Josephine Baker

Joséphine Baker was an American-born French dancer, singer and actress. Her career was centered primarily in Europe, mostly in France.

Josephine Baker | National Women's History Museum

When Adolf Hitler and the German army invaded France during World War II, Baker joined the fight against the Nazi regime. She aided French military officials by ...

Josephine Baker | Biography, Children, Movies, Banana Skirt, & Facts

Josephine Baker, American-born French dancer and singer who symbolized the beauty and vitality of Black American culture, which took Paris ...

Josephine Baker - Children, Death & Facts - Biography (Bio.)

Josephine Baker was a dancer and singer who became wildly popular in France during the 1920s. She also devoted much of her life to fighting ...

Josephine Baker Was the Star France Wanted—and the Spy It Needed

When the night-club sensation became a Resistance agent, the Nazis never realized what she was hiding in the spotlight.

Biography - The Official Licensing Website of Josephine Baker

Josephine grew up cleaning houses and babysitting for wealthy white families who reminded her “be sure not to kiss the baby.” She got a job waitressing at The ...

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Joséphine Baker - French Women & Feminists in History

Josephine Baker (1906-1975) would go on to become one of the first African-American women celebrities in France and in Europe more broadly in the 1920s.

Josephine Baker: From Poverty to Stardom to Espionage - CIA

An African American woman who escaped poverty to dance on the Broadway stage, moved to Paris to become an international celebrity and a film star, then served ...

Josephine Baker: The Famous Entertainer Who Became a World ...

Josephine was a natural performer, but in segregated America, she knew she'd never get the opportunities she dreamed of. So she traveled to ...

Josephine Baker a 'kind of sunshine' still felt in Paris ... - YouTube

Maria Taylor tells the story of Josephine Baker -- an indelible performer, war hero, Black icon and Paris legend.

Josephine Baker - SHSMO Historic Missourians

Born Freda Josephine McDonald, June 3, 1906, in St. Louis, Josephine escaped a life of poverty to become a theater sensation. Her mother, Carrie McDonald, was a ...

Tribute to Josephine Baker, Black French-American Icon and the ...

Throughout her life, Josephine Baker challenged conventions and broke down barriers through her style, art and beliefs. A true symbol of the fight for ...

The Official Licensing Website of Josephine Baker - CMG Worldwide

Welcome to the Home page of the official Josephine Baker website. Learn more about Josephine Baker and contact us today for licensing opportunities.

Joséphine Baker - Spotify

Listen to Joséphine Baker on Spotify. Artist · 213.1K monthly listeners.

Josephine Baker | Le Château et jardins des Milandes

Josephine Baker was born an American on 3 June 1906 in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA. Her painful childhood in a city marked by racial segregation was the start ...

Josephine Baker's Cinematic Prism - Indiana University Press

In Josephine Baker's Cinematic Prism, Terri Simone Francis examines how Baker fashioned her celebrity through cinematic reflexivity, an authorial strategy in ...

Josephine Baker(1906-1975) - IMDb

Josephine Baker. Actress: Zou Zou. Josephine Baker was born Freda Josephine McDonald in St. Louis, MO, in 1906 to Carrie McDonald, a laundress, ...

Saluting Our Sisters: Josephine Baker

Hailed as the world's first black female superstar, Josephine Baker was born Freda Josephine McDonald in 1906, in segregated St. Louis, Missouri.

Alexander Calder. Josephine Baker (III). Paris, c. 1927 - MoMA

Alexander Calder. Josephine Baker (III). Paris, c. 1927. Steel wire. 39 x 22 3/8 x 9 3/4" (99 x 56.6 x 24.5 cm). Gift of the artist. 841.1966.