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
2025Bardot
archive footage
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