Josephine Baker

Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Born
June 3, 1906 (68 years old)
Died
April 12, 1975
Place of Birth
St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Popular Genres
Documentary Comedy Music
Career Span
1925 – 2021

Josephine Baker

2 nominations
28 credits

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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Personal Info

Born
Jun 3, 1906
From
St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Known For
Acting
Career
1925 – 2021

Known For

It's Black Entertainment
It's Black Entertainment
2002
as Self (archive footage)
Ways to Strength and Beauty
Ways to Strength and Beauty
1925
Hitler's Forgotten Victims
1997
as Self (achive footage)
Do I Look Like a Lady? (Comedians and Singers)
Do I Look Like a Lady? (Comedians and Singers)
2016
as Self (archive footage)
Josephine Baker: The Story of an Awakening
Josephine Baker: The Story of an Awakening
2018
as Self (archive footage)
Zouzou
Zouzou
1934
as Zouzou
Jornal Português (1938-1951)
Jornal Português (1938-1951)
2005
as Self (archive footage)
Striptease: The Greatest Exotic Dancers of All Time
Striptease: The Greatest Exotic Dancers of All Time
2004
as Herself (archive footage)
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
1975
as Self (archive footage)
Intimate Portrait: Josephine Baker
Intimate Portrait: Josephine Baker
1999
as Herself (archival footage)
Princess Tam Tam
Princess Tam Tam
1935
as Alwina
Paris Was a Woman
Paris Was a Woman
1996
as Self (archive footage)

Frequent Collaborators

Whitney Houston
Whitney Houston
2 shared projects
in "Do I Look Like a Lady? (Comedians and Singers)"
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Eartha Kitt
Eartha Kitt
2 shared projects
in "Do I Look Like a Lady? (Comedians and Singers)"
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Vanessa Williams
Vanessa Williams
1 shared project
in "It's Black Entertainment"
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Ella Fitzgerald
Ella Fitzgerald
1 shared project
in "It's Black Entertainment"
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Snoop Dogg
Snoop Dogg
1 shared project
in "It's Black Entertainment"
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Diana Ross
Diana Ross
1 shared project
in "It's Black Entertainment"
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Spike Lee
Spike Lee
1 shared project
in "It's Black Entertainment"
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Louis Armstrong
Louis Armstrong
1 shared project
in "It's Black Entertainment"
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Little Richard
Little Richard
1 shared project
in "It's Black Entertainment"
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Debbie Allen
Debbie Allen
1 shared project
in "It's Black Entertainment"
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Carl Anderson
Carl Anderson
1 shared project
in "It's Black Entertainment"
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James Brown
James Brown
1 shared project
in "It's Black Entertainment"
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Hitler's Forgotten Victims
Josephine Baker: The Story of an Awakening

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