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