Josephine Baker
Known for: Acting
Born: June 3, 1906
Died: April 12, 1975
Place of birth: St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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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Filmography
32 movies · 16 TV shows, newest first
8.3
Bardot
2025
7.0
The Century of Icons
2022
NR
Madness Remixed
2021
NR
Josephine Baker, la fleur au fusil
2021
8.0
Modeles Noirs, Regards Blancs
2020
9.0
France between the two wars
2019
7.9
Josephine Baker: The Story of an Awakening
2018
NR
Do I Look Like a Lady? (Comedians and Singers)
2016
NR
Jornal Português (1938-1951)
2015
5.0
Paris: The Luminous Years
2010
5.0
Legends
2006
7.7
Joséphine Baker en couleur
2005
4.3
Striptease: The Greatest Exotic Dancers of All Time
2004
8.7
It's Black Entertainment
2002NR
Das Jahrhundert des Kabaretts
2001NR
Le Petite Tonkinoise
2001
4.7
Intimate Portrait: Josephine Baker
199910.0
Hitler's Forgotten Victims
1997
6.4
Paris Was a Woman
1996
4.5
Intimate Portrait
1993
7.0
Chasing a Rainbow: The Life of Josephine Baker
1987
NR
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
1975NR
Système 2
1975
7.0
Am laufenden Band
1974NR
Acht nach 8
1973
6.0
Midi trente
1972
8.0
Le Grand Échiquier
19729.0
Erkennen Sie die Melodie?
1969NR
Night-Club
1968NR
Meine Melodie
1965NR
Show - Charme - Chansons
1965
7.5
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
19629.0
Hotel Victoria
1961
8.0
Discorama
1959
6.8
Variety carousel
1955
5.3
Ten on Every Finger
1954
6.5
Moulin Rouge
1940
5.8
The French Way
1940
5.2
Princess Tam Tam
1935
6.2
Zouzou
1934
5.7
The Fireman of the Folies-Bergere
1928
5.5
Siren of the Tropics
1927
6.2
Parisian Pleasures
1927
10.0
La folie du jour
1927
9.0
Die Frauen von Folies Bergères
1927
7.1
Ways to Strength and Beauty
1925
7.0
Palace Music Hall
1925NR
Miss Josephine Baker
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