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