
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.

Intimate Portrait
TV • 1993

Le Grand Échiquier
TV • 1972

Discorama
TV • 1959

Legends
TV • 2006

Am laufenden Band
TV • 1974

The Century of Icons
TV • 2022

It's Black Entertainment
MOVIE • 2002

Intimate Portrait: Josephine Baker
MOVIE • 1999

Josephine Baker: The Story of an Awakening
MOVIE • 2018

Siren of the Tropics
MOVIE • 1927

Paris Was a Woman
MOVIE • 1996

Ten on Every Finger
MOVIE • 1954

The French Way
MOVIE • 1940

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

Zouzou
MOVIE • 1934

Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
MOVIE • 1975

Die Frauen von Folies Bergères
MOVIE • 1927

Paris: The Luminous Years
MOVIE • 2010