life of Josephine Baker
1987 · Self (Archival Footage)
movieBlack Shadows on a Silver Screen
1975 · Self (archive footage)
Système 2
tvSystème 2
1975 · Self (archive footage)
tvAm laufenden Band
1974 · Self - Guest
Acht nach 8
tvAcht nach 8
1973 · Self
tvMidi trente
1972 · Self
tvLe Grand Échiquier
1972 · Self
Erkennen Sie die Melodie?
tvErkennen Sie die Melodie?
1969 · Self
Night-Club
tvNight-Club
1968 · Self
Meine Melodie
tvMeine Melodie
1965 · Self
Show - Charme - Chansons
movieShow - Charme - Chansons
1965 · Self
Hotel Victoria
tvHotel Victoria
1961 · Self
tvDiscorama
1959 · Self
movieVariety carousel
1955
movieTen on Every Finger
1954 · Sängerin
movieMoulin Rouge
1940 · Princess Tam-Tam
movieThe French Way
1940 · Zazu Clarion
moviePrincess Tam Tam
1935 · Alwina
movieZouzou
1934 · Zouzou
movieThe Fireman of the Folies-Bergere
1928
movieSiren of the Tropics
1927 · Papitou
movieParisian Pleasures
1927 · Herself
movieLa folie du jour
1927
movieDie Frauen von Folies Bergères
1927
movieWays to Strength and Beauty
1925
moviePalace Music Hall
1925
Miss Josephine Baker
movieMiss Josephine Baker
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