Josephine Baker
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 | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 5.423 |
| Birthday | 1906-06-03 |
| Place of Birth | St. Louis, Missouri, USA |
| Also Known As | Freda Josephine McDonald, Joséphine Baker, |
2010
Paris: The Luminous Years
5/1
A storm of Modernism swept through the art worlds of the West in the early decades of the twentieth century, uprooting centuries of tradition. The epi...
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Paris: The Luminous Years
1928
The Fireman of the Folies-Bergere
5.9/8
After a lengthy period of watching the dancers at the Folies Bergères, a fireman stops in for a drink. As he becomes intoxicated, his thoughts return...
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The Fireman of the Folies-Bergere
1935
Princess Tam Tam
5/13
A French novelist passes off an African shepherdess as a princess.
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Princess Tam Tam
1954
Ten on Every Finger
4.5/2
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Ten on Every Finger
1955
Variety carousel
6/2
A painter gives his daughter a television set for her 18th birthday. On the evening of the party, the family sits in the living room and watches a ser...
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Variety carousel
1987
Chasing a Rainbow: The Life of Josephine Baker
7/1
The story of Josephine Baker takes us on a fascinating tour of 20th-century race relations on both sides of the Atlantic, yet it leads to no conclusio...
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Chasing a Rainbow: The Life of Josephine Baker
1934
Zouzou
5.8/15
Zou Zou tries to help her childhood friend prove his innocence after he's accused of murder.
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Zouzou
1927
Siren of the Tropics
5.727/11
Marquis Sévéro, a rich, lazy Parisian, wants to divorce his wife so that he can marry his own goddaughter Denise. But Denise herself loves André Berva...
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Siren of the Tropics
1927
Parisian Pleasures
5.8/8
Gabrielle (Helene Hallier), an ambitious but innocent would-be young chorine, trumps a music hall publicity stunt to become the new Parisian nightclub...
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Parisian Pleasures
1945
The French Way
5/5
Cabaret star Zazu intervenes when young lovers are sundered by their parents' feud.
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The French Way
1925
Ways to Strength and Beauty
7.1/4
The perfect body as an object of cult worship. Based on the mass sports and body worship movement of the 1920s, the film propagates physical training...
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Ways to Strength and Beauty
2005
Jornal Português (1938-1951)
0/0
The newsreel series Jornal Português (1938-1951) was produced for the Secretariat of National Propaganda (SPN/SNI) by the "Portuguese Newsreel Society...
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Jornal Português (1938-1951)
1927
Die Frauen von Folies Bergères
0/0
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Die Frauen von Folies Bergères
2018
Josephine Baker: The Story of an Awakening
7.9/5
How did a poor little black girl from Missouri become the Queen of Paris, before joining the French Resistance and finally creating her dream family “...
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Josephine Baker: The Story of an Awakening
2002
It's Black Entertainment
8/2
A star-studded tribute (from the creators of That's Entertainment) to the contributions of Afro-Americans in film over the last century. Vanessa Willi...
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It's Black Entertainment
1975
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
0/0
Ossie Davis narrates a history of "race films," films made before 1950 which catered to a primarily black audience.
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Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
2016
Do I Look Like a Lady? (Comedians and Singers)
0/0
Do I Look Like a Lady? (Comedians and Singers) presents a dynamic checkerboard of moving image footage featuring African-American actors and singers f...
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Do I Look Like a Lady? (Comedians and Singers)
1927
La folie du jour
0/0
This is a Folies Bergère show with Josephine Baker in the spotlight.
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La folie du jour
2004
Striptease: The Greatest Exotic Dancers of All Time
1/1
Performances of the greatest exotic dancers are collected here for the first time, from Little Egypt in 1893 to the great striptease headliners of the...
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Striptease: The Greatest Exotic Dancers of All Time
1925
Palace Music Hall
7/1
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Palace Music Hall
1999
Intimate Portrait: Josephine Baker
2/1
From world-renowned performer of the Jazz Age, to WWII spy, to civil rights activist – a look into the iconic life and legacy of Josephine Baker, narr...
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Intimate Portrait: Josephine Baker
2020
Modeles Noirs, Regards Blancs
8/1
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Modeles Noirs, Regards Blancs
2021
Madness Remixed
0/0
Madness Remixed explores the image of exoticism portrayed by Josephine Baker in a 1926 performance entitled The Madness of the Day in which Baker wore...
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Madness Remixed
2005
Joséphine Baker en couleur
9/1
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Joséphine Baker en couleur
2021
Josephine Baker, la fleur au fusil
0/0
Josephine Baker, heedless of danger - The extraordinary destiny of Josephine Baker. From her native Missouri to Paris, the artist succeeded in making...
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Josephine Baker, la fleur au fusil
1940
Moulin Rouge
5/1
A poor wretch, who has just been hired as a music-hall artist, in spite of himself becomes the tenant of a particular Parisian building.
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Moulin Rouge
1997
Hitler's Forgotten Victims
10/0
The story of black and mixed race people in Nazi Germany who were sterilised, experimented upon, tortured and exterminated in the Nazi concentration c...
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Hitler's Forgotten Victims
1983
Zelig
7.434/830
Fictional documentary about the life of human chameleon Leonard Zelig, a man who becomes a celebrity in the 1920s due to his ability to look and act l...
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