The Josephine Baker Story 1991

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

Cast:

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