Biography of the African-American who became a major performer in the Paris cabarets of the 1920s and 1930s. 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
Craig T. Nelson
Walter Winchell

Kene Holliday
Sidney Bechet

Vivian Bonnell
Josephine's Mother
Mayah McCoy
Josephine - Age 8