Josephine Baker
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
Bardot
2025
as archive footage
Madness Remixed
2021
as (archive footage)
Josephine Baker, la fleur au fusil
2021
as Self (archive footage)
Modeles Noirs, Regards Blancs
2020
as Self
Josephine Baker: The Story of an Awakening
2018
as Self (archive footage)
Do I Look Like a Lady? (Comedians and Singers)
2016
as Self (archive footage)
Jornal Português (1938-1951)
2015
as Self (archive footage)
Paris: The Luminous Years
2010
Joséphine Baker en couleur
2005
as Herself
Striptease: The Greatest Exotic Dancers of All Time
2004
as Herself (archive footage)
It's Black Entertainment
2002
as Self (archive footage)
Intimate Portrait: Josephine Baker
1999
as Herself (archival footage)
- No poster
Hitler's Forgotten Victims
1997
as Self (achive footage)
Paris Was a Woman
1996
as Self (archive footage)
Chasing a Rainbow: The Life of Josephine Baker
1987
as Self (Archival Footage)
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
1975
as Self (archive footage)
- No poster
Show - Charme - Chansons
1965
as Self
Variety carousel
1955
Ten on Every Finger
1954
as Sängerin
Moulin Rouge
1940
as Princess Tam-Tam
The French Way
1940
as Zazu Clarion
Princess Tam Tam
1935
as Alwina
Zouzou
1934
as Zouzou
The Fireman of the Folies-Bergere
1928