Janis Joplin
Known for ActingBorn 1943-01-19 — died 1970-10-04Port 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 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
Petulia
1968 · as Herself (uncredited)
Woodstock
1970 · as Self
When You're Strange
2010 · as Self (archive footage)
Women in Rock
1986 · as Self (archive footage)
The Summer of Love
2017
Monterey Pop
1968 · as Self
Woodstock Diary
1994 · as Self
27: Gone Too Soon
2018 · as Self (archive footage)
Janis: Little Girl Blue
2015 · as Herself (archive footage)
Jimi Plays Monterey
1987 · as Self (archive footage)
Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold
2017 · as Self (archive footage)
Jimi Hendrix: Hear My Train a Comin'
2013 · as Self - Musician (archive footage)
Festival Express
2003 · as Self
The Best Of Beat
2003 · as Self (archive footage)
Love, Janis
2010 · as herself
Janis
1974 · as Herself
When the Music's Over
1983 · as Self (archive footage)
Janis, Amores de Carnaval
2024 · as Self (archive footage)