Josephine Baker

Josephine Baker

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.

  • Title: Josephine Baker
  • Popularity: 1.433
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1906-06-03
  • Place of Birth: St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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  • Also Known As: Freda Josephine McDonald, Joséphine Baker
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Josephine Baker Movies

  • 2005
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    Joséphine Baker en couleur

    Joséphine Baker en couleur

    7.5 2005 HD

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  • 2021
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    Josephine Baker, la fleur au fusil

    Josephine Baker, la fleur au fusil

    1 2021 HD

    Josephine Baker, heedless of danger - The extraordinary destiny of Josephine Baker. From her native Missouri to Paris, the artist succeeded in making...

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  • 1940
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    Moulin Rouge

    Moulin Rouge

    5 1940 HD

    A poor wretch, who has just been hired as a music-hall artist, in spite of himself becomes the tenant of a particular Parisian building.

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  • 2010
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    Paris: The Luminous Years

    Paris: The Luminous Years

    5 2010 HD

    A storm of Modernism swept through the art worlds of the West in the early decades of the twentieth century, uprooting centuries of tradition. The...

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  • 1928
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    The Fireman of the Folies-Bergere

    The Fireman of the Folies-Bergere

    5.9 1928 HD

    After a lengthy period of watching the dancers at the Folies Bergères, a fireman stops in for a drink. As he becomes intoxicated, his thoughts...

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  • 1997
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    Hitler's Forgotten Victims

    Hitler's Forgotten Victims

    10 1997 HD

    The story of black and mixed race people in Nazi Germany who were sterilised, experimented upon, tortured and exterminated in the Nazi concentration...

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  • 1935
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    Princess Tam Tam

    Princess Tam Tam

    5 1935 HD

    A French novelist passes off an African shepherdess as a princess.

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  • 1954
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    Ten on Every Finger

    Ten on Every Finger

    4.5 1954 HD

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  • 1927
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    Siren of the Tropics

    Siren of the Tropics

    5.7 1927 HD

    Marquis Sévéro, a rich, lazy Parisian, wants to divorce his wife so that he can marry his own goddaughter Denise. But Denise herself...

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  • 1955
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    Variety carousel

    Variety carousel

    6 1955 HD

    A painter gives his daughter a television set for her 18th birthday. On the evening of the party, the family sits in the living room and watches a...

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  • 1987
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    Chasing a Rainbow: The Life of Josephine Baker

    Chasing a Rainbow: The Life of Josephine Baker

    7 1987 HD

    The story of Josephine Baker takes us on a fascinating tour of 20th-century race relations on both sides of the Atlantic, yet it leads to no...

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  • 1934
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    Zouzou

    Zouzou

    5.8 1934 HD

    Zou Zou tries to help her childhood friend prove his innocence after he's accused of murder.

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  • 1927
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    Parisian Pleasures

    Parisian Pleasures

    5.8 1927 HD

    Gabrielle (Helene Hallier), an ambitious but innocent would-be young chorine, trumps a music hall publicity stunt to become the new Parisian...

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  • 1940
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    The French Way

    The French Way

    5 1940 HD

    Cabaret star Zazu intervenes when young lovers are sundered by their parents' feud.

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  • 1925
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    Ways to Strength and Beauty

    Ways to Strength and Beauty

    7.1 1925 HD

    The perfect body as an object of cult worship. Based on the mass sports and body worship movement of the 1920s, the film propagates physical training...

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  • 2005
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    Jornal Português (1938-1951)

    Jornal Português (1938-1951)

    1 2005 HD

    The newsreel series Jornal Português (1938-1951) was produced for the Secretariat of National Propaganda (SPN/SNI) by the "Portuguese Newsreel...

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  • 1927
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    Die Frauen von Folies Bergères

    Die Frauen von Folies Bergères

    1 1927 HD

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  • 2018
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    Josephine Baker: The Story of an Awakening

    Josephine Baker: The Story of an Awakening

    7.9 2018 HD

    How did a poor little black girl from Missouri become the Queen of Paris, before joining the French Resistance and finally creating her dream family...

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  • 2002
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    It's Black Entertainment

    It's Black Entertainment

    8 2002 HD

    A star-studded tribute (from the creators of That's Entertainment) to the contributions of Afro-Americans in film over the last century. Vanessa...

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  • 1975
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    Black Shadows on a Silver Screen

    Black Shadows on a Silver Screen

    1 1975 HD

    Ossie Davis narrates a history of "race films," films made before 1950 which catered to a primarily black audience.

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  • 2016
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    Do I Look Like a Lady? (Comedians and Singers)

    Do I Look Like a Lady? (Comedians and Singers)

    1 2016 HD

    Do I Look Like a Lady? (Comedians and Singers) presents a dynamic checkerboard of moving image footage featuring African-American actors and singers...

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  • 1927
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    La folie du jour

    La folie du jour

    1 1927 HD

    This is a Folies Bergère show with Josephine Baker in the spotlight.

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  • 2004
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    Striptease: The Greatest Exotic Dancers of All Time

    Striptease: The Greatest Exotic Dancers of All Time

    1 2004 HD

    Performances of the greatest exotic dancers are collected here for the first time, from Little Egypt in 1893 to the great striptease headliners of...

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  • 1925
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    Palace Music Hall

    Palace Music Hall

    7 1925 HD

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  • 1999
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    Intimate Portrait: Josephine Baker

    Intimate Portrait: Josephine Baker

    2 1999 HD

    From world-renowned performer of the Jazz Age, to WWII spy, to civil rights activist – a look into the iconic life and legacy of Josephine...

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  • 2020
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    Modeles Noirs, Regards Blancs

    Modeles Noirs, Regards Blancs

    8 2020 HD

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  • 2021
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    Madness Remixed

    Madness Remixed

    1 2021 HD

    Madness Remixed explores the image of exoticism portrayed by Josephine Baker in a 1926 performance entitled The Madness of the Day in which Baker...

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  • 2001
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    Le Petite Tonkinoise

    Le Petite Tonkinoise

    1 2001 HD

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  • 1970
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    Erkennen Sie die Melodie?

    Erkennen Sie die Melodie?

    1 1970 HD

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  • 1973
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    Acht nach 8

    Acht nach 8

    1 1973 HD

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  • 1974
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    Am laufenden Band

    Am laufenden Band

    6.5 1974 HD

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  • 1993
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    Intimate Portrait

    Intimate Portrait

    4.5 1993 HD

    Intimate Portrait is a biographical television series on the Lifetime Television cable network focusing on different celebrities, which includes...

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  • 1972
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    Le Grand Échiquier

    Le Grand Échiquier

    8 1972 HD

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  • 1972
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    Midi trente

    Midi trente

    6 1972 HD

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  • 1975
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    Système 2

    Système 2

    1 1975 HD

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  • 2006
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    Legends

    Legends

    5 2006 HD

    The story of the big names that have shaped the musical genres, plus an occasional stopgap for the new rock 'n' roll - comedy.

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  • 2022
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    Le Siècle des icônes

    Le Siècle des icônes

    7 2022 HD

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  • 1961
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    Hotel Victoria

    Hotel Victoria

    1 1961 HD

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  • 1965
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    Meine Melodie

    Meine Melodie

    1 1965 HD

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  • 1959
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    Discorama

    Discorama

    1 1959 HD

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  • 2000
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    Abendschau

    Abendschau

    6 2000 HD

    The Berliner Abendschau is the news magazine for Berlin.

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  • 1968
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    Night-Club

    Night-Club

    1 1968 HD

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