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The Josephine Baker Story

(1991)

March 16, 1991 2h 10m
57%
TMDB Score

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

Brian Gibson

Director

Top Billed Cast

LW

Lynn Whitfield

Josephine Baker

RB

Rubén Blades

Count Giuseppe Pepito Abatino

DD

David Dukes

Jo Bouillon

LGJ

Louis Gossett Jr.

Sidney Williams

CTN

Craig T. Nelson

Walter Winchell

KH

Kene Holliday

Sidney Bechet

VB

Vivian Bonnell

Josephine's Mother

MM

Mayah McCoy

Josephine - Age 8

AC

Ainslie Currie

Josephine - Age 13

PM

Pierre Magny

Paul Colin

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