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.

Filmography

• 2025Bardot — archive footage
• 2023Donyale Luna: Supermodel — archive footage
• 2021Madness Remixed — (archive footage)
• France between the two wars — Elle-même
• 2010Paris: The Luminous Years
• 2001Le Petite Tonkinoise — Music
• 1955Variety carousel
• 1954Ten on Every Finger — Sängerin
• 1940Moulin Rouge — Princess Tam-Tam
• 1940The French Way — Zazu Clarion
• 1935Princess Tam Tam — Alwina
• 1934Zouzou — Zouzou
• 1928The Fireman of the Folies-Bergere
• 1927La folie du jour
• 1927Siren of the Tropics — Papitou
• 1927The Women of the Folies Bergères
• 1925Palace Music Hall
• 1925Ways to Strength and Beauty
• Miss Josephine Baker

Appearances as themselves (30)

• The Century of Icons — Self (archive footage)
• 2021Josephine Baker, la fleur au fusil — Self (archive footage)
• 2020Modeles Noirs, Regards Blancs — Self
• 2018Josephine Baker: The Story of an Awakening — Self (archive footage)
• 2016Do I Look Like a Lady? (Comedians and Singers) — Self (archive footage)
• 2015Jornal Português (1938-1951) — Self (archive footage)
• Legends — Self (archive footage)
• 2005Joséphine Baker en couleur — Herself
• 2004Striptease: The Greatest Exotic Dancers of All Time — Herself (archive footage)
• 2002It's Black Entertainment — Self (archive footage)
• Das Jahrhundert des Kabaretts — Self (archive Footage)
• 1999Intimate Portrait: Josephine Baker — Herself (archival footage)
• 1997Hitler's Forgotten Victims — Self (achive footage)
• 1996Paris Was a Woman — Self (archive footage)
• Intimate Portrait — Self (archive footage)
• 1987Chasing a Rainbow: The Life of Josephine Baker — Self (Archival Footage)
• 1975Black Shadows on a Silver Screen — Self (archive footage)
• Système 2 — Self (archive footage)
• Am laufenden Band — Self - Guest
• Acht nach 8 — Self
• Le Grand Échiquier — Self
• Midi trente — Self
• Erkennen Sie die Melodie? — Self
• Night-Club — Self
• Meine Melodie — Self
• 1965Show - Charme - Chansons — Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson — Self
• Hotel Victoria — Self
• Discorama — Self
• 1927Parisian Pleasures — Herself