Josephine Baker

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.

Known For

Intimate Portrait

Le Grand Échiquier

Discorama

Legends

Am laufenden Band

The Century of Icons

Bardot

Zouzou

All Movies (31)

• Bardot2025 · as archive footage
• Madness Remixed2021 · as (archive footage)
• Josephine Baker, la fleur au fusil2021 · as Self (archive footage)
• Modeles Noirs, Regards Blancs2020 · as Self
• Josephine Baker: The Story of an Awakening2018 · as Self (archive footage)
• Do I Look Like a Lady? (Comedians and Singers)2016 · as Self (archive footage)
• Jornal Português (1938-1951)2015 · as Self (archive footage)
• Paris: The Luminous Years2010
• Joséphine Baker en couleur2005 · as Herself
• Striptease: The Greatest Exotic Dancers of All Time2004 · as Herself (archive footage)
• It's Black Entertainment2002 · as Self (archive footage)
• Intimate Portrait: Josephine Baker1999 · as Herself (archival footage)
• Hitler's Forgotten Victims1997 · as Self (achive footage)
• Paris Was a Woman1996 · as Self (archive footage)
• Chasing a Rainbow: The Life of Josephine Baker1987 · as Self (Archival Footage)
• Black Shadows on a Silver Screen1975 · as Self (archive footage)
• Show - Charme - Chansons1965 · as Self
• Variety carousel1955
• Ten on Every Finger1954 · as Sängerin
• Moulin Rouge1940 · as Princess Tam-Tam
• The French Way1940 · as Zazu Clarion
• Princess Tam Tam1935 · as Alwina
• Zouzou1934 · as Zouzou
• The Fireman of the Folies-Bergere1928
• Siren of the Tropics1927 · as Papitou
• Parisian Pleasures1927 · as Herself
• La folie du jour1927
• Die Frauen von Folies Bergères1927
• Ways to Strength and Beauty1925
• Palace Music Hall1925
• Miss Josephine Baker—

All TV Shows (15)

• The Century of Icons2022 · as Self (archive footage)
• France between the two wars2019 · as Elle-même
• Legends2006 · as Self (archive footage)
• Das Jahrhundert des Kabaretts2001 · as Self (archive Footage)
• Intimate Portrait1993 · as Self (archive footage)
• Système 21975 · as Self (archive footage)
• Am laufenden Band1974 · as Self - Guest
• Acht nach 81973 · as Self
• Midi trente1972 · as Self
• Le Grand Échiquier1972 · as Self
• Erkennen Sie die Melodie?1969 · as Self
• Night-Club1968 · as Self
• Meine Melodie1965 · as Self
• Hotel Victoria1961 · as Self
• Discorama1959 · as Self