The Josephine Baker Story

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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

Date: 03/16/1991

Rating: 6.5

Cast: Lynn Whitfield, Rubén Blades, David Dukes, Louis Gossett Jr., Craig T. Nelson, Kene Holliday, Vivian Bonnell, Mayah McCoy, Ainslie Currie, Pierre Magny, Franco Britt, George Faison, Robert Lesser, Luis Reyes, Vivienne Eytle, Eartha Robinson, Paula Brown, Ann Harrington, Zoltán Gera, Gábor Csíkos, Noel Weekes Jr., Péter Kertész, Gregory Orr, János Gosztonyi, Tibor Kenderesi, Steven R. McGlothen, Richard Rothenstein, Sherry Baumgart, Debbie Javor, Angelus Iván, András Márton, Dean Tschetter, Richard Battagna, Gábor Ferenczi, András Monory Mész, Jimmy Smith, Laszlo Dozsa Jr., Fajer Khaled, János Vészi, Attila Lőte

Lynn Whitfield