Biography
Janis Ian (born Janis Eddy Fink) is an American singer-songwriter who was most commercially successful in the 1960s and 1970s; her most widely recognized song, "At Seventeen", was released as a single from her 1975 album Between the Lines which reached number 1 on the Billboard chart.
Born in 1951 in New York City, Ian entered the American folk music scene while still a teenager in the mid-1960s. Most active musically in that decade and the 1970s, she has continued recording into the 21st century. She has won two Grammy Awards, the first in 1975 for "At Seventeen" and the second in 2013 for Best Spoken Word Album, for her autobiography, Society's Child, with a total of ten nominations in eight different categories.
Ian is also a columnist and science fiction author.
Filmography
all 15
self 11
TV Shows 8
Movies 7
Countdown - The Wonder Years 2 (2007)
The Midnight Special Legendary Performances: Flashback to 1974 (2007)
Freedom (1981)
Echoes of the Sixties: A Musical Trip (1979)
The Album on the Shore (1977)
Saturday Night Live (1975)
Dinah! (1974)
Four Rode Out (1969)
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GenderFemale
Birthday1951-04-07 (73 years old)
Birth NameJanis Eddy Fink
Birth PlaceThe Bronx, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States
Also Known AsJanis Eddy Fink
AwardsAudie Award for Narration by the Author or Authors, Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album, Grammy Award for Best Audio Book, Narration & Storytelling Recording
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