Janis Joplin

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Janis Joplin

Acting January 19, 1943

Port Arthur, Texas, USA

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 a…

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The Dick Cavett Show

The Dick Cavett Show

6.8 1968 TV Show
Intimate Portrait

Intimate Portrait

4.5 1993 TV Show
Woodstock

Woodstock

7.6 1970 Movie
The Ed Sullivan Show

The Ed Sullivan Show

6.8 1948 TV Show
When You're Strange

When You're Strange

7.3 2010 Movie
Janis: Little Girl Blue

Janis: Little Girl Blue

7.3 2015 Movie
The UnXplained

The UnXplained

6.7 2019 TV Show
Monterey Pop

Monterey Pop

7.3 1968 Movie
The Hollywood Palace

The Hollywood Palace

5.0 1964 TV Show
27: Gone Too Soon

27: Gone Too Soon

5.8 2018 Movie
Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold

Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold

7.4 2017 Movie
Petulia

Petulia

6.0 1968 Movie

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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

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2024
    Janis, Amores de Carnaval

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  2. 2023
    San Francisco Sounds: A Place in Time

    TV show Self - Music Artist (archive footage)

  3. 2020
    70 Years of Youth Revolt

    TV show Self (archive footage)

  4. 2019
    The UnXplained

    TV show Self (archive footage)

  5. 2019
    Året var 1969

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  6. 2018
    27: Gone Too Soon

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  7. 2017
    Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  8. 2017
    The Summer of Love

    Movie

  9. 2015
    Janis: Little Girl Blue

    Movie Herself (archive footage)

  10. 2013
    Jimi Hendrix: Hear My Train a Comin'

    Movie Self - Musician (archive footage)

  11. 2010
    Love, Janis

    Movie herself

  12. 2010
    When You're Strange

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  13. 2009
    Janis Joplin with Big Brother: Ball and Chain

    Movie self

  14. 2009
    Janis Joplin : Piece Of My Heart - Live Woodstock

    Movie Herself

  15. 2007
    Janis Joplin - The way she was Janis

    Movie

  16. 2007
    Janis Joplin – The Kozmic Blues Video Anthology

    Movie Herself

More credits
  1. 2005
    Ed Sullivan's Rock 'N' Roll Classics: Rockin' the Sixties

    Movie

  2. 2003
    The Best Of Beat

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  3. 2003
    Festival Express

    Movie Self

  4. 2002
    Monterey Pop - The Outtake Performances

    Movie Big Brother and the Holding Company

  5. 2001
    Big Brother and The Holding Co.: Nine Hundred Nights

    Movie Herself

  6. 2000
    Janis Joplin: Southern Discomfort

    Movie Self

  7. 1997
    The Beach Boys and The Satan

    Movie Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

  8. 1994
    Woodstock Diary

    Movie Self

  9. 1994
    Janis Joplin Slept Here

    Movie

  10. 1993
    Intimate Portrait

    TV show Self (archive footage)

  11. 1987
    Jimi Plays Monterey

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  12. 1986
    Rise and Fall of a Small Film Company

    Movie Music

  13. 1986
    Women in Rock

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  14. 1983
    When the Music's Over

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  15. 1978
    Women Prison: Vigilante Justice

    Movie Music

  16. 1974
    Janis

    Movie Herself

  17. 1974
    Baby Variations

    Movie Music

  18. 1970
    Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out!: The Rolling Stones in Concert

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  19. 1970
    Woodstock

    Movie Self

  20. 1969
    Got No Shoes, Got No Blues: the Texas International Pop Festival

    Movie

  21. 1968
    Monterey Pop

    Movie Self

  22. 1968
    Petulia

    Movie Herself (uncredited)

  23. 1968
    The Dick Cavett Show

    TV show Self - Guest

  24. 1968
    Wake at Generation

    Movie Self