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 (44 Appearances)

The Century of Icons

Madness Remixed

Josephine Baker, la fleur au fusil

Modeles Noirs, Regards Blancs

France between the two wars

Josephine Baker: The Story of an Awakening

Do I Look Like a Lady? (Comedians and Singers)

Jornal Português (1938-1951)

Paris: The Luminous Years

Legends

Joséphine Baker en couleur

Striptease: The Greatest Exotic Dancers of All Time

It's Black Entertainment

Das Jahrhundert des Kabaretts

Intimate Portrait: Josephine Baker

Hitler's Forgotten Victims

Paris Was a Woman

Intimate Portrait

Chasing a Rainbow: The Life of Josephine Baker

Black Shadows on a Silver Screen

Système 2

Am laufenden Band

Acht nach 8

Midi trente

Le Grand Échiquier

Erkennen Sie die Melodie?

Night-Club

Meine Melodie

Show - Charme - Chansons

Hotel Victoria

Discorama

Variety carousel

Ten on Every Finger

Moulin Rouge

The French Way

Princess Tam Tam

Zouzou

The Fireman of the Folies-Bergere

Siren of the Tropics

Parisian Pleasures

La folie du jour

Die Frauen von Folies Bergères

Ways to Strength and Beauty

Palace Music Hall

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