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 as Josephine Baker
Rubén Blades as Count Giuseppe Pepito Abatino
David Dukes as Jo Bouillon
Louis Gossett Jr. as Sidney Williams
Craig T. Nelson as Walter Winchell
Kene Holliday as Sidney Bechet
Vivian Bonnell as Josephine's Mother
Mayah McCoy as Josephine - Age 8
Ainslie Currie as Josephine - Age 13
Pierre Magny as Paul Colin
Franco Britt as Victor
George Faison as Emcee in Harlem Club / Male Singer
Robert Lesser as Copa City Manager
Luis Reyes as Josephine's Father
Vivienne Eytle as Josephine's Sister
Eartha Robinson as Female Singer / Dancer
Paula Brown as Amateur Female Singer / Dancer
Ann Harrington as Cruel Woman
Zoltán Gera as Folies Bergeres Producer
Gábor Csíkos as French Cab Driver
Noel Weekes Jr. as Soldier from St. Louis
Péter Kertész as Casablanca Doctor
Gregory Orr as New York Hotel Manager
János Gosztonyi as Bobino Theatre Manager
Tibor Kenderesi as Priest
Steven R. McGlothen as American Reporter in Press Conference
Richard Rothenstein as American Reporter in Press Conference
Sherry Baumgart as American Reporter in Press Conference
Debbie Javor as American Woman at Party
Angelus Iván as Dance Teacher
András Márton as Pepito's Doctor
Dean Tschetter as New York Critic
Richard Battagna as White Racist
Gábor Ferenczi as Reporter at Stork Club
András Monory Mész as Reporter at Stork Club
Jimmy Smith as Bell Boy
Laszlo Dozsa Jr. as Stork Club Waiter
Fajer Khaled as Casablanca Nurse
János Vészi as Lover in New York
Attila Lőte as Court Official
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