Josephine Baker

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  • group Other Names:
    Freda Josephine McDonald, Joséphine Baker

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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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  • wc Gender: Female
  • calendar_month Birth Date: 1906-06-03
  • event Death Date 1975-04-12
  • school Known for: Acting
  • star Popularity: 1.1
  • info Birth Place St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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