Skip to main content
Josephine Baker

Josephine Baker

Acting1906St. Louis, Missouri, USA

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.

Acting History

2022
The Century of Icons
TVas Self (archive footage)
2021
Madness Remixed
as (archive footage)
Josephine Baker, la fleur au fusil
as Self (archive footage)
2019
2018
2015
Jornal Português (1938-1951)
as Self (archive footage)
2009
Legends
TVas Self (archive footage)1 eps
2002
It's Black Entertainment
as Self (archive footage)
2001
1999
Intimate Portrait: Josephine Baker
as Herself (archival footage)
Intimate Portrait
TVas Self (archive footage)1 eps
1997
Hitler's Forgotten Victims
as Self (achive footage)
1996
Paris Was a Woman
as Self (archive footage)
1975
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
as Self (archive footage)
Système 2
TVas Self (archive footage)
1974
Le Grand Échiquier
TVas Self1 eps
Midi trente
TVas Self1 eps
Am laufenden Band
TVas Self - Guest
1973
Acht nach 8
TVas Self
1968
Discorama
TVas Self1 eps
Night-Club
TVas Self
1961
1954
1940
The French Way
as Zazu Clarion
Moulin Rouge
as Princess Tam-Tam
1935
1934
Zouzou
as Zouzou

Social Media

Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
6/3/1906
Day of Death
4/12/1975
Place of Birth
St. Louis, Missouri, USA