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Josephine Baker

Josephine Baker

Acting • 1906-06-03 • St. Louis, Missouri, USA

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.

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Zouzou6.0

Zouzou

1934

Princess Tam Tam5.2

Princess Tam Tam

1935

Siren of the Tropics5.5

Siren of the Tropics

1927

The Fireman of the Folies-Bergere5.7

The Fireman of the Folies-Bergere

1928

The French Way5.8

The French Way

1940

Variety carousel6.8

Variety carousel

1955

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