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Josephine Baker

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

June 3, 1906(68)

Day of Death

April 12, 1975

Place of Birth

St. Louis, Missouri, USA

Also Known As

Freda Josephine McDonaldJoséphine Baker
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Josephine Baker

Acting

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

Filmography