Josephine Baker
Born: 1906-06-03 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Died: 1975-04-12
Known For: Acting
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
2022
- The Century of Icons as Self (archive footage)
2021
- Madness Remixed as (archive footage)
- Josephine Baker, la fleur au fusil as Self (archive footage)
2020
- Modeles Noirs, Regards Blancs as Self
2018
- Josephine Baker: The Story of an Awakening as Self (archive footage)
2016
- Do I Look Like a Lady? (Comedians and Singers) as Self (archive footage)
2006
- Legends as Self (archive footage)
2005
- Jornal Português (1938-1951) as Self (archive footage)
- Joséphine Baker en couleur as Herself
2004
- Striptease: The Greatest Exotic Dancers of All Time as Herself (archive footage)
2002
- It's Black Entertainment as Self (archive footage)
2001
- Le Petite Tonkinoise ... (Music)
- Das Jahrhundert des Kabaretts as Self (archive Footage)
1999
- Intimate Portrait: Josephine Baker as Herself (archival footage)
1997
- Hitler's Forgotten Victims as Self (achive footage)
1996
- Paris Was a Woman as Self (archive footage)
1993
- Intimate Portrait as Self (archive footage)
1987
- Chasing a Rainbow: The Life of Josephine Baker as Self (Archival Footage)
1975
- Black Shadows on a Silver Screen as Self (archive footage)
- Système 2 as Self (archive footage)
1974
- Am laufenden Band as Self - Guest
1973
- Acht nach 8 as Self
1972
- Le Grand Échiquier as Self
- Midi trente as Self
1969
- Erkennen Sie die Melodie? as Self
1968
- Night-Club as Self
1965
- Meine Melodie as Self
- Show - Charme - Chansons as Self
1961
- Hotel Victoria as Self
1959
- Discorama as Self
1955
1954
- Ten on Every Finger as Sängerin
1940
- The French Way as Zazu Clarion
- Moulin Rouge as Princess Tam-Tam
1935
- Princess Tam Tam as Alwina
1934
- Zouzou as Zouzou
1927
- Siren of the Tropics as Papitou
- Parisian Pleasures as Herself
- Die Frauen von Folies Bergères
- La folie du jour