Freda Josephine Baker, also spelled Joséphine Baker, was an American-born French dancer, singer, and actress, and a spy for the French Resistance. Her career was centered primarily in Europe, mostly i
Baker in 1940
Unconfirmed photo of Baker, c. 1908
Josephine Baker impersonating Hudgins in the Folies Bergère in 1927.
Josephine Baker, wearing only a feathered skirt and anklets, shoes, and a headdress, arches back over the forward-bent fr:Joe Alex in La Danse sauvage.
Joseph Bouillon was a French composer, conductor and violinist. As Joséphine Baker's fourth husband, he enjoyed prominence in the 1950s.
Josephine Baker
…Corbusier (Charles-Édouard Jeanneret). In 1937, Baker married Frenchman Jean Lion, but they separated in 1940. She married French composer and conductor Jo Bouillon in 1947 around the time she adopted her 11th child; their union lasted 14 years before also ending in divorce. Later, she was involved with the artist…