Background information
Birth name Freda Josephine Carson
Born June 3, 1906, St. Louis, Missouri
Died April 12, 1975, Paris, France
Genre(s) Cabaret, Music Hall, French pop music
Occupation(s) Singer, Dancer
Josephine Baker (June 3, 1906 - April 12, 1975) was an American-born French expatriate entertainer and singer. She became a French citizen in 1937. Baker was most noted as a singer, while in her early career she was a celebrated dancer. She was given the nicknames the "Black Venus" or the "Black Pearl", as well as the "Creole Goddess" in anglophone nations, while in France she has always been known in the old theatrical tradition as "La Baker".
Josephine Baker is noted for being the first woman of African descent to star in a major motion picture, to integrate an American concert hall, and to become a world famous entertainer. She is also noted for her contributions to the Civil Rights Movement in the United States, and for being an inspiration to generations of African-American female entertainers.
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Josephine Baker's Dance
A short part of a film where Josephine Baker presents her "Danse Sauvage" in her "Revue Nègre". She is dancing with Joe Alex. I'm sorry it's not a long film.
QUOTE
The thingswe truly love
stay with us
always,
locked in our
hearts as long
as life remains.
~Josephine Baker
FILMS
The Josephine Baker Collection (Zou Zou / Princess Tam Tam / Siren of the Tropics)
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VIDEOS
QUOTES
Beautiful?It's all a question of luck.
I was born with good legs.
As for the rest...
beautiful, no.
Amusing, yes.
~Josephine Baker
MUSIC
Breezin' Along
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LISTEN TO HER SING RARE SONGS!
- Josephine Baker
- Josephine Baker biography. A history of Jazz before 1930. This site contains over 1000 songs from this era in Real Audio 3 format, as well as hundreds of biographies and discographies of Jazz musicians.
QUOTE
I likeFrenchmen
very much,
because even
when they
insult you
they do it
so nicely.
~Josephine Baker
BOOKS
Josephine
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SPOTLIGHT
Editorial Reviews:
When graphic designer Paul Colin published a limited edition of lithographs he'd made of dancer Josephine Baker and her revue in Paris in 1927, the French fascination with American jazz musicians and dancers was at its peak--and the 500 hand-colored copies quickly sold out. Henry Louis Gates Jr. introduces this edition of the lithographs with an essay that reminds readers of the haven African Americans found in France at a time when overt racism and bigotry were rampant in the United States. He then maps the wild success the new musical form jazz, and its beloved interpreter Baker, achieved there...
When graphic designer Paul Colin published a limited edition of lithographs he'd made of dancer Josephine Baker and her revue in Paris in 1927, the French fascination with American jazz musicians and dancers was at its peak--and the 500 hand-colored copies quickly sold out. Henry Louis Gates Jr. introduces this edition of the lithographs with an essay that reminds readers of the haven African Americans found in France at a time when overt racism and bigotry were rampant in the United States. He then maps the wild success the new musical form jazz, and its beloved interpreter Baker, achieved there...
Josephine Baker and LA Revue Negre: Paul Colin's Lithographs of Le Tumulte Noir in Paris, 1927
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QUOTE
I wasn'treally
naked.
I simply
didn't
have any
clothes on.
~Josephine Baker
A violinist had a violin,a painter his palette.
All I had was myself.
I was the instrument
that I must care for.
~Josephine Baker
LINKS
- Josephine Baker - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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- Josephine Baker, Encyclopedia Britannica. (Born June 3, 1906, St. Louis, Mo., U.S.-Died April 12, 1975, Paris, France) Dancer and singer who symbolized the ...
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- Baker, who began her legendary fifty-year career as an entertainer in Harlem night clubs, appeared with the Revue Negre in Paris, becoming the sensation of ...
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- Josephine Baker: A Who2 Profile
- Born in St. Louis, Josephine Baker was a star in Paris for most of her adult life. She left her home in Missouri and began performing in her early teens.
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- African American Celebrity Josephine Baker, Dancer and Singer
- Josephine Baker was born in a poor, Black slum in East St. Louis, Illinois, on June 3, 1906, to 21-year-old Carrie MacDonald. Her mother hoped to be a music ...
- Gale - Free Resources - Black History - Biographies - Josephine Baker
- Josephine Baker was born in a poor, Black slum in East St. Louis, Illinois, on June 3, 1906, to 21-year-old Carrie MacDonald. Her mother hoped to be a music ...
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- Josephine Baker - Paris Sensation - French Culture
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- JOSEPHINE BAKER: 100 YEARS IN THE SPOTLIGHT
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- Born in St. Louis in 1906, Josephine Baker came to be one of the most famous and beloved of Parisian stars. She was, by all accounts, born for the stage. ...
- The Josephine Baker Collection DVD - Kino on Video
- Available only as a fragment for decades, Baker's first film debut establishes the rags to riches fairy tale from which her subsequent films would be cut ...
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- Remembered as a spirited entertainer, the glamorous "Josephine" who became the toast of France. But there was a great deal more to Josephine Baker than the ...
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- Josephine Baker began her career as a clown. Find books in the library that tell about the history of clowns in the United States. ...
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- Josephine Baker In 1938 Josephine Baker the Vaudeville star rented the Château and then bought it in 1947. Born in the slums of St. Louis, her childhood was ...
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- BBC - Radio 4 Woman's Hour - Timeline:Josephine Baker
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- JOSEPHINE BAKER - DIVA EXTRAORDINAIRE - New York Post
- Mar 5, 2007 ... Today's page looks at the popular American singer, dancer, actress and comedienne who took Europe by storm after fleeing racism at home.
J'ai Deux Amours
Il existe une citéAu séjour enchanté
Et sous les grands arbres noirs
Chaque soir
Vers elle s'en va tout mon espoir
J'ai deux amours
Mon pays et Paris
Par eux toujours
Mon coeur est ravi
Ma savane est belle
Mais à quoi bon le nier
Ce qui m'ensorcelle
C'est Paris, Paris tout entier
Le voir un jour
C'est mon rêve joli
J'ai deux amours
Quand sur la rive parfois
Au lointain j'aperçois
Un paquebot qui s'en va
Vers lui je tends les bras
Et le coeur battant d'émoi
A mi-voix
Doucement je dis "emporte-moi !
J'ai deux amours....
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