Josephine Baker
Lynn Whitfield
Josephine Baker
The Josephine Baker Story
“Before Madonna. Before Marilyn. There was Josephine.”
5.7
1991
2h 10m
DramaHistoryMusicTV Movie
Director: Brian Gibson
Overview
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
Cast
Count Giuseppe Pepito Abatino
Rubén Blades
Count Giuseppe Pepito Abatino
Jo Bouillon
David Dukes
Jo Bouillon
Sidney Williams
Louis Gossett Jr.
Sidney Williams
Walter Winchell
Craig T. Nelson
Walter Winchell
Sidney Bechet
Kene Holliday
Sidney Bechet
Josephine's Mother
Vivian Bonnell
Josephine's Mother
Josephine - Age 8
Mayah McCoy
Josephine - Age 8
Josephine - Age 13
Ainslie Currie
Josephine - Age 13
Paul Colin
Pierre Magny
Paul Colin
Victor
Franco Britt
Victor
Emcee in Harlem Club / Male Singer
George Faison
Emcee in Harlem Club / Male Singer
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