The Josephine Baker Story

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Release date: March 16, 1991
Duration: 130 minutes
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Overview

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

Starring

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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