Birth Name: Freda Josephine Carson
Background information:
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
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 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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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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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
Art Deco Series: 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.
MP3s
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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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Adryna
Apr 12, 2011 @ 2:57 pm | delete
- she truly was a star ... She died on April 12, 1975. see the biography :
http://www.browsebiography.com/bio-josephine_baker.html
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Photahsiamirabel Mar 6, 2011 @ 5:06 am | delete
- Another sprinkling of angel dust for mardis gras :)
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Sami4u
Dec 2, 2010 @ 11:43 pm | delete
- Hi,
A sprinkling of Angel Dust for Christmas :)
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missbat
Oct 12, 2010 @ 2:06 am | delete
- An amazing and talented performer. Great lens!
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Lemming13 Sep 12, 2010 @ 12:11 pm | delete
- Great lens, I'm a big fan of La Baker. One small point; wouldn't be too happy if my daughter had clicked on this and found herself looking right at a topless photo. Adult content warning, please?
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I wasn'treally
naked.
I simply
didn't
have any
clothes on.
~Josephine Baker
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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
- Josephine Baker (or Josephine Baker in francophone countries) (June 3, 1906 - April 12, 1975) was an American-born French expatriate entertainer and singer. ...
- The Official Josephine Baker Website
- The official site with biography, quotes, filmography, and photographs.
- MySpace.com - Josephine Baker - Paris - Jazz / Comedy / Jungle ...
- MySpace music profile for Josephine Baker with tour dates, songs, videos, pictures, blogs, band information, downloads and more.
- Josephine Baker: Image and Icon
- This exhibition traces Josephine Baker's important and innovative contribution to the Jazz Age through vintage photographs, posters, drawings, ...
- Welcome to The Jospephine Baker Tribute site :: Home :: Josephine ...
- JosephineBaker.com is a tribute to the legendary Josephine Baker (1906-1975). Josephine Baker became one of the best-known entertainers in both France and ...
- Josephine Baker
- 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 ...
- V & A - About Art Deco - Josephine Baker
- Josephine Baker, international star of sensational, exotic cabarets including La Revue Nègre, and the infamous Folies Bergère in Paris and Berlin, ...
- 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 ...
- JOSEPHINE BAKER: 100 YEARS IN THE SPOTLIGHT
- WITH KEYNOTE ADDRESS BY PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING NEW YORK TIMES CRITIC MARGO JEFFERSON ORGANIZED BY KAIAMA L. GLOVER, BARNARD COLLEGE, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY ...
- 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 ...
- Josephine Baker Signed Autographs Photos
- 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 ...
- Chateau des Milandes
- 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 ...
- BBC - Radio 4 Woman's Hour -Josephine Baker
- This year sees the centenary of the birth of the black American star, Josephine Baker. She was known as the ‘The Dark Diva, The Black Venus, The Black Pearl’ and was notorious for her wild, uninhibited dancing in the skimpiest of exotic costumes – famously little more than a skirt
- 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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