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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 ...
The Josephine Baker Story is an American television film that first aired on HBO on March 16, 1991. It stars Lynn Whitfield as Josephine Baker , who was an international African-American star, who was especially successful in Europe .
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]
Born in St. Louis, Mo. on June 3, 1906, Baker, whose real name was Freda Josephine McDonald, began performing at a young age. As a teenager, she moved to New York City and performed at the ...
In 2020 she played Josephine Baker in an episode of HBO series, Lovecraft Country. [7] In 2021, Patterson starred in the Disney+ action comedy series, Turner & Hooch. [8] The series was canceled after one season. [9] In 2023, Patterson played civil rights leader Coretta Scott King in the n biographical drama film, Rustin directed by George C ...
On television, Platt played Josephine Baker in the HBO film Winchell in 1998. She starred as Vicky Spaulding in the CBS daytime soap opera Guiding Light from October 1998 through summer 2001. [3] Platt later guest-starred on CSI: Miami, Crossing Jordan, Strong Medicine, Castle, Criminal Minds and Lucifer.
Chloe Guidry played Josephine Bell, a girl involved in the assault with a fictionalized name, in “Under the Bridge,” and tells TODAY.com finding out what happened to her character was ...
In 2003 she played Katherine in Shakespeare in the Park's Henry V. In 2005, she played the title role in the musical Nefertiti in Fort Lauderdale. Rochelle starred in role of the new Josephine Baker in the musical A la recherche de Josephine, produced by Jérôme Savary, in Paris and touring Europe and the US from 2006 to 2010.