Josephine Baker

Award won Role or nomination

1. 1906 age 0

   Born

2. 1975 age 68

   Died

3. 1983 age 68

   CreditZelig

• GWGordon Willis1 title
• MJMichael Jeter1 title
• CCCharlie Chaplin1 title
• WAWoody Allen1 title
• PTPaula Trueman1 title
• RGRobert Greenhut1 title
• MBMel Bourne1 title
• AHAdolf Hitler1 title
• JRJohn Rothman1 title
• MFMia Farrow1 title

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  Photo:Studio HarcourtPublic domain

• I have stage contracts for the next 18 months, and I shall go on with them whatever he says.

  Josephine Baker, CC BY-SA 4.0

• France made me what I am. I will be grateful forever. The people of Paris have given me everything. They have given me their hearts, and I have given them mine. I am ready, captain, to give them my life. You can use me as you wish.

  Josephine Baker, CC BY-SA 4.0

• First, I want to do what I can to help win the war and thus perform whatever duty I can for my native land. Second, I want to help those of my own race. I am doing all I can to help win the war effort and to make people generally more appreciative and kinder to my race.

  Josephine Baker, CC BY-SA 4.0

• I cannot see that I did anything extraordinary to merit this honor. Everything was just as it had to be."

  Josephine Baker, CC BY-SA 4.0

• I want you to know that this is the happiest day of my entire life. And as you all must know, I have had a very long life and I'm sixty years old. The results today of seeing you all together is a sight for sore eyes. You're together as salt and pepper just as you should be. Just as I've always wanted you to be and peoples of the world have always wanted you to be. You are a united people at last because without unity there cannot be any victory. You see, I'm glad. I'm glad that in my homeland, in my homeland where I was born in love and respect, I'm glad to see this day come to pass. This day, because you are on the eve of complete victory, and tomorrow, time will do the rest. ... Continue on. You can't go wrong. The world is behind you.

  Josephine Baker, CC BY-SA 4.0

• I believe in action. … I believe in doing rather than talking. All my life I have maintained that the people of the world can learn to live together in peace if they are not brought up in prejudice. This is why I traveled all over the world to adopt 11 youngsters.

  Josephine Baker, CC BY-SA 4.0