The Josephine Baker Story
Film1991130 min6.0/10 on TMDB
Directed by Brian Gibson
Before Madonna. Before Marilyn. There was Josephine.
The story
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
Cast & crew
Lynn WhitfieldJosephine Baker
Rubén BladesCount Giuseppe Pepito Abatino
David DukesJo Bouillon
Louis Gossett Jr.Sidney Williams
Craig T. NelsonWalter Winchell
Kene HollidaySidney Bechet
Vivian BonnellJosephine's MotherMayah McCoy
Mayah McCoyJosephine - Age 8Ainslie Currie
Ainslie CurrieJosephine - Age 13Pierre Magny
Pierre MagnyPaul ColinFranco Britt
Franco BrittVictorGeorge Faison
George FaisonEmcee in Harlem Club / Male SingerExplore the crew
- Director
- Brian Gibson
- Producer
- John Kemeny
- Director of Photography
- Elemér Ragályi
- Editor
- Graham Walker
- Original Music Composer
- Georges Delerue