Josephine Baker
ActingJosephine 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.
Movies
archive footage
Bardot
2025
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Madness Remixed
2021
Self (archive footage)
Josephine Baker, la fleur au fusil
2021
Self
Modeles Noirs, Regards Blancs
2020
Self (archive footage)
Josephine Baker: The Story of an Awakening
2018
Self (archive footage)
Do I Look Like a Lady? (Comedians and Singers)
2016
Self (archive footage)
Jornal Português (1938-1951)
2015
Paris: The Luminous Years
2010
Herself
Joséphine Baker en couleur
2005
Herself (archive footage)
Striptease: The Greatest Exotic Dancers of All Time
2004
Self (archive footage)
It's Black Entertainment
2002
Herself (archival footage)
Intimate Portrait: Josephine Baker
1999
Self (archive footage)
Paris Was a Woman
1996
Self (Archival Footage)
Chasing a Rainbow: The Life of Josephine Baker
1987
Self (archive footage)
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
1975
Variety carousel
1955
Sängerin
Ten on Every Finger
1954
Princess Tam-Tam
Moulin Rouge
1940
Zazu Clarion
The French Way
1940
Alwina
Princess Tam Tam
1935
TV Shows
Self (archive footage)
The Century of Icons
2022
Elle-même
France between the two wars
2019
Self (archive footage)
Legends
2006
Self (archive footage)
Intimate Portrait
1993
Self - Guest
Am laufenden Band
1974
Self
Midi trente
1972
Self
Le Grand Échiquier
1972
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
Self
Discorama
1959