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Janis Joplin

Known for: Acting

Biography: 1943-01-19

Deathday: 1970-10-04 (27 years old)

Biography

Janis Lyn Joplin was an American singer considered the premier female blues vocalist of the Sixties; her raw, powerful and uninhibited singing style, combined with her turbulent and emotional lifestyle, made her one of the biggest female stars in her lifetime. She died of a drug overdose in 1970, aged 27, after releasing three albums. A fourth album, Pearl, was released a little more than three months after her death, reaching number 1 on the charts.

Filmography

all 43

self 37

Janis Joplin

Biography

Filmography

all 43

self 37

Movies 36

TV Shows 7

Janis, Amores de Carnaval (2024)

San Francisco Sounds: A Place in Time (2023)

Love to Love You, Donna Summer (2023)

70 Years of Youth Revolt (2020)

The UnXplained (2019)

27: Gone Too Soon (2018)

Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold (2017)

Hare Krishna! The Mantra, the Movement and the Swami Who Started It All (2017)

Janis: Little Girl Blue (2015)

Jimi Hendrix: Hear My Train a Comin' (2013)

Love, Janis (2010)

Janis Joplin with Big Brother: Ball and Chain (2009)

Janis Joplin : Piece Of My Heart - Live Woodstock (2009)

Janis Joplin – The Kozmic Blues Video Anthology (2007)

Ed Sullivan's Rock 'N' Roll Classics: Rockin' the Sixties (2005)

The Best Of Beat (2003)

Festival Express (2003)

Monterey Pop: The Outtake Performances (2002)

Big Brother and The Holding Co.: Nine Hundred Nights (2001)

Janis Joplin: Southern Discomfort (2000)

The Beach Boys and The Satan (1997)

Woodstock Diary (1994)

Intimate Portrait (1993)

When the Applause Died (1990)

Woodstock: The Lost Performances (1990)

Jimi Plays Monterey (1987)

Women in Rock (1986)

When the Music's Over (1983)

Women Prison: The Lynching (1978)

Janis (1974)

Little Richard: Keep on Rockin' (1973)

Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out! (1970)

Woodstock (1970)

Monterey Pop (1968)

Petulia (1968)

The Dick Cavett Show (1968)

Wake at Generation (1968)

The Hollywood Palace (1964)

The Ed Sullivan Show (1948)

Secrets of Desert Point

Rock 'N' Roll Forever: Ed Sullivan's Greatest Hits

Janis Joplin - Live

Janis Joplin: In Woodstock

Information

Known ForActing

GenderFemale

Birthday1943-01-19

Deathday1970-10-04 (27 years old)

Birth NameJanis Lyn Joplin

Birth PlacePort Arthur, United States

MotherDorothy Bonita Joplin

CitizenshipsUnited States

Also Known AsJanis Lyn Joplin

AwardsGrammy Lifetime Achievement Award, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

Credited with

Known For
Acting

Gender
Female

Birthday
1943-01-19

Deathday
1970-10-04 (27 years old)

Birth Name
Janis Lyn Joplin

Birth Place
Port Arthur, United States

Mother
Dorothy Bonita Joplin

Citizenships
United States

Also Known As
Janis Lyn Joplin

Awards
Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, star on Hollywood Walk of Fame