Josephine Baker. A French actress, dancer and singer. Or simply, a performer. Famous for her banana skirts, her provocative dancing and her hair stick to the sides of her face in soft curls. 

She was born in Missouri,  in 1906, and became a French citizen in 1937. She became a world-known entertainer and the first african-american woman to star in a movie, "Zouzou" (1934).

She became the muse for numerous artists of her time, like Picasso, Fitzgerald, Hemingway, Dior.

She volunteered to spy for the French Resistance, earning a  French military honour.

 

She died in 1975. She adopted, during her life, 12 children.