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The Josephine Baker Story

63 %|Mar 16, 1991|Drama, History, Music

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

Featured Crew

Ron Hutchinson
Story
Ron Hutchinson
Teleplay
Michael Zagor
Story
Brian Gibson
Director
Robert Halmi Sr.
Executive Producer
Elemér Ragályi
Director of Photography
Györgyi Vidák
Costume Design
Robert Halmi Jr.
Executive Producer

Cast

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Lynn Whitfield
Josephine Baker
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Rubén Blades
Count Giuseppe Pepito Abatino
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David Dukes
Jo Bouillon
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Louis Gossett Jr.
Sidney Williams
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Craig T. Nelson
Walter Winchell
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Kene Holliday
Sidney Bechet
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Vivian Bonnell
Josephine's Mother
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Mayah McCoy
Josephine - Age 8
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Ainslie Currie
Josephine - Age 13
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Pierre Magny
Paul Colin
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George Faison
Emcee in Harlem Club / Male Singer
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Robert Lesser
Copa City Manager
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Luis Reyes
Josephine's Father
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Vivienne Eytle
Josephine's Sister
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Eartha Robinson
Female Singer / Dancer
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Paula Brown
Amateur Female Singer / Dancer
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Ann Harrington
Cruel Woman
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Zoltán Gera
Folies Bergeres Producer
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Gábor Csíkos
French Cab Driver
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Noel Weekes Jr.
Soldier from St. Louis
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Kertész Péter
Casablanca Doctor
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Gregory Orr
New York Hotel Manager
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János Gosztonyi
Bobino Theatre Manager
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Steven R. McGlothen
American Reporter in Press Conference
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Richard Rothenstein
American Reporter in Press Conference
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Sherry Baumgart
American Reporter in Press Conference
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Debbie Javor
American Woman at Party
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Angelus Iván
Dance Teacher
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András Márton
Pepito's Doctor
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Dean Tschetter
New York Critic
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Richard Battagna
White Racist
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Gábor Ferenczi
Reporter at Stork Club
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András Monory Mész
Reporter at Stork Club
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Jimmy Smith
Bell Boy
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Laszlo Dozsa Jr.
Stork Club Waiter
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Fajer Khaled
Casablanca Nurse
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János Vészi
Lover in New York
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Attila Lőte
Court Official