The first image that pops into your head when you think of Josephine Baker is probably of the Jazz Age performer dancing in a barely-there skirt made of faux bananas. But there is so much more to Baker’s life story that it’s hard to think of anyone more overdue for the modern biopic treatment. The icon, who was born into poverty in St. Louis in 1906, got her professional start as a teenage vaudeville performer, and went on to stack up enough experiences to fill several lifetimes before she died in 1975. Though she had quite the successful public career, you could also say that Baker relished domesticity. Below, we’ve rounded up photos of Baker’s offstage life.