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
Series
Intimate Portrait
Self (archive footage)
1993
Series
Le Grand Échiquier
Self
1972
Series
Midi trente
Self
1972
Series
Discorama
Self
1959
Series
Legends
Self (archive footage)
2006
Système 2
Self (archive footage)
1975
Series
Am laufenden Band
Self - Guest
1974
Film
Siren of the Tropics
Papitou
1927
Das Jahrhundert des Kabaretts
Self (archive Footage)
2001
Night-Club
Self
1968
Meine Melodie
Self
1965
Series
The Century of Icons
Self (archive footage)
2022
Hotel Victoria
Self
1961
Film
Josephine Baker: The Story of an Awakening
Self (archive footage)
2018
Erkennen Sie die Melodie?
Self
1969
Film
Bardot
archive footage
2025
Acht nach 8
Self
1973
Series
France between the two wars
Elle-même
2019
Film
The French Way
Zazu Clarion
1940
Show - Charme - Chansons
Self
1965
Film
It's Black Entertainment
Self (archive footage)
2002
Film
Moulin Rouge
Princess Tam-Tam
1940
Hitler's Forgotten Victims
Self (achive footage)
1997
Film
Modeles Noirs, Regards Blancs
Self
2020
Film
Variety carousel
1955
Film
Ways to Strength and Beauty
1925
Film
Princess Tam Tam
Alwina
1935
Film
Do I Look Like a Lady? (Comedians and Singers)
Self (archive footage)
2016
Film
Zouzou
Zouzou
1934
Film
Intimate Portrait: Josephine Baker
Herself (archival footage)
1999
Film
Parisian Pleasures
Herself
1927
Film
Paris Was a Woman
Self (archive footage)
1996
Film
Jornal Português (1938-1951)
Self (archive footage)
2015
Film
Striptease: The Greatest Exotic Dancers of All Time
Herself (archive footage)
2004
Film
La folie du jour
1927
Film
Joséphine Baker en couleur
Herself
2005
Film
Paris: The Luminous Years
2010
Film
Die Frauen von Folies Bergères
1927
Film
The Fireman of the Folies-Bergere
1928
Film
Madness Remixed
(archive footage)
2021
Film
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
Self (archive footage)
1975
Film
Ten on Every Finger
Sängerin
1954
Film
Chasing a Rainbow: The Life of Josephine Baker
Self (Archival Footage)
1987
Film
Palace Music Hall
1925
Film
Josephine Baker, la fleur au fusil
Self (archive footage)
2021
Miss Josephine Baker