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The Josephine Baker Story

📅 1991🌐 ENMovie

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Overview

Biography of the African-American who became a major performer in the Paris cabarets of the 1920s and 1930s. The film follows her life beginning as a struggling performer in 1917 St. Louis, her frustrations leading to her move to France, and follows to her death in 1975. Written by John Sacksteder

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🎬 Type: Movie

📅 Year: 1991

Rating: 5.9/10

Cast

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Lynn Whitfield

Josephine Baker

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Rubén Blades

Count Giuseppe Pepito Abatino

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David Dukes

Jo Bouillon

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Louis Gossett Jr.

Sidney Williams

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Craig T. Nelson

Walter Winchell

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Kene Holliday

Sidney Bechet

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Vivian Bonnell

Josephine's Mother

Mayah McCoy

Josephine - Age 8

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