Record ID:
35691869 (Libraries Australia Authorities)
Authority type:
  • Name.
Description conventions:
  • rda
LC number:
  • n 50020892 no 98023014
Heading:
Birth:
  • 1906-06-03
  • Saint Louis (Mo.)
Death:
  • 1975-04-12
  • Paris (France)
Associated with:
  • United States France
Fields of activity:
  • Performing arts
Occupations:
  • Dancers Actresses Singers Entertainers
Used for:
  • McDonald, Freda Josephine, 1906-1975
Notes:
  • Mémoires, 1927 t.p. (Josephine Baker)
  • Internet movie database, 10/29/96 WWW homepage (Josephine Baker; born 3 June 1906, St. Louis, Missouri; died 12 April 1975, Paris, France, cerebral hemorrhage)
  • A&E biography database, 10/29/96 WWW homepage (originally Freda Josephine McDonald)
  • Wikipedia, Oct. 8, 2014 (Josephine Baker (b. Freda Josephine McDonald, June 3, 1906, St. Louis, Missouri - Apr. 12, 1975, Paris, France) was an American-born French dancer, singer, and actress; first African-American woman to star in a major motion picture, Zouzou (1934) or to become a world-famous entertainer; Baker, who refused to perform for segregated audiences in America, is also noted for her contributions to the Civil Rights Movement; she was also known for assisting the French Resistance during World War II and received the French military honor, the Croix de guerre and was made Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur by General Charles de Gaulle) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josephine_Baker
Local system number:
  • abv01028083
  • 000000695988
  • (AuPaJTL)564159
Cataloguing source:
  • DLC eng rda DLC NBuU DLC ViFGM DLC NN WaU HU
Authentication code:
  • kin