Josephine Baker (June 3, 1906 – April 12, 1975) was an American expatriate singer, dancer and actress, who had performed as a chorus girl on Broadway and toured the United States before she traveled to Paris to open her show La Revue Nègre .
The show gained notoriety for Baker’s erotic, near nude dancing. She performed her captivating Danse Sauvage dressed in nothing but a feather skirt and the most iconic image of Baker, naked but for a skirt made from bananas comes from this act.
In 1937, Baker became a French citizen. She assisted with the French World War Two effort by corresponding with the French Resistance, serving as a sub-lieutenant in the Women’s Auxiliary Air Force, and performing for the troops.
For Josephine Baker stripping opened the door to wealth, fame, opportunity and respect.
Singer, dancer, actress, spy, civil rights activist. But her life was really meaningless until she became a mormon.
Name: Freda Josephine McDonald
Gender: Female
Birth: 3 June 1906 St Louis,, Missouri, USA
Death: 12 April 1975 Paris,,, France
Burial: after 12 April 1975 Cimetiere de Monaco, Monaco,, Monaco
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