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Janis Joplin

Acting

Janis Joplin

EN, PT, SV, FR cinema · 37 credits

Born

19 January 1943

Died

4 October 1970 (aged 27)

Birthplace

Port Arthur, Texas, USA

Also known as Janis Lyn Joplin

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

Filmography

Janis Joplin: In Woodstock

Janis Joplin: In Woodstock

EN5.5

as as Herself

Janis Joplin - Live poster

Janis Joplin - Live

EN3.0

Actor

Janis, Amores de Carnaval poster

Janis, Amores de Carnaval

PT · 20248.5

as Self (archive footage)

Året var 1969 poster

Året var 1969

SV · 2019Not rated

as Self (archive footage)

27: Gone Too Soon poster

27: Gone Too Soon

EN · 20185.8

as Self (archive footage)

Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold poster

Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold

EN · 20177.4

as Self (archive footage)

The Summer of Love poster

The Summer of Love

EN · 20177.2

Actor

Janis: Little Girl Blue poster

Janis: Little Girl Blue

EN · 20157.3

as Herself (archive footage)

Jimi Hendrix: Hear My Train a Comin' poster

Jimi Hendrix: Hear My Train a Comin'

EN · 20137.4

as Self - Musician (archive footage)

Love, Janis

2010

Love, Janis

EN · 2010Not rated

as herself

When You're Strange poster

When You're Strange

EN · 20107.3

as Self (archive footage)

Janis Joplin : Piece Of My Heart - Live Woodstock poster

Janis Joplin : Piece Of My Heart - Live Woodstock

EN · 20098.8

as Herself

Janis Joplin with Big Brother: Ball and Chain

2009

Janis Joplin with Big Brother: Ball and Chain

EN · 2009Not rated

as self

Janis Joplin – The Kozmic Blues Video Anthology poster

Janis Joplin – The Kozmic Blues Video Anthology

EN · 20076.0

as Herself

Janis Joplin - The way she was Janis poster

Janis Joplin - The way she was Janis

FR · 20076.2

Actor

Ed Sullivan's Rock 'N' Roll Classics: Rockin' the Sixties poster

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

EN · 200510.0

Actor

Festival Express poster

Festival Express

EN · 20037.2

as Self

The Best Of Beat poster

The Best Of Beat

EN · 2003Not rated

as Self (archive footage)

Monterey Pop - The Outtake Performances poster

Monterey Pop - The Outtake Performances

EN · 20027.5

as Big Brother and the Holding Company

Big Brother and The Holding Co.: Nine Hundred Nights poster

Big Brother and The Holding Co.: Nine Hundred Nights

EN · 20018.0

as Herself

Janis Joplin: Southern Discomfort

2000

Janis Joplin: Southern Discomfort

EN · 2000Not rated

as Self

The Beach Boys and The Satan poster

The Beach Boys and The Satan

EN · 19975.0

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Woodstock Diary poster

Woodstock Diary

EN · 19948.5

as Self

Janis Joplin Slept Here

1994

Janis Joplin Slept Here

EN · 19948.5

Actor

Jimi Plays Monterey poster

Jimi Plays Monterey

EN · 19877.5

as Self (archive footage)

Women in Rock poster

Women in Rock

EN · 19867.0

as Self (archive footage)

Rise and Fall of a Small Film Company poster

Rise and Fall of a Small Film Company

FR · 19866.1

Music

When the Music's Over poster

When the Music's Over

EN · 1983Not rated

as Self (archive footage)

Women Prison: Vigilante Justice poster

Women Prison: Vigilante Justice

JA · 19782.0

Music

Janis poster

Janis

EN · 19747.6

as Herself

Baby Variations poster

Baby Variations

EN · 1974Not rated

Music

Woodstock poster

Woodstock

EN · 19707.6

as Self

Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out!: The Rolling Stones in Concert poster

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

NL · 1970Not rated

as Self (archive footage)

Got No Shoes, Got No Blues: the Texas International Pop Festival

1969

Got No Shoes, Got No Blues: the Texas International Pop Festival

EN · 1969Not rated

Actor

Monterey Pop poster

Monterey Pop

EN · 19687.4

as Self

Petulia poster

Petulia

EN · 19686.0

as Herself (uncredited)

Wake at Generation poster

Wake at Generation

EN · 1968Not rated

as Self