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Janis Joplin

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Janis Joplin

Known For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

Jan 19, 1943 (83 years old)

Place of Birth

Port Arthur, Texas, USA

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.

Known For

Acting
2024Janis, Amores de CarnavalSelf (archive footage)
2023San Francisco Sounds: A Place in TimeSelf - Music Artist (archive footage)
202070 Years of Youth RevoltSelf (archive footage)
2019Året var 1969Self (archive footage)
2019The UnXplainedSelf (archive footage)
201827: Gone Too SoonSelf (archive footage)
2017Joan Didion: The Center Will Not HoldSelf (archive footage)
2017The Summer of Love
2015Janis: Little Girl BlueHerself (archive footage)
2013Jimi Hendrix: Hear My Train a Comin'Self - Musician (archive footage)
2010Love, Janisherself
2010When You're StrangeSelf (archive footage)
2009Janis Joplin : Piece Of My Heart - Live WoodstockHerself
2009Janis Joplin with Big Brother: Ball and Chainself
2007Janis Joplin – The Kozmic Blues Video AnthologyHerself
2007Janis Joplin - The way she was Janis
2005Ed Sullivan's Rock 'N' Roll Classics: Rockin' the Sixties
2003Festival ExpressSelf
2003The Best Of BeatSelf (archive footage)
2002Monterey Pop - The Outtake Performances
2001Big Brother and The Holding Co.: Nine Hundred NightsHerself
2000Janis Joplin: Southern DiscomfortSelf
1997The Beach Boys and The SatanSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
1994Woodstock DiarySelf
1994Janis Joplin Slept Here
1994Woodstock Directors cutSelf
1993Intimate PortraitSelf (archive footage)
1987Jimi Plays MontereySelf (archive footage)
1986Women in RockSelf (archive footage)
1983When the Music's OverSelf (archive footage)
1974JanisHerself
1970WoodstockSelf
1970Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out!: The Rolling Stones in ConcertSelf (archive footage)
1969Got No Shoes, Got No Blues: the Texas International Pop Festival
1968Monterey PopSelf
1968PetuliaHerself (uncredited)
1968Wake at GenerationSelf
1968The Dick Cavett ShowSelf - Guest
1964The Hollywood PalaceSelf - Singer
1948The Ed Sullivan ShowSelf
-Janis Joplin: In Woodstockas Herself
-Janis Joplin - Live