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Josephine Baker
St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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 Resi…
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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.
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2025
Bardot
Movie archive footage
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2022
The Century of Icons
TV show Self (archive footage)
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2021
Madness Remixed
Movie (archive footage)
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2021
Josephine Baker, la fleur au fusil
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2020
Modeles Noirs, Regards Blancs
Movie Self
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2019
France between the two wars
TV show Elle-même
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2018
Josephine Baker: The Story of an Awakening
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2016
Do I Look Like a Lady? (Comedians and Singers)
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2015
Jornal Português (1938-1951)
Movie Self (archive footage)
- 2010
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2006
Legends
TV show Self (archive footage)
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2005
Joséphine Baker en couleur
Movie Herself
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2004
Striptease: The Greatest Exotic Dancers of All Time
Movie Herself (archive footage)
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2002
It's Black Entertainment
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2001
Das Jahrhundert des Kabaretts
TV show Self (archive Footage)
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2001
Le Petite Tonkinoise
Movie Music
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1999
Intimate Portrait: Josephine Baker
Movie Herself (archival footage)
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1997
Hitler's Forgotten Victims
Movie Self (achive footage)
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1996
Paris Was a Woman
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1993
Intimate Portrait
TV show Self (archive footage)
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1987
Chasing a Rainbow: The Life of Josephine Baker
Movie Self (Archival Footage)
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1975
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1975
Système 2
TV show Self (archive footage)
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1974
Am laufenden Band
TV show Self - Guest
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1973
Acht nach 8
TV show Self
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1972
Midi trente
TV show Self
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1972
Le Grand Échiquier
TV show Self
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1969
Erkennen Sie die Melodie?
TV show Self
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1968
Night-Club
TV show Self
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1965
Meine Melodie
TV show Self
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1965
Show - Charme - Chansons
Movie Self
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1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV show Self
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1961
Hotel Victoria
TV show Self
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1959
Discorama
TV show Self
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1955
Variety carousel
Movie
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1954
Ten on Every Finger
Movie Sängerin
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1940
Moulin Rouge
Movie Princess Tam-Tam
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1940
The French Way
Movie Zazu Clarion
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1935
Princess Tam Tam
Movie Alwina
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1934
Zouzou
Movie Zouzou
