This article first appeared in the Stars and Stripes Europe edition, July 29, 1959. It is republished unedited in its original form, with the children’s nations of origin as Baker identified them at ...

Castelnaud-la-Chapelle, France, July 5, 1959: Josephine Baker, her husband Jo (Joe) Bouillon and several of their ten adopted children at their home of Les Milandes in the Dordogne Valley. Baker has ...

Fred Cavayé, Vincent Lindon, Noémie Merlant, Tahar Rahim and Maïmouna Doucouré were among the creatives taking the stage during a Canal+/StudioCanal 2026 preview in the French capital. By Georg Szalai ...

Villa Beau-Chêne, the 12-bedroom Parisian mansion where dancer and activist Josephine Baker made her home in the 1930s and ’40s, is on the market for €20.84 million (US$24.45 million). Baker, the ...

Hemingway called her “the most sensational woman anybody ever saw.” If you read any well-informed account of the life of le tout Paris between the wars, you’ll almost certainly run across her name.

The exhibition is arranged across two main spaces, one devoted to “Silver Screen Style” and featuring film costumes in conversation with fashion ensembles, and another focusing on “Pop Icons,” meaning ...

Alice Fennelly grew up in Loveland, surrounded by the Rocky Mountains and bronze sculptures. Now, living in a suburb of Paris, she was inspired by the life story of Joséphine Baker — a woman filled ...

While all pop culture eyes are on the life of a certain showgirl this week — Swift, Taylor — the French mansion of a legendary showgirl from another time is hitting the market. Villa Beau-Chêne, a ...

Villa Beau-Chêne, the 12-bedroom Parisian mansion where Josephine Baker made her home in the 1930s and ’40s, is on the market for €20.84 million (US$24.45 million). Located in Le Vésinet, about 10 ...

Before Beyonce, there was Josephine. Before Diana, there was Josephine. Before Madonna, Mariah, Celine or Selena, there was Josephine. Before Shakira, Lady Gaga, Billy Eilish, Taylor Swift – and so on ...

ST. LOUIS — "We're proud to announce that the world's largest privately held collection of Josephine Baker artifacts is coming into the collection at the Missouri Historical Society," Peter Kastor, ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. ST. LOUIS – It was announced Wednesday that ...