Josephine Baker

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Broadway performer French Resistance member World War II spy cabaret performer civil rights activist dancer entertainer film actress human singer

Josephine Baker was an American-born French entertainer, civil rights activist, and iconic performer of the Jazz Age who became one of the most celebrated figures of the Harlem Renaissance and international cabaret.

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Joséphine Baker 1

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instanceOf Broadway performer ⓘ
French Resistance member ⓘ
World War II spy ⓘ
cabaret performer ⓘ
civil rights activist ⓘ
dancer ⓘ
entertainer ⓘ
film actress ⓘ
human ⓘ
singer ⓘ
adoptedChildren 12 ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Black Venus ⓘ
Bronze Venus ⓘ
Creole Goddess ⓘ
La Baker ⓘ
awardReceived Croix de Guerre ⓘ
surface form: Croix de guerre

Légion d'honneur ⓘ
Rosette de la Résistance ⓘ
burialPlace Panthéon, Paris ⓘ
surface form: Panthéon, Paris, France
countryOfCitizenship France ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1906-06-03 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1975-04-12 ⓘ
ethnicGroup African American ⓘ
fullName Freda Josephine McDonald ⓘ
genre cabaret ⓘ
jazz ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
French ⓘ
mannerOfDeath stroke ⓘ
militaryBranch Free French Forces ⓘ
movement Harlem Renaissance ⓘ
Roaring Twenties ⓘ
surface form: Jazz Age
notableAchievement first American-born woman to receive full French military honors at her funeral ⓘ
first Black woman to become a world-famous entertainer ⓘ
first Black woman to star in a major motion picture ⓘ
notableFor banana skirt dance at the Folies Bergère ⓘ
notableWork La Folie du Jour ⓘ
Princesse Tam-Tam ⓘ
Revue Nègre ⓘ
Zouzou ⓘ
numberOfChildren 12 ⓘ
occupation actress ⓘ
civil rights activist ⓘ
dancer ⓘ
resistance fighter ⓘ
singer ⓘ
participatedIn American civil rights movement ⓘ
placeOfBirth St. Louis, Missouri, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath Paris ⓘ
surface form: Paris, France
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
residence Castelnaud-la-Chapelle, Dordogne, France ⓘ
Paris ⓘ
surface form: Paris, France
spokeAt March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom ⓘ
surface form: 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
spouse Jean Lion ⓘ
Jo Bouillon ⓘ
Willie Baker ⓘ
Willie Wells ⓘ
supportedCause anti-fascism ⓘ
racial equality ⓘ

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Folies Bergère → featuredPerformer → Josephine Baker ⓘ
Baker → hasNotableBearer → Josephine Baker ⓘ
Ziegfeld Follies → notablePerformer → Josephine Baker ⓘ
Harlem Renaissance → notablePerson → Josephine Baker ⓘ
this entity surface form: Joséphine Baker