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Josephine Baker

1906 - 1975

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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. She was the first Black woman to star in a major motion picture, the 1927 French silent film Siren of the Tropics, directed by Mario Nalpas and Henri Étiévant. During her early career, Baker was among the most celebrated performers to headline the revues of the Folies Bergère in Paris. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Josephine Baker is the 5th most popular dancer, the 234th most popular biography from United States (down from 225th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular American Dancer.

Josephine Baker was a famous American-born French dancer and singer. She was most famous for her performances of the Charleston and the Black Bottom, and for her rendition of "J'ai Deux Amours" (I Have Two Loves).

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Among DANCERS

Among dancers, Josephine Baker ranks 5 out of 116. Before her are Mata Hari, Isadora Duncan, Rudolf Nureyev, and Anna Pavlova. After her are Vaslav Nijinsky, Marie Taglioni, Maurice Béjart, Pina Bausch, Marius Petipa, Bobby Farrell, and Mikhail Baryshnikov.

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Among people born in 1906, Josephine Baker ranks 15. Before her are Samuel Beckett, Aristotle Onassis, Ernst Chain, Faisal of Saudi Arabia, Luchino Visconti, and Emmanuel Levinas. After her are Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten, Franz Joseph II, Prince of Liechtenstein, Estée Lauder, Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark, Billy Wilder, and Henri Charrière. Among people deceased in 1975, Josephine Baker ranks 13. Before her are Pier Paolo Pasolini, Umm Kulthum, Aristotle Onassis, Faisal of Saudi Arabia, Robert Robinson, and Otto Skorzeny. After her are Gustav Ludwig Hertz, Edward Tatum, Mikhail Bakhtin, Arnold J. Toynbee, George Paget Thomson, and Saint-John Perse.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Josephine Baker ranks 234 out of 20,380. Before her are George Lucas (1944), F. Sherwood Rowland (1927), J. D. Salinger (1919), Willard Van Orman Quine (1908), Emily Greene Balch (1867), and Candice Bergen (1946). After her are Clark Gable (1901), Johnny Cash (1932), Truman Capote (1924), Linus Pauling (1901), James Madison (1751), and Richard Chamberlain (1934).

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Among DANCERS In United States

Among dancers born in United States, Josephine Baker ranks 2. Before her are Isadora Duncan (1877). After her are Martha Graham (1894), Merce Cunningham (1919), William Forsythe (1949), John Neumeier (1939), Adam Darius (1930), Maria Tallchief (1925), Alvin Ailey (1931), Frankie Manning (1914), Katherine Dunham (1909), and Yvonne Rainer (1934).

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