JOSEPHINE BAKER WAS BORN IN 1906 IN ST LOUIS, MISSOURI, USA. HER REAL NAME WAS FREDA MCDONALD. SHE DIED IN PARIS IN 1975 IN HER SLEEP AFTER A PARTY GIVEN IN HER HONOUR. SHE WAS BURIED IN MONACO AND RECIEVED FULL FRENCH MILITARY HONOURS AT HER FUNERAL.

SHE BECAME ONE OF THE WORLDS BEST ENTERTAINERS ON SCREEN AND OFF. SHE WAS DECORATED FOR HER WORK WITH THE FRENCH RESISTANCE DURING WORLD WAR II. SHE WAS A CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST AND REFUSED TO PERFORM TO SEGREGATED AUDIENCES AND WENT ON TO INTERGRATE THE LAS VEGAS NIGHTCLUB SCENE. SHE ADOPTED 12 CHILDREN FROM AROUND THE WORLD WHOM SHE CALLED HER RAINBOW TRIBE.

THIS WAS SEEN AS AN AMAZING FEAT FOR A BLACK WOMAN, A DANCER, A SINGER, ACTOR AND COMEDIAN. HER ACTS WERE EXTREMELY WITTY AND QUITE SEXY.SHE RECEIVED OVER 1500 MARRIAGE PROPOSALS.

THE JOSEPHINE BAKER STORY WAS RELEASED ON MOTION PICTURE IN 1991. IT WON TWO EMMYS AND WAS NOMINATED GOLDEN GLOBE.

JOSEPHINE BAKER PROVED FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE 1920'S THAT BLACK WAS BEAUTIFUL.

DON KEY A LANE WOULD LIKE TO PRAISE THE WORK OF JOSEPHINE BAKER. OUR MODELS BEAUTIFULLY PORTRAY ONE OF JOSEPHINES' MOST FAMOUS IMAGES.