Joséphine Baker
June 3, 1906 🌹 April 12, 1975
Josephine
Baker, the French-American dancer, singer and actress who mesmerized
France with performances mocking colonialism and later joined the French
Resistance, became the first black woman to be immortalized in
France's Pantheon mausoleum.
Joséphine Baker a connu un destin hors du commun jusqu'à son entrée au Panthéon. Enfant du Missouri, elle débarque à Paris où elle devient la reine du music-hall. Son engagement aux côtés de la France Libre pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale n'est qu'un aspect de son engagement militant, auquel rendent hommage ceux qui l'ont côtoyée.
First Black Woman
Immortalized in France's Pantheon
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Josephine Baker
J`ai Deux Amours (1953)
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One of Josephine Baker’s famous pieces of work is Jai Deux Amours, a song that captures her love for two places, America and Paris. In the song, she said, “ I have two loves: my country and Paris” because she created connections with both places (Baker and Rayor, 1998). She is from St. Louis, but she left America because of the harsh racism and the lack of opportunity she received in the states. However, she made Paris her home, where she created a name for herself and created opportunities for other Black people. Paris was a hub for newly liberated Black people. Black people saw Paris as something different, superb and fresh. Black people saw Paris as a land of opportunity and free agency (Whiting, 2015, pg 12). She believed that Paris treated her as a human being, and it was much easier for her to establish a career and legacy in Paris than in America.
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Freda Josephine Baker (née McDonald; June 3, 1906 – April 12, 1975), naturalised as Joséphine Baker,
was an American-born 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 silent film Siren of the Tropics, directed by Mario Nalpas and Henri Étiévant.
During her early career, Baker was among the most celebrated performers to headline the revues of the Folies Bergère in Paris. Her performance in the revue Un vent de folie
in 1927 caused a sensation in the city. Her costume, consisting of only a short skirt of artificial bananas and a beaded necklace, became an
iconic image and a symbol both of the Jazz Age and the Roaring Twenties.
Baker was celebrated by artists and intellectuals of the era, who
variously dubbed her the "Black Venus", the "Black Pearl", the "Bronze
Venus", and the "Creole Goddess". Born in St. Louis, Missouri, she renounced her U.S. citizenship and became a French national after her marriage to French industrialist Jean Lion in 1937.
She raised her children in France.
She aided the French Resistance during World War II. After the war, she was awarded the Resistance Medal by the French Committee of National Liberation, the Croix de Guerre by the French military, and was named a Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur by General Charles de Gaulle.
Baker sang: "I have two loves, my country and Paris."
Baker refused to perform for segregated audiences in the United States and is noted for her contributions to the civil rights movement. In 1968, she was offered unofficial leadership in the movement in the United States by Coretta Scott King, following Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination. After thinking it over, Baker declined the offer out of concern for the welfare of her children.
March on Washington 1963.
She was there in uniform and spoke to the crowd. She might have been the only female speaker that day.
Baker venomously opposed segregation in the United States. In 1963, she joined Martin Luther King Jr. on the March on Washington and delivered a memorable speech to the crowd. She was the only woman who spoke at the event.
Baker venomously opposed segregation in the United States. In 1963, she joined Martin Luther King Jr. on the March on Washington and delivered a memorable speech to the crowd. She was the only woman who spoke at the event.
On November 30, 2021, she was inducted into the Panthéon in Paris, the first black woman to receive one of the highest honors in France. As her resting place remains in Monaco Cemetery, a cenotaph was installed in vault 13 of the crypt in the Panthéon.
Josephine Baker was the world’s first Black superstar - a revolutionary performer, world-famous singer, movie star, spy for the French resistance, and civil rights activist. As she is honored with a place in France's revered Pantheon monument, Eve Jackson speaks to her son Brian Bouillon-Baker, who tells us what it was like to be the child of one of the most famous performers of the 20th century.
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🗣Je sais qu'elle a eu deux versions de cette chanson, d'abord à partir de 1930 et cette version à partir de 1953.
Je ne sais pas qui est le premier chanteur de cette chanson, mais c'est très vieille chanson. Another second Baker version that's better than the first!
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A French colonial song from the early 1930s, with both feminine and masculine lyrics. A lot of note has been made about the, if not racist... paternalistic perhaps, lyrics, which have the Vietnamese as a charming happy little girl, The female lyrics of this song, in this case sung by Josephine Baker, are presented above with the translation done by myself.
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Un document historique intéressant ; ça illustre bien le paternalisme colonial de l'époque. Une autre chose d'intéressante, et qu'il faut bien noter, c'est que Joséphine Baker était une métis d'origine afro-américaine et elle s'engagera durant la seconde guerre mondiale pour la France Libre, puis après-guerre dans la lutte contre le racisme et contre la ségrégation raciale aux USA, jusqu'à sa mort en 1975.
Quoiqu'on dise, c'est une bonne chose que les mentalités aient évolués par rapport à cette époque. (Quoique... le paternalisme se cache toujours dans de nombreux discours, même chez les "progressistes")
La Petite Tonkinoise
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Joséphine Baker and her french husband Jo Bouillon
Joséphine Baker ♫
"La Petite Tonkinoise" 1930
("Pretty Little Tonkin Girl")
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Josephine Baker & Chiquita
(her Pet Cheetah)
Baker loved animals, and while working as a cabaret star in Paris a club owner gave her a pet cheetah named Chiquita to use in her dance show, she was ecstatic.
She walked her pet cheetah down the streets of Paris and was often accompanied by Chiquita.
She walked her pet cheetah down the streets of Paris and was often accompanied by Chiquita.
Wearing a diamond collar, the feline accompanied her on stage. Chiquita would sometimes escape into the orchestra pit, terrifying the musicians and further enhancing the wildness of the moment.
She kept the big cat after the act ended, and traveled around the world with Chiquita the Cheetah by her side, riding in her car, and sleeping in her bed.
She kept the big cat after the act ended, and traveled around the world with Chiquita the Cheetah by her side, riding in her car, and sleeping in her bed.
Joséphine Baker
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From La Baker's 1953 recording sessions with Jo Bouillon's orchestra. This is her second recordings of this number.
Baker's 1953 recording sessions show the almost unbelievable evolution of her voice from the twittery & thin vocals of "J'ai deux amours" or "Haiti". Her voice had remained in this state until the late 1940's, & almost suddenly, perhaps with the aid of vocal coaching from Jo Bouillon, her voice began to deepen & her diction & pitch become more precise. What is more amazing is that Baker recorded her famous 1959 album "The Fabulous Joséphine Baker" only 6 years after these 1953 recordings.
--"La Petite Tonkinoise (Ma Tonkinoise)". Originally written by Christiné & Scotto.
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Joséphine Baker ♫ Haiti
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Joséphine Baker ♫ La Vie en Rose
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♫ Composer, Writer: Edith Piaf ♫ https://youtu.be/nEIWTw8fxGI
Josephine Baker enters France's Pantheon
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The American-born dancer,
singer, actress and civil rights activist
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Quelle femme fabuleuse, aimante et courageuse 😍. Madame, vous méritez largement votre place au Panthéon 💐
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Merveilleuse chanson, merveilleuse personne tout au long de sa vie, que des actes
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Madame Joséphine Baker, Danseuse, chanteuse, esprit libre et à peine devenue Française et déjà résistante ! Quelle belle voix, quelle femme et quelle belle humanité ! Je suis fière de la compter parmi nos illustres !
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"La mort est pour nous tous, mais l'oubli doit être épargné aux meilleurs" & "Les morts ne sont vraiment morts que lorsque les vivants les ont oubliés."
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Une femme d’un humanisme rare, d’une grande beauté intérieure et physique. Une femme à l’Amour inconditionnel pour la France et une grande artiste. Votre place au Panthéon est amplement méritée
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One of the very , very few [ understandably] who stood up to the Nazis and they backed down ! What a brave woman , I love her.
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Great to hear j‘ai deux amours she was an unbelievable performer and an incredible sensitive lady. I had the immense privilege and the honor to have worked with Miss Baker in 1975 @ Bobino. I was the youngest dancer in the cast. The show was called “Josephine“ It was based on her life story celebrating her 50 years in show business from her humble beginning in St Louis to her triumphant comeback in Monte Carlo. She was extremely engaged with all of the dancers like a second mother . Wanting to know everyone ‘s names Josephine really truly care about people.
She was a true legend immensely talented beautiful, elegant, generous, humble & kind. She would bring oranges for the entire company saying “My children you need lots Vit. C for strength and energy“ She was so right cause the rehearsals were long and grueling.
Bobino‘s stage was too small to accommodate a cast of 8 boys 12 girls 3 comedians 1 little girl (who played young Josephine) and 1 gorgeous dancer who performed the famous banana dance. so they had to transformed the stage by expanding it ; including putting additional seats in the theater and building brand new dressing rooms to accommodate such a big cast all while we were practicing in the lobby of The theater.
Josephine liked to rehearsed late at night after we were done. She even enjoyed having her favorite dish Spaghetti bolognese around 1am at a restaurant right across the theater.
I will never forget the 1 st time I saw her performing once the stage was finally ready. That night She was in the audience watching us dancing with huge smile on her face applauding many times throughout being so proud of the cast. After all she was watching part of her whole life story in front of her eyes. In fact during the promotion of the show a French journalist asked her. “ How does it feel to be the starring in a musical retrospective of your own life story ? She replied “ it’s wonderful. At least i will get to see what they think of me when I am still around !!!! When we were done the director Andre Levasseur said “ Josephine c‘est a vous“ she jumped on stage and belt a song from the Brazilian number called ”Que c‘est bon de vivre” She seemed to be completely possessed by the rhythm of the Afro Cuban sound very reminiscing of “Princess Tam-Tam“ all those years earlier. Her moves were so unbelievable. Her body was in perfect shape specially in her Chanel suit. There is No way you would have guessed that this beautiful lady was in her late 60 ‘s. A goddess still!!!
A true MASTER CLASS. I‘ve enjoyed this documentary immensely specially listening the immensely talented Andre Levasseur speaking so kindly about her. We rehearsed the show for about 1 month and half. We actually did more than 4 performances. We started with one week of previews on March 25th with a special Press night on march 31 st to glorious reviews !
We had another full week of performances with a big opening gala on April 8th with stars like Grace Kelly Sophia Loren & Alain Delon among many.
Alain Delon - Tino Rossi - Mireille Darc - Princess Grace Kelly
Charlie Chaplin
We had another show on the 9th. She felt into a coma the 10th and pass in the early hours on the 12th. We were invited VIP at her funeral. Miss Baker had full military honor at la Madeleine church.
She reposes at the cemetery of Monaco.
Josephine Baker paved the way for Diana Ross - Madonna - Beyoncé - and many other artists.
A true legend. Unparalleled.
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