Josephine Baker
Acting • Born 1906-06-03 – Died 1975-04-12
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
44 credits
Joséphine Baker en couleur
Movie • 2005
Herself
Josephine Baker, la fleur au fusil
Movie • 2021
Self (archive footage)
Moulin Rouge
Movie • 1940
Princess Tam-Tam
Paris: The Luminous Years
Movie • 2010
The Fireman of the Folies-Bergere
Movie • 1928
Hitler's Forgotten Victims
Movie • 1997
Self (achive footage)
Princess Tam Tam
Movie • 1935
Alwina
Ten on Every Finger
Movie • 1954
Sängerin
Siren of the Tropics
Movie • 1927
Papitou
Variety carousel
Movie • 1955
Chasing a Rainbow: The Life of Josephine Baker
Movie • 1987
Self (Archival Footage)
Zouzou
Movie • 1934
Zouzou
Parisian Pleasures
Movie • 1927
Herself
The French Way
Movie • 1940
Zazu Clarion
Ways to Strength and Beauty
Movie • 1925
Jornal Português (1938-1951)
Movie • 2015
Self (archive footage)
Die Frauen von Folies Bergères
Movie • 1927
Josephine Baker: The Story of an Awakening
Movie • 2018
Self (archive footage)
It's Black Entertainment
Movie • 2002
Self (archive footage)
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
Movie • 1975
Self (archive footage)
Do I Look Like a Lady? (Comedians and Singers)
Movie • 2016
Self (archive footage)
La folie du jour
Movie • 1927
Striptease: The Greatest Exotic Dancers of All Time
Movie • 2004
Herself (archive footage)
Palace Music Hall
Movie • 1925
Intimate Portrait: Josephine Baker
Movie • 1999
Herself (archival footage)
Modeles Noirs, Regards Blancs
Movie • 2020
Self
Madness Remixed
Movie • 2021
(archive footage)
Paris Was a Woman
Movie • 1996
Self (archive footage)
Show - Charme - Chansons
Movie • 1965
Self
Erkennen Sie die Melodie?
TV • 1969
Self
Acht nach 8
TV • 1973
Self
Am laufenden Band
TV • 1974
Self - Guest
Intimate Portrait
TV • 1993
Self (archive footage)
Le Grand Échiquier
TV • 1972
Self
Midi trente
TV • 1972
Self
Système 2
TV • 1975
Self (archive footage)
Legends
TV • 2006
Self (archive footage)
The Century of Icons
TV • 2022
Self (archive footage)
Hotel Victoria
TV • 1961
Self
Meine Melodie
TV • 1965
Self
Discorama
TV • 1959
Self
Night-Club
TV • 1968
Self
Das Jahrhundert des Kabaretts
TV • 2001
Self (archive Footage)
France between the two wars
TV • 2019
Elle-même