Josephine Baker
Acting
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
Acting (31)
2025
Bardotas archive footage
8.3
2021
Madness Remixedas (archive footage)
2021
Josephine Baker, la fleur au fusilas Self (archive footage)
2020
8.0
2018
Josephine Baker: The Story of an Awakeningas Self (archive footage)
7.9
2016
Do I Look Like a Lady? (Comedians and Singers)as Self (archive footage)
2015
Jornal Português (1938-1951)as Self (archive footage)
5.0
2005
Joséphine Baker en couleuras Herself
7.7
2004
Striptease: The Greatest Exotic Dancers of All Timeas Herself (archive footage)
4.3
2002
It's Black Entertainmentas Self (archive footage)
8.7
1999
Intimate Portrait: Josephine Bakeras Herself (archival footage)
4.7
1997
Hitler's Forgotten Victimsas Self (achive footage)
10.0
1996
Paris Was a Womanas Self (archive footage)
6.4
1987
Chasing a Rainbow: The Life of Josephine Bakeras Self (Archival Footage)
7.0
1975
Black Shadows on a Silver Screenas Self (archive footage)
1965
Show - Charme - Chansonsas Self
1955
6.8
1954
Ten on Every Fingeras Sängerin
5.3
1940
Moulin Rougeas Princess Tam-Tam
6.5
1940
The French Wayas Zazu Clarion
5.8
1935
Princess Tam Tamas Alwina
5.2
1934
Zouzouas Zouzou
6.2
1927
Siren of the Tropicsas Papitou
5.5
1927
Parisian Pleasuresas Herself
6.2
1927
10.0
7.1
7.0
Production & Directing (1)
2001
Le Petite TonkinoiseMusic