Josephine Baker

Also known as Freda Josephine Baker, Joséphine Baker

American-born French dancer, singer and actress (1906–1975)

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Josephine Baker was an American-born entertainer who became a major star in France during the early 20th century, known for her work as a dancer, singer, and actress. She is historically significant as a groundbreaking performer who achieved international fame and later became involved in civil rights activism.

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It is catalogued under topics including 1906 births, 1975 deaths and 20th-century African-American military personnel.

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Person · Open Library

Born: 1906
Died: 1975
Works: 15

Top works

Josephine Baker vue par la presse française
Fearless and Free
Memoiren
Paměti Josefiny Bakerové
La tribu arc-en-ciel

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type: Person
Gender: Female
Origin: France
Active from: 1906-06-03
Active to: 1975-04-12

americancabaretfrench

Discography

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 50,168
Total plays: 312,175

Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,938x
Global burden of bacterial antimicrobial resistance in 2019: a systematic analysis
· 2022 · cited 13,840x
Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger
· 2016 · cited 11,685x
Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
· 2018 · cited 10,989x
Measuring Economic Policy Uncertainty*
· 2016 · cited 10,622x

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Music

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Quotes

“I believe in action. … I believe in doing rather than talking. All my life I have maintained that the people of the world can learn to live together in peace if they are not brought up in prejudice. This is why I traveled all over the world to adopt 11 youngsters.”
“Surely the day will come when color means nothing more than skin tone, when religion is seen uniquely as a way to speak one’s soul; when birth places have the weight of a throw of the dice and all men are born free, when understanding breeds love and brotherhood.”

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Wikidata facts

Official website: www.cmgww.com/stars/baker
Image: Baker Harcourt 1940 2.jpg
Number of children: 12

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Commons category: Joséphine Baker
date of birth: 1906-06-03
date of death: 1975-04-12
birth name: Freda Josephine McDonald
Commons gallery: Josephine Baker
start of work period: 1922-00-00
end of work period: 1975-00-00

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Encyclopedic overview

Freda Josephine Baker (née McDonald; June 3, 1906 – April 12, 1975), also spelled Joséphine Baker, was an American and French dancer, singer, and actress. Her career was centered primarily in Europe, mostly in France. She was the first Black woman to star in a major motion picture, the 1927 French silent film Siren of the Tropics, directed by Mario Nalpas and Henri Étiévant.

During her early career, Baker was among the most celebrated performers to headline the revues of the Folies Bergère in Paris. Her performance in its 1927 revue Un vent de folie caused a sensation in the city. Her costume, consisting only of a short skirt of artificial bananas and a beaded necklace, became an iconic image and a symbol both of the Jazz Age and the Roaring Twenties. Baker was celebrated by artists and intellectuals of the era, who variously dubbed her the "Black Venus", the "Black Pearl", the "Bronze Venus", and the "Creole Goddess". Born in St. Louis, Missouri, she renounced her U.S. citizenship and became a French national after her marriage to French industrialist Jean Lion in 1937. She adopted 12 children, whom she referred to as the Rainbow Tribe, and raised them in France.

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