The Josephine Baker Story
The Josephine Baker Story
Release: 1991-03-16
·Runtime: 130m
·★ 5.7
Drama
History
Music
TV Movie
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
Production Countries
United Kingdom
United States of America
Production Companies
HBO Films
RHI Entertainment
Anglia Television
John Kemeny Productions
Cast
András Márton
as Pepito's Doctor
Kene Holliday
as Sidney Bechet
Robert Lesser
as Copa City Manager
Vivian Bonnell
as Josephine's Mother
Eartha Robinson
as Female Singer / Dancer
Zoltán Gera
as Folies Bergeres Producer
Péter Kertész
as Casablanca Doctor
Rubén Blades
as Count Giuseppe Pepito Abatino
Louis Gossett Jr.
as Sidney Williams
Debbie Javor
as American Woman at Party
Gábor Ferenczi
as Reporter at Stork Club
David Dukes
as Jo Bouillon
Lynn Whitfield
as Josephine Baker
Jimmy Smith
as Bell Boy
Craig T. Nelson
as Walter Winchell
Attila Lőte
as Court Official
