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Lynn Whitfield As Josephine Baker In The Josephine Baker Story
Josephine Barker is still remembered as a great entertainer and also for her services as a secret agent for the French Resistance. In 1991, her story was immortalized through the TV film, The Josephine Baker Story. Actress Lynn Whitfield-Butler took on the title role offering an exemplary performance which won her several accolades, including a Primetime Emmy Award for the role.
Her movie costume, which mirrored the iconic girdle Baker wore made of artificial bananas, earned the film a costume design Emmy Award. The film also won awards for directing, art direction, and hairstyling.
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