Josephine Baker
Birthday: 1906-06-03 | Place of Birth: St. Louis, Missouri, USAJosephine 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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Known For
Acting
Year
Title
Role
2021
Madness Remixed
as (archive footage)
2020
Modeles Noirs, Regards Blancs
as Self
1987
Chasing a Rainbow: The Life of Josephine Baker
as Self (Archival Footage)
1927
Parisian Pleasures
as Herself
1927
Siren of the Tropics
as Papitou
