--- title: Josephine Baker: Google Doodle Celebrate's 111th Birthday description: Anyone who opened Google's homepage on Saturday was treated to an illustrated gallery of legendary jazz performer Josephine Baker canonical: https://time.com/4804263/google-doodle-josephine-baker/ author: Aric Jenkins article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-06-03T18:56:26.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:54:16.584Z article:section: History og:title: Google Doodle Celebrates Birthday of Jazz Icon Josephine Baker og:description: She was the first person of African descent to star in a major motion picture og:url: https://time.com/4804263/google-doodle-josephine-baker/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0c17ab3e6b4a8a3a/6988d00cbc6cfc3d4f3e1ab3/josephine-baker-google-doodle.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2999 og:image:height: 1687 og:image:alt: Photo of Josephine Baker og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Google Doodle Celebrates Birthday of Jazz Icon Josephine Baker twitter:description: She was the first person of African descent to star in a major motion picture twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0c17ab3e6b4a8a3a/6988d00cbc6cfc3d4f3e1ab3/josephine-baker-google-doodle.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Google Doodle Celebrates Birthday of Jazz Icon Josephine Baker > Sponsored content. 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They are at time.com/newsletters and are separate from a paid subscription. ## Video: How Google Makes its Doodles [Watch (HLS stream): How Google Makes its Doodles](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/upF0qp1E.m3u8) (3:23)  _Published 2018-07-07. Our videographer went to the Googleplex in Mountain View, California to meet some of the designers and coders who create the special, clever variations on the Google.com logo known as_ by [Aric Jenkins](https://time.com/author/aric-jenkins/) ## Aric Jenkins Jun 3, 2017 6:56 PM UTC  CIRCA 1970: Photo of Josephine Baker CIRCA 1970: Photo of Josephine Baker Michael Ochs Archives—This content is subject to copyright. by [Aric Jenkins](https://time.com/author/aric-jenkins/) ## Aric Jenkins Jun 3, 2017 6:56 PM UTC Anyone who opened [Google’s homepage](https://www.google.com/) on Saturday was treated to an illustrated gallery of legendary [jazz](http://time.com/4423929/jazz-legends-photos/) performer [Josephine Baker](http://time.com/4342285/josephine-baker-birthday-anniversary-photos/), whose birthday is June 3. The slideshow consisting of seven panels showcased various periods throughout the life of Baker, a world-famous dancer and singer who became the first person of African descent to star in a major motion picture. “With her kohl-rimmed eyes and exotic costumes, Josephine Baker pounced onto the global stage in the 1920s, becoming a Jazz Age icon and one of the first internationally recognized African-American entertainers,” an [excerpt from Google’s Doodle archive reads.](https://www.google.com/doodles/josephine-bakers-111th-birthday) Born in St. Louis in 1906, Baker made her way to New York City at the dawn of the [Harlem Renaissance](http://time.com/4563601/10-moments-harlem-renaissance/) before settling in Paris, where she became renowned for her cabaret performances before starring in Marc Allégret’s 1934 film, _Zouzou_. She fell in love with Paris and eventually renounced her U.S. citizenship to become a French national in 1937, but remained an outspoken proponent of African-Americans, refusing to perform for segregated audiences and working closely with the NAACP throughout the Civil Rights Movement. She was one of the biggest celebrities in Europe and was often labeled as one of the most photographed women in the world at the peak of her career. “There’s little doubt why Ernest Hemingway once called her ‘the most sensational woman anybody ever saw—or ever will,'” Google’s archive reads. Baker died in Paris in 1975, but not before being awarded the Croix de Guerre — a military decoration bestowed to members of allied countries — and inducted into France’s prestigious Legion of Honour by legendary French General and President Charles de Gaulle. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4804263/google-doodle-josephine-baker/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4804263/google-doodle-josephine-baker/"},"headline":"Google Doodle Celebrates Birthday of Jazz Icon Josephine Baker","datePublished":"2017-06-03T18:56:26.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T07:54:16.584Z","description":"Google celebrated the late jazz icon's 111th birthday on June 3, 2017","url":"https://time.com/4804263/google-doodle-josephine-baker/","keywords":["Google Doodle","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0c17ab3e6b4a8a3a/6988d00cbc6cfc3d4f3e1ab3/josephine-baker-google-doodle.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Aric Jenkins","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/aric-jenkins/"}],"articleSection":"History","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0c17ab3e6b4a8a3a/6988d00cbc6cfc3d4f3e1ab3/josephine-baker-google-doodle.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Photo of Josephine Baker","caption":"Photo of Josephine Baker","creditText":"Michael Ochs Archives—This content is subject to copyright.","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/history/","name":"History"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4804263/google-doodle-josephine-baker/","name":"Google Doodle Celebrates Birthday of Jazz Icon Josephine Baker"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"How Google Makes its Doodles","description":"Our videographer went to the Googleplex in Mountain View, California to meet some of the designers and coders who create the special, clever variations on the Google.com logo known as","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/upF0qp1E/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2018-07-07T16:09:57.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/upF0qp1E.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4804263/google-doodle-josephine-baker/","duration":"PT3M23S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4804263/google-doodle-josephine-baker/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```