'Josephine Baker liberated women's bodies'
A century on from the dancer's debut at the Champs-Élysées Theatre, the Paris venue celebrates her extraordinary life
Today is Monday, June 22, 2026 Broadway Baby Birthdays: Tracy Pollan Michael Rothhaar Cyndi Lauper Meryl Streep Daniela Boni Kris Kristofferson John Cunningham Prunella Scales Ralph Waite John Nola Bill Blass Gower Champion Joseph Papp Tony Bavaar Dickinson Eastham Robert Duke John Craven Charles Eaton Katherine Dunham Michael Todd Billy Wilder Frank Milan David Burns Jack Whiting Erich Maria Remarque Martin Brown Porter Emerson Browne Vincent Bryan Flavia Arcaro Michael Harrison Leah Horen Dylan Chalfy Tom Morris Jay Goede John Conklin Barbara Perry June Carroll Sergei Obratsov