The Josephine Baker Story
Born poor in St. Louis, Missouri, Josephine Baker achieved fame and fortune through her sizzlingly exotic, erotic performances. Starting life on the American Vaudeville circuit, success takes Josephine to Paris where her semi-nude dancing causes an international sensation. Through her marriages to an Italian pseudo-count and an orchestra leader, to her bond with army officer Sydney Williams, Josephine's life is a rollercoaster ride of love and rejection from both her lovers and her country. But semi-nude, or head-to-toes in sequins; in battle fatigues or rags - her beauty and ambition ensured that Josephine Baker will always be remembered as the first, and possibly most loved, truly international star.
December 21, 1945 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA
3 December 1944, Denver, Colorado, USA
October 26, 1953 in Budapest, Hungary
16 July 1948, Panama City, Panama
September 16, 1943 in Nyíregyháza, Hungary
25 June 1949, Copiague, Suffolk County, New York, USA
April 3, 1939 in Szeged, Hungary
22 October 1942, New York City, New York, USA
10 February 1943, Budapest, Hungary
May 15, 1920 in Novi Sad, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes [now Vojvodina, Serbia]
23 May 1924, Antigua, British West Indies
19 August 1967
February 6, 1954 in Budapest, Hungary
July 9, 1926 in Budapest, Hungary
14 November 1968
6 May 1953, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
6 June 1945, San Francisco, California, USA
June 13, 1934 in Szeged, Hungary
25 July 1958, Paris, France
May 7, 1950 in Budapest, Hungary
4 April 1944, Spokane, Washington, USA
