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.
Zelig
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)Fictional documentary about the life of human chameleon Leonard Zelig, a man who becomes a...
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Moulin Rouge
as Princess Tam-TamA poor wretch, who has just been hired as a music-hall artist, in spite of himself becomes the...
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Josephine Baker: The Story of an Awakening
as Self (archive footage)How did a poor little black girl from Missouri become the Queen of Paris, before joining the...
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Zouzou
as ZouzouZou Zou tries to help her childhood friend prove his innocence after he's accused of murder.
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It's Black Entertainment
as Self (archive footage)A star-studded tribute (from the creators of That's Entertainment) to the contributions of...
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Princess Tam Tam
as AlwinaA French novelist passes off an African shepherdess as a princess.
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Intimate Portrait: Josephine Baker
as Herself (archival footage)From world-renowned performer of the Jazz Age, to WWII spy, to civil rights activist – a look...
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Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
as Self (archive footage)Ossie Davis narrates a history of "race films," films made before 1950 which catered to a...
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The French Way
as Zazu ClarionCabaret star Zazu intervenes when young lovers are sundered by their parents' feud.
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Ways to Strength and Beauty
as uncreditedThe perfect body as an object of cult worship. Based on the mass sports and body worship...
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Siren of the Tropics
as PapitouMarquis Sévéro, a rich, lazy Parisian, wants to divorce his wife so that he can marry his own...
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Do I Look Like a Lady? (Comedians and Singers)
as Self (archive footage)Do I Look Like a Lady? (Comedians and Singers) presents a dynamic checkerboard of moving image...
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Variety carousel
as uncreditedA painter gives his daughter a television set for her 18th birthday. On the evening of the...
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Jornal Português (1938-1951)
as Herself (archive footage)The newsreel series Jornal Português (1938-1951) was produced for the Secretariat of National...
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Striptease: The Greatest Exotic Dancers of All Time
as Herself (archive footage)Performances of the greatest exotic dancers are collected here for the first time, from Little...
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Madness Remixed
as (archive footage)Madness Remixed explores the image of exoticism portrayed by Josephine Baker in a 1926...
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Parisian Pleasures
as HerselfGabrielle (Helene Hallier), an ambitious but innocent would-be young chorine, trumps a music...
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The Fireman of the Folies-Bergere
as uncreditedAfter a lengthy period of watching the dancers at the Folies Bergères, a fireman stops in for a...
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Chasing a Rainbow: The Life of Josephine Baker
as Self (Archival Footage)The story of Josephine Baker takes us on a fascinating tour of 20th-century race relations on...
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Josephine Baker, la fleur au fusil
as Self (archive footage)Josephine Baker, heedless of danger - The extraordinary destiny of Josephine Baker. From her...
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Paris: The Luminous Years
as uncreditedA storm of Modernism swept through the art worlds of the West in the early decades of the...
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La folie du jour
as uncreditedThis is a Folies Bergère show with Josephine Baker in the spotlight.
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Intimate Portrait
as Self (archive footage)Intimate Portrait is a biographical television series on the Lifetime Television cable network...
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Legends
as Self (archive footage)The story of the big names that have shaped the musical genres, plus an occasional stopgap for...
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