the river Seine "Piscine Joséphine Baker".
Two of Baker's sons, Jean-Claude and Jarry (Jari), grew up to go into business together, running the restaurant Chez Josephine on Theatre Row, 42nd Street, New York, which celebrates Baker's life and works.
Baker's iconic performance style has also been influential. Diana Ross, a long-time admirer of Baker, performed in Bob Mackie-designed outfits similar to Baker's and reenacted similar poses of the latter in many photo sessions. Whitney Houston pays tribute to Baker in her "I'm Your Baby Tonight" music video to represent the Harlem Renaissance. Baker's banana skirt, in particular, has made numerous media appearance. A dancer wore one in Sir-Mix-A-Lot's 1991 video for "Baby Got Back".
In 2006, Jérôme Savary produced a musical, "A La Recherche de Josephine - New Orleans for Ever" (Looking for Josephine). The story revolved around the history of jazz and Baker's career.
In 1991, Baker's life story, "The Josephine Baker Story", was broadcast on HBO.
The first scene of the 2003 French animated film Les Triplettes de Belleville is of a 1930s-style cartoon parody that features a caricature of Baker
The 2004 erotic novel Scandalous by British author Angela Campion uses Baker as its heroine and is inspired by Baker's sexual exploits and later adventures in the French Resistance. In the novel, Baker, working with a fictional black Canadian lover named Drummer Thompson, foils a plot by French fascists in 1936 Paris.
Her influence upon and assistance with the careers of husband and wife dancers Carmen De Lavallade and Geoffrey Holder are discussed and illustrated in rare footage in the 2005 Linda Atkinson/Nick Doob documentary, Carmen and Geoffrey.
In the 1997 animated film Anastasia, Baker appears with her cheetah during the musical number "Paris Holds the Key (to Your Heart)".
A German submariner mimics Josephine Baker's Danse banane in the film Das Boot.
In the 2003 French Film, Les Triplettes de Belleville (American version dubbed The Triplets of Belleville), she is portrayed briefly with her cheetah in her classic Danse Banane costume.
1991 Movie, Biography, "The Josephine Baker Story." Lynn Whitfield in an excellent portrayal of Josephine
La Sirène des tropiques (1927) aka Siren of the Tropics at the Internet Movie Database
Zouzou (1934) at the Internet Movie Database
Princesse Tam Tam (1935) aka Princess Tam-Tam at the Internet Movie Database
Moulin Rouge (1941) at the Internet Movie Database
Fausse alerte (1945) aka The French Way at the Internet Movie Database
An jedem Finger zehn (1954) aka Ten on Every Finger at the Internet Movie Database
Carosello del varietà (1955) at the Internet Movie Database
Grüsse aus Zürich (1963) at the Internet Movie Database (ZDF TV)