Josephine Baker
Acting
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
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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)
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)
tvLegends
2006
Self (archive footage)
movieStriptease: The Greatest Exotic Dancers of All Time
2004
Herself (archive footage)
movieIt's Black Entertainment
2002
Self (archive footage)
Das Jahrhundert des Kabaretts
2001
Self (archive Footage)
movieIntimate Portrait: Josephine Baker
1999
Herself (archival footage)
Hitler'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
1975
Self (archive footage)
tvAm laufenden Band
1974
Self - Guest
tvDiscorama
1959
Self
movieTen on Every Finger
1954
Sängerin
movieMoulin Rouge
1940
Princess Tam-Tam
movieThe French Way
1940
Zazu Clarion
movieZouzou
1934
Zouzou
movieParisian Pleasures
1927
Herself
