Josephine Baker

Birth Name:

Freda Josephine McDonald

Birth Place:

St. Louis, Missouri, United States

Profession

Soundtrack, Actress

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

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