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In Memoriam · 1906 – 1975
Josephine Baker

Person · Actor

Josephine Baker

Born
June 3, 1906
Died
Apr 12, 1975
From
St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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11
Decades active

In short · Acted for 11 decades — 26 credits.

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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.

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