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Josephine Baker

b: Saint Louis, Missouri, Jun 3, 1906

d: Paris, France, Apr 14, 1975

French. Singer. Folies-Bergere's "Dark Star," 1920s; noted for banana dance, introduced hot jazz to Paris; recorded The Josephine Baker Story, 1926-37; active in Resistance, WWII

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A violinist had a violin, a painer his palette. All I had was myself. I was the instrument that I must care for.