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.
Filmography
all 59
Movies 45
self 44
TV Shows 14
Self (archive footage)
Le Siècle des icônes (2022)
TV
ArchiveFootage
Madness Remixed (2021)
Movie
Self (archive footage)
Do I Look Like a Lady? (Comedians and Singers) (2016)
Movie
ArchiveFootage
David Suchet on the Orient Express (2010)
Movie
Self (archive footage)
Legends (2006)
TV
Self (archive footage)
Jornal Português (1938-1951) (2005)
Movie
Self (archive footage)
Intimate Portrait (1993)
TV
Self - Sings Song Mon pays c'est Paris
The Secret Life of Sergei Eisenstein (1987)
Movie
ArchiveFootage
Ciné Follies (1977)
Movie
Self (archive footage)
Système 2 (1975)
TV
Self - Guest
Am laufenden Band (1974)
TV
Self - Singer
Project XX: The Jazz Age (1956)
Movie
Sängerin
Ten on Every Finger (1954)
Movie
Zazu Clarion
The French Way (1945)
Movie
Princess Tam-Tam
Moulin Rouge (1940)
Movie
Zouzou
Zouzou (1934)
Movie
Josephine Baker
Parisian Pleasures (1927)
Movie
Actress
La folie du jour (1927)
Movie
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Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1906-06-03
Deathday1975-04-12 (68 years old)
Birth NameFreda Josephine McDonald
Birth PlaceSt. Louis, United States
ReligionCatholicism
RelationshipsJo Bouillon (1947 - 1961)
ChildrenAkio Bouillon
CitizenshipsUnited States, France
ResidencesSt. Louis · New York City, United States, Paris · Le Vésinet · Château des Milandes · Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France
Also Known AsFreda Josephine McDonald, Joséphine Baker
AwardsCroix de guerre 1939–1945, Médaille de la Résistance, Médaille commémorative de la guerre 1939–1945, Commemorative medal for voluntary service in Free France, Knight of the Legion of Honour
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