Biography of the African-American who became a major performer in the Paris cabarets of the 1920's and 1930's. The film follows her life beginning as a struggling performer in 1917 St. Louis, her frustrations leading to her move to France, and follows to her death in 1975. Written by John Sacksteder
Rubén Blades | Count Giuseppe Pepito Abatino | |
David Dukes | Jo Bouillon | |
Louis Gossett, Jr. | Sidney Williams | |
Craig T. Nelson | Walter Winchell | |
Kene Holliday | Sidney Bechet | |
Vivian Bonnell | Josephine's Mother |
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