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Baker, c. 1908 Josephine Baker was born Freda Josephine McDonald in St. Louis, Missouri. [11] [14] [15] Baker's ancestry is unknown—her mother, Carrie, was adopted in Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1886 by Richard and Elvira McDonald, both of whom were former slaves of African and Native American descent. [11]
The Josephine Baker Story: Won 1992 Golden Globe Awards: Best Performance by an Actress in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV: The Josephine Baker Story: Nominated 1992 CableACE Award: Actress in a Movie or Miniseries The Josephine Baker Story: Nominated 1993 NAACP Image Awards: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series, Mini-Series ...
Josephine Baker was an American-born French dancer and singer who symbolized the beauty and vitality of Black-American culture in the 1920s. Baker went on to become one of the most popular music ...
Ella Josephine Baker was born on December 13, 1903, in Norfolk, Virginia, [8] to Georgiana (called Anna) and Blake Baker, and first raised there. She was the second of three surviving children, bracketed by her older brother Blake Curtis and younger sister Maggie. [9]
A biopic on the life of the late American singer, dancer and civil rights activist Josephine Baker is on the The post Josephine Baker biopic to be written and directed by Maïmouna Doucouré ...
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Esther first performed in France at the Moulin Rouge. In Paris, she was known as the "Miniature Josephine Baker." Vu, a leading illustrated weekly, devoted the entire front cover to her picture and a full page in the interior. Jones was described as singing, dancing, doing the splits and generally carrying on to the great delight of her ...
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