Actor profile

Josephine Baker

3rd June 1906 St. Louis, Missouri, USA Acting

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.

28 Movies 8 TV Shows 46 Credits

Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Bardot poster

Bardot 3rd December 2025 as archive footage

Madness Remixed poster

Madness Remixed 9th June 2021 as (archive footage)

Josephine Baker, la fleur au fusil poster

Josephine Baker, la fleur au fusil 8th March 2021 as Self (archive footage)

Modeles Noirs, Regards Blancs poster

Modeles Noirs, Regards Blancs 14th October 2020 as Self

Josephine Baker: The Story of an Awakening poster

Josephine Baker: The Story of an Awakening 22nd November 2018 as Self (archive footage)

Do I Look Like a Lady? (Comedians and Singers) poster

Do I Look Like a Lady? (Comedians and Singers) 16th October 2016 as Self (archive footage)

Jornal Português (1938-1951) poster

Jornal Português (1938-1951) 14th December 2015 as Self (archive footage)

Paris: The Luminous Years poster

Paris: The Luminous Years 14th December 2010

Joséphine Baker en couleur poster

Joséphine Baker en couleur 23rd April 2005 as Herself

Striptease: The Greatest Exotic Dancers of All Time poster

Striptease: The Greatest Exotic Dancers of All Time 9th November 2004 as Herself (archive footage)

It's Black Entertainment poster

It's Black Entertainment 8th February 2002 as Self (archive footage)

Intimate Portrait: Josephine Baker poster

Intimate Portrait: Josephine Baker 20th July 1999 as Herself (archival footage)

Paris Was a Woman poster

Paris Was a Woman 19th February 1996 as Self (archive footage)

Chasing a Rainbow: The Life of Josephine Baker poster

Chasing a Rainbow: The Life of Josephine Baker 24th March 1987 as Self (Archival Footage)

Black Shadows on a Silver Screen poster

Black Shadows on a Silver Screen 19th April 1975 as Self (archive footage)

Variety carousel poster

Variety carousel 8th February 1955

Ten on Every Finger poster

Ten on Every Finger 27th October 1954 as Sängerin

Moulin Rouge poster

Moulin Rouge 8th December 1940 as Princess Tam-Tam

The French Way poster

The French Way 1st November 1940 as Zazu Clarion

Princess Tam Tam poster

Princess Tam Tam 2nd November 1935 as Alwina

Zouzou poster

Zouzou 21st December 1934 as Zouzou

The Fireman of the Folies-Bergere poster

The Fireman of the Folies-Bergere 1st March 1928

Siren of the Tropics poster

Siren of the Tropics 30th December 1927 as Papitou

Parisian Pleasures poster

Parisian Pleasures 29th November 1927 as Herself

La folie du jour poster

La folie du jour 25th February 1927

Die Frauen von Folies Bergères poster

Die Frauen von Folies Bergères 1st February 1927

Ways to Strength and Beauty poster

Ways to Strength and Beauty 16th March 1925

Palace Music Hall poster

Palace Music Hall 1st January 1925

The Century of Icons poster

The Century of Icons 27th December 2022 as Self (archive footage)

France between the two wars poster

France between the two wars 12th February 2019 as Elle-même

Legends poster

Legends 17th November 2006 as Self (archive footage)

Intimate Portrait poster

Intimate Portrait 14th November 1993 as Self (archive footage)

Am laufenden Band poster

Am laufenden Band 27th April 1974 as Self - Guest

Midi trente poster

Midi trente 6th March 1972 as Self

Le Grand Échiquier poster

Le Grand Échiquier 12th January 1972 as Self

Discorama poster

Discorama 4th February 1959 as Self