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The Josephine Baker Story

03/16/1991

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2hrs 10min

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Drama

,History

,Music

,TV Movie

Before Madonna. Before Marilyn. There was Josephine.

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

    Cast

  • Lynn Whitfield
  • Rubén Blades
  • David Dukes
  • Louis Gossett Jr.
  • Craig T. Nelson

    Director

  • Brian Gibson

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • HBO Films

    Production Countries

  • United States of America

LANGUAGES

  • English

Cast

Lynn Whitfield

Josephine Baker

Rubén Blades

Count Giuseppe Pepito Abatino

David Dukes

Jo Bouillon

Louis Gossett Jr.

Sidney Williams

Craig T. Nelson

Walter Winchell

Kene Holliday

Sidney Bechet

Vivian Bonnell

Josephine's Mother

Mayah McCoy

Josephine - Age 8

Ainslie Currie

Josephine - Age 13

Franco Britt

Victor

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