Josephine Baker Biography

Fast Facts

• Best known for performing the main character of African shepherdess Alwina in the French comedy “Princess Tam-Tam” alongside Albert Préjean and Robert Arnoux in 1935
• To prove that she believed in universal equality, she adopted Aiko from Korea, Luis from Colombia, Janot from Japan, Jari from Finland, Jean-Claude from Canada, Moses, Marianne and Noël from France, Brahim from Saudi Arabia, Mara from Venezuela, Koffi from the Ivory Coast and Stellina from Monaco
• She performed the character of Zazu Clairon in the French romantic comedy “The French Way” starring Lucien Baroux, Micheline Presle and Saturnin Fabre in 1945
• Using her artistic work as a cover, she acted as a spy for the French resistance during the Second World War between 1939 and 1944