Josephine Baker
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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
Credits
Siren of the Tropics (1927)
as Papitou
Bardot (2025)
as archive footage
The French Way (1940)
as Zazu Clarion
Josephine Baker: The Story of an Awakening (2018)
as Self (archive footage)
Modeles Noirs, Regards Blancs (2020)
as Self
Princess Tam Tam (1935)
as Alwina
It's Black Entertainment (2002)
as Self (archive footage)
Parisian Pleasures (1927)
as Herself
Madness Remixed (2021)
as (archive footage)
Intimate Portrait: Josephine Baker (1999)
as Herself (archival footage)
Die Frauen von Folies Bergères (1927)
Actor
Show - Charme - Chansons (1965)
as Self
Ways to Strength and Beauty (1925)
Actor
Joséphine Baker en couleur (2005)
as Herself
Paris Was a Woman (1996)
as Self (archive footage)
Hitler's Forgotten Victims (1997)
as Self (achive footage)
Josephine Baker, la fleur au fusil (2021)
as Self (archive footage)
The Fireman of the Folies-Bergere (1928)
Actor
Variety carousel (1955)
Actor
Zouzou (1934)
as Zouzou
Do I Look Like a Lady? (Comedians and Singers) (2016)
as Self (archive footage)
Palace Music Hall (1925)
Actor
Jornal Português (1938-1951) (2015)
as Self (archive footage)
Ten on Every Finger (1954)
as Sängerin
La folie du jour (1927)
Actor
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen (1975)
as Self (archive footage)
Miss Josephine Baker (—)
Actor
Paris: The Luminous Years (2010)
Actor
Striptease: The Greatest Exotic Dancers of All Time (2004)
as Herself (archive footage)
Moulin Rouge (1940)
as Princess Tam-Tam
Chasing a Rainbow: The Life of Josephine Baker (1987)
as Self (Archival Footage)