Before Madonna. Before Marilyn. There was Josephine.
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
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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
Pierre Magny
Paul Colin
Franco Britt
Victor
George Faison
Emcee in Harlem Club / Male Singer
Robert Lesser
Copa City Manager
Luis Reyes
Josephine's Father
Vivienne Eytle
Josephine's Sister
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