Josephine Baker

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Pictured with her fourth husband, Jean Lion, in 1937...

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More animals: Pictured with her pet horse in 1938...

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(I see that we've reached a new page - there are a lot of new photos on the previous page, please go back if you missed them )

 

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1939...

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Performing in 1939...

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Original caption: Maurice Chevalier, and cinema star Josephine baker, musical comedy favorites, were being acclaimed by French soldiers, after they had appeared in a performance for troops on the firing line. Date Photographed: December 2nd, 1939.

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By the fall of 1926 ''there were Josephine Baker dolls, costumes, perfumes, pomades.''

I guess there were also creepy Josephine Baker puppets, too.

(corbis)

 

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Last ones for today...

Misc. undated photos, but probably from the 1930s...

(corbis, getty)

 

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I found a few clips on YouTube from her 1935 film "Princesse Tam Tam"...

Singing "Sous le Ciel d'Afrique" (Under the African Sky
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jB4HWLQbWB4

Singing "Le Chemin du Bonheur" (The Way to Happiness?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYDLsIVppk8

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And a very short clip of her dancing from her early "La Danse Sauvage" for "La Revue Negre":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPCYYdECJIs

 

[Belle Princesse]

Great thread! I love her style, I don't have a source for this information but apparently she had crates of lemons imported and she would bathe in lemons (probably sliced in water) to keep her skin tone even.

 

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Clips of Josephine sing "J'ai deux amours" (I have two loves - US and Paris)

 

[ballroombeliever]

She is so captivating. She's the kind of person that lights up any room they are in

 

[OMIFAN9]

Josephine,incredible! Photo Credit:GL Manuel(1920s)

 

[OMIFAN9]

The Diva of yesteryear again this time on stage(1964)at age 58! Photo Source:Alamy images

 

[OMIFAN9]

One of my favs of her(circa mid/late 50s),here with her beautiful tribe scanned by me. Photo Credit:Hulton-Deutsch

 

[thefrancofille]

There was a really nice exhibit about Josephine at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington DC that I saw last year. Josepine was so cute.

 

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Mademoiselle Baker in the Forties!!

Josephine served France during World War II in several ways. She performed for the troops, and was an honorable correspondent for the French Resistance (undercover work included smuggling secret messages written on her music sheets) and a sub-lieutenant in the Women's Auxiliary Air Force. She was later awarded the Medal of the Resistance with Rosette and named a Chevalier of the Legion of Honor by the French government for hard work and dedication.

First up are Josephine in uniform, 1940-1945.

(text from http://www.cmgww.com/stars/baker/index.php ; pictures from corbis & getty)

 

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Performing for the troops...

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With her children in 1940...

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Marrying Jo Bouillon in 1947...

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Mlle Baker in 1948...

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