Josephine Baker American expatriate entertainer and actress

Josephine Baker was an American expatriate entertainer and actress. She became a French citizen in 1937. Most noted as a singer, Baker also was a celebrated dancer in her early career. She was given the nicknames the "Bronze Venus" or the "Black Pearl", as well as the "Créole Goddess" in Anglophone nations. In France, she has always been known as "Joséphine Baker".