The Josephine Baker Story
Before Madonna. Before Marilyn. There was Josephine.
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3/16/1991Runtime
130 minsOverview
Biography of the African-American who became a major performer in the Paris cabarets of the 1920s and 1930s. The film follows her life beginning as a struggling performer in 1917 St. Louis, her frustrations leading to her move to France, and follows to her death in 1975. Written by John Sacksteder
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A sweeping biography of Josephine Baker's rise from Depression-era St. Louis to becoming the luminous star of Paris's golden age of cabaret, capturing both the ecstasy of artistic breakthrough and the weight of fighting for dignity in a racist world.
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Lynn Whitfield
Josephine Baker
Rubén Blades
Count Giuseppe Pepito Abatino
David Dukes
Jo Bouillon
Louis Gossett Jr.
Sidney Williams
Craig T. Nelson
Walter Winchell
Kene Holliday
Sidney Bechet
Vivian Bonnell
Josephine's Mother
Mayah McCoy
Josephine - Age 8
Ainslie Currie
Josephine - Age 13
Pierre Magny
Paul Colin
Franco Britt
Victor
George Faison
Emcee in Harlem Club / Male Singer
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