Bush, London: Josephine Baker was some woman - born in poverty in St Louis in 1906, she became a star of the Folies Bergere in the 1920s, painted by Picasso, eulogised by Hemingway. In World War II she risked her life for the Resistance and fought segregation in 1950s America. In and out of marriages from the age of 13, she never found her romantic ideal, but she did own a chateau filled with a dozen children from di…
SOURCE: The Stage at 06:10AM on July 18, 2013