Josephine Baker
Acting
Josephine Baker (born Freda Josephine McDonald, naturalised French JosĂ©phine Baker; 3 June 1906 â 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 BergĂšre 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
2021Josephine Baker, la fleur au fusil
Self (archive footage)
2021Madness Remixed
(archive footage)
2020Modeles Noirs, Regards Blancs
Self
2018Josephine Baker: The Story of an Awakening
Self (archive footage)
2016Do I Look Like a Lady? (Comedians and Singers)
Self (archive footage)
2015Jornal PortuguĂȘs (1938-1951)
Self (archive footage)
2010Paris: The Luminous Years
2005Joséphine Baker en couleur
Herself
2004Striptease: The Greatest Exotic Dancers of All Time
Herself (archive footage)
2002It's Black Entertainment
Self (archive footage)
1999Intimate Portrait: Josephine Baker
Herself (archival footage)
1996Paris Was a Woman
Self (archive footage)
1987Chasing a Rainbow: The Life of Josephine Baker
Self (Archival Footage)
1975Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
Self (archive footage)
1955Variety carousel
1954Ten on Every Finger
SĂ€ngerin
1940Moulin Rouge
Princess Tam-Tam
1940The French Way
Zazu Clarion
1935Princess Tam Tam
Alwina
1934Zouzou
Zouzou
1928The Fireman of the Folies-Bergere
1927Siren of the Tropics
Papitou
1927Parisian Pleasures
Herself
1927Die Frauen von Folies BergĂšres