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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
25 July 1958, Paris, France
23 May 1924, Antigua, British West Indies
14 November 1968
22 October 1942, New York City, New York, USA
June 14, 1953 in Budapest, Hungary
27 May 1936, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
April 3, 1939 in Szeged, Hungary
10 February 1943, Budapest, Hungary
September 16, 1943 in Nyíregyháza, Hungary
3 December 1944, Denver, Colorado, USA
19 August 1923, Szeged, Hungary
6 May 1953, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
4 April 1944, Spokane, Washington, USA
May 15, 1920 in Novi Sad, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes [now Vojvodina, Serbia]
25 June 1949, Copiague, Suffolk County, New York, USA
February 6, 1954 in Budapest, Hungary
6 June 1945, San Francisco, California, USA
