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Oct 21, 2019 · The bisexual singer, actress, and dancer became so revered there that one only needed to say “Josephine” or “La Baker” and everyone knew who she was. But beloved though she was in France, she found it heartbreaking that she wasn’t as loved in her own country.
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Josephine and Abtey fled the country. With them they carried dozens of classified documents and intelligence, all written in invisible ink on her sheet music. Exiled from France, Josephine continued working for the French Resistance after relocating to Lisbon, Portugal and then to North Africa.
Freda Josephine Baker (née McDonald; June 3, 1906 – April 12, 1975), naturalized as Joséphine Baker, was an American-born French dancer, singer and actress. Her career was centered primarily in Europe, mostly in France.
Iconic entertainer of the Jazz Age, famous for her risqué performances, Josephine Baker responded to the start of World War II by becoming a spy for the French Resistance. Known as the “Creole Goddess” of France, Baker used her celebrity to gain access to high-ranking Axis officials.
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Jan 1, 1976 · Josephine Baker was a legend in her own time. This fabulous black woman, who began her career in show business as wardrobe mistress to Bessie Smith, made millions and lost them just as easily during one of the most glamorous and exciting lives ever lived.
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Apr 12, 2015 · Josephine Baker died forty years ago today (April 12). She was born Freda Josephine McDonald in St. Louis, Missouri on June 3, 1906 to a washerwoman named Carrie McDonald and a vaudeville drummer named Eddie Carson, who left the mother and child shortly after Josephine’s birth.
