The versatile artist Josephine Baker (1906 - 1975) was one of the biggest stars of the first half of the twentieth century. Baker was singing, acting, dancing and saw also look good. Her mother, a variety artist, put her in the toddler stage and little Josephine (then called Freda McDonald) was dancing at a young age for money on the street. Because they are in the United States as a black woman
… was not starring in a musical or revue, soak them off to Paris. They made quick fame, partly because of its sparse stage garb whose 'banana skirt "was the best known. Baker grew up in France into an international star with ditto walk. They married four times, lived with ten adoptive children in a castle and had a cheetah as a pet. During World War II, Baker had an active role in the French Resistance, where she was awarded later. Baker also continued her life against racism.more
