Josephine Baker: june 3, 1906. St. Louis, Missouri, US.Died: april 12, 1975 (aged 68), Paris, France.She was an american dancer, singer and actress, who found fame in her adopted homeland of France. She was given such nicknames ass the "Bronze Venus", the "Black Pearl", and the "Creole Godess".Baker was the first African American female to star in a major motion picture, to integrate an American concert hall, and to become a world famous entertainer.She is also noted for her contributions to the Civil Rights movement in the United States, for assisting the French Resistance during World War II, and for being the first American-born woman to receive the French military honor, the Croix de guerre.