Josephine Baker opens at the Folies Bergère dressed in nothing but bananas - causing a sensation in Paris. She danced and sang her way from the American slums of St Louis to fame and riches in 1920s ...

Josephine Baker was an American-born actress and dancer, who would go on to take France by storm and become one of Europe’s highest-paid performers. She also happened to be a Second World War spy.

By then she had left St. Louis for New York and was already dancing ... in Paris. President Emmanuel Macron, in the eulogy he delivered from the monument, said: “Stereotypes, Josephine Baker ...

Check out these stories and others… Josephine Baker is first Black woman given Paris burial honor Plans are underway to reinter the remains of American-born singer and dancer Josephine Baker at ...

Josephine Baker: an iconic dancer, singer, and actor who shot to fame after moving to Paris and starring in France's first-ever all-Black musical. She owned a castle, adopted 12 kids, and even had a ...

The trailblazing performer and activist’s book, ‘Fearless and Free,’ hits shelves on Feb. 4 In 1926, Josephine Baker ... In 1925, Baker traveled to Paris, where she danced in the musical ...

The third episode of the new series, Makeup: A Glamourous History delves into how Josephine ... Baker took the world by storm with her seductive danse sauvage which debuted in Paris in 1925.

France is honouring the US-born 20th Century singer and activist Josephine Baker with a place in the Pantheon on Tuesday. She’s the first black woman to be remembered in the resting place of ...

Devotees of the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées turned out Wednesday night to learn about its upcoming season, which is dedicated to the centennial of the Paris debut of Josephine Baker.

The life of Josephine Baker is a dazzling rags to riches story of a musical icon, stage sensation and heroine of the French Resistance who took 20th Century Europe by storm – think Janelle Monae ...