Josephine Baker
American-born French dancer, singer and actress (1906–1975)
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Josephine Baker danced and sang her way through 1920s Paris, becoming the first Black woman to lead a major film when she starred in Siren of the Tropics. Her European fame was so massive she became a cultural force that shaped how the world saw Black entertainers.
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Freda Josephine Baker, also spelled Joséphine Baker, was an American and 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.
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