Josephine Baker
Known for Acting
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
It's Black Entertainment
2002
as Self (archive footage)
Do I Look Like a Lady? (Comedians and Singers)
2016
as Self (archive footage)
Zouzou
1934
as Zouzou
Siren of the Tropics
1927
as Papitou
Josephine Baker: The Story of an Awakening
2018
as Self (archive footage)
Hitler's Forgotten Victims
1997
as Self (achive footage)
Intimate Portrait: Josephine Baker
1999
as Herself (archival footage)
Jornal Português (1938-1951)
2015
as Self (archive footage)
Paris Was a Woman
1996
as Self (archive footage)
Moulin Rouge
1940
as Princess Tam-Tam
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
1975
as Self (archive footage)
Variety carousel
1955
Striptease: The Greatest Exotic Dancers of All Time
2004
as Herself (archive footage)
Ten on Every Finger
1954
as Sängerin
Ways to Strength and Beauty
1925
The Fireman of the Folies-Bergere
1928
Paris: The Luminous Years
2010
Chasing a Rainbow: The Life of Josephine Baker
1987
as Self (Archival Footage)
Parisian Pleasures
1927
as Herself
Princess Tam Tam
1935
as Alwina