Personal Info
Birth date
1943-01-19 (82 Years)
Day of death
1970-10-04
Gender
Female
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Port Arthur, Texas, USA
Also known as
Janis Lyn Joplin
Janis Joplin
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.
Filmography
Intimate Portrait
4.5
Overview:
Intimate Portrait is a biographical television series on the Lifetime Television cable network focusing on different celebrities, which includes interviews with each subject. Among the people profiled were Grace Kelly, Natalie Wood, Carly Simon, Jackie Kennedy, Katharine Hepburn, Carol Burnett, Tanya Tucker, and Marla Maples.The Dick Cavett Show
6.8
Overview:
The Dick Cavett Show has been the title of several talk shows hosted by Dick Cavett on various television networks.The Ed Sullivan Show
6.8
Overview:
The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June 20, 1948 to Sunday June 6, 1971, and was hosted by New York entertainment columnist Ed Sullivan. It was replaced in September 1971 by the CBS Sunday Night Movie, which ran only one season and was eventually replaced by other shows. In 2002, The Ed Sullivan Show was ranked #15 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.Woodstock Diary
9.2
Overview:
Woodstock Diary was originally broadcasted on U.S. TV in August 1994 - in honor of the 25th anniversary of the event. Later it was released on DVD with remastered 5.1 sound. It includes performances not shown in the Woodstock movie but not exclusively. Between the songs there are recent interviews with the producers / organizers of Woodstock Joel Rosenman, John Roberts, Michael Lang, the stage announcer Wavy Gravy and Lisa Law (a member of the Hog Farm who helped out at the festival).Monterey Pop
7.3
Overview:
Featuring performances by popular artists of the 1960s, this concert film highlights the music of the 1967 California festival. Although not all musicians who performed at the Monterey Pop Festival are on film, some of the notable acts include the Mamas and the Papas, Simon & Garfunkel, Jefferson Airplane, the Who, Otis Redding, and the Jimi Hendrix Experience. Hendrix's post-performance antics -- lighting a guitar on fire, breaking it and tossing a part into the audience -- are captured.Woodstock
7.5
Overview:
An intimate look at the Woodstock Music & Art Festival held in Bethel, NY in 1969, from preparation through cleanup, with historic access to insiders, blistering concert footage, and portraits of the concertgoers; negative and positive aspects are shown, from drug use by performers to naked fans sliding in the mud, from the collapse of the fences by the unexpected hordes to the surreal arrival of National Guard helicopters with food and medical assistance for the impromptu city of 500,000.The UnXplained
6.7
Overview:
Explore the world’s most fascinating, strange and inexplicable mysteries. Each episode features compelling contributions from scientists, historians, witnesses and experiencers—each seeking to shed light on how the seemingly impossible actually can happen.The Hollywood Palace
4.5
Overview:
The Hollywood Palace is an hour-long American television variety show that was broadcast weekly on ABC from January 4, 1964 to February 7, 1970. Originally titled The Saturday Night Hollywood Palace, it began as a mid-season replacement for The Jerry Lewis Show, another variety show which had lasted only three months. It was staged in Hollywood at the former Hollywood Playhouse on Vine Street, which was renamed The Hollywood Palace during the show's duration and is today known as Avalon Hollywood. A little-known starlet named Raquel Welch was cast during the first season as the "Billboard Girl", who placed the names of the acts on a placard.Petulia
5.833
Overview:
Dr. Archie Bollen is having a midlife crisis. He's just divorced his wife and is establishing a new life for himself. One night, he catches the eye of Petulia Danner, a charming, free-spirited young woman. Petulia's vibrant personality hides her fear of her abusive husband, David, whose father is a powerful society figure. As Petulia and Archie's feelings for each other grow, they must decide what it is they truly want.Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold
7.3
Overview:
Literary icon Joan Didion reflects on her remarkable career and personal struggles in this intimate documentary directed by her nephew, Griffin Dunne.Monterey Pop: The Outtake Performances
7.5
Overview:
Additional musical performances from the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival in California, shot for the film Monterey Pop (1968) and released on the Criterion Blu-ray The Complete Monterey Pop Festival.Janis: Little Girl Blue
7.3
Overview:
Janis Joplin is one of the most respected and iconic rock & roll singers of all time, a tragic and misunderstood figure who captivated millions of listeners and blazed new creative trails before her death in 1970 at age 27. Director Amy Berg explored Joplin's story in depth. A portrait of a complicated, driven and often beleaguered artist. Joplin's own words recount a series of letters she wrote to her family over the years. Janis was a vessel of energy when she sang. Her rapid rise and untimely death changed music forever.The Best Of Beat
NYR
Overview:
1 –No Artist. Introduction, 2 –Stevie Wonder. Fingertips, Part 2, 3 –Bob Dylan. Blowin' In The Wind, 4 –Gene Pitney. 24 Hours From Tulsa, 5 –Roy Orbison. Pretty Woman, 6 –Sonny & Cher. I Got You Babe 7 –The Byrds. All I Really Want To Do, 8 –The Hollies. Look Through Any Window, 9 –Beach Boys*. Sloop John B., 10 –The Four Tops*. Reach Out, 11 –Ike & Tina Turner. River Deep Mountain High, 12 –Nancy Sinatra. These Boots Are Made For Walking, 13 –Peter & Gordon. Woman, 14 –Simon & Garfunkel. Homeward Bound, 15 –Pink Floyd. See Emily Play, 16 –The Moody Blues. Nights In White Satin, 17 –The Mamas & The Papas. Dedicated To The One I Love, 18 –Donovan. Mellow Yellow, 19 –Esther & Abi Ofarim. Cinderella Rockafella, 20 –Fleetwood Mac. Need Your Love So Bad, 21 –Janis Joplin. A Piece Of My Heart, 22 –Unknown Artist. When Rock Goes On (Instrumental)Women in Rock
NYR
Overview:
All the legendary women of rock 'n' roll are brought together in this stunning collage of artists and their music. Through a music-driven mix of rare historical footage, music videos, riveting live performances and personal interviews, the lives and times of the greatest women in rock history are revealed.The Beach Boys and The Satan
3
Overview:
A German documentary that explores the darker side of the Beach Boys, primarily focusing on Brian Wilson and the Pet Sounds album, with detours to the Manson Family.Love, Janis
NYR
Overview:
Ihre Karriere dauerte nur vier Jahre, und trotzdem wurde Janis Joplin zum ersten weiblichen Superstar der Rockmusik. Ihr früher Tod trug das Übrige zur Legendenbildung bei. Die Dokumentation zeigt den kurzen Lebensweg eines texanischen Provinzgirls, das über Nacht zur Hippie-Ikone und zum Star der Musikszene von San Francisco wird, ebenso berühmt wie Jimmy Hendrix und, was den Umgang mit Drogen und Alkohol betrifft, ebenso berüchtigt.27: Gone Too Soon
6
Overview:
Brian Jones, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin and Jim Morrison all died at the age of 27 between 1969 and 1971. At the time, the coincidence gave rise to some comment, but it was not until the death of Kurt Cobain, about two and a half decades later, that the idea of a "27 Club" began to catch on in public perception, reignited with the death of Amy Winehouse in 2011. Through interviews with people who knew them, such as music stars, critics, medical experts and unseen footage, the lives, music, and artistry of those who died at 27 are investigated with a bid to find answers.Janis, Amores de Carnaval
8.5
Overview:
In the summer of 1970, Janis Joplin went to Brazil to get away from heroin. During her meteoric and nearly anonymous stay, the singer was thrown out of the Copacabana Palace, drank heavily, and met the love of her life.Janis
7.4
Overview:
Released just a few years after her death, this forms a picture of who Janis was through interviews and performance clips.Janis Joplin Slept Here
10
Overview:
Forty years of Austin music history, surrounding the myths and legends of Janis Joplin.Jimi Plays Monterey
7.4
Overview:
Jimi Hendrix's debut American set at 1967's Monterey Pop Festival is generally considered one of the most radical and legendary live shows ever. Virtually unknown to American audiences at the time, even though he was already an established entity in the UK, Hendrix and his two-piece Experience explode on stage, ripping through blues classics "Rock Me Baby" and Howlin' Wolf's "Killing Floor," interpreting and electrifying Bob Dylan's "Like a Rolling Stone," debuting songs from his yet-to-be-released first album and closing with the now historic sacrificing/burning of his guitar during an unhinged version of "Wild Thing" that even its writer Chip Taylor would never have imagined. Hendrix uses feedback and distortion to enhance the songs in whisper-to-scream intensity, blazing territory that had not been previously explored with as much soul-frazzled power.Rise and Fall of a Small Film Company
6.2
Overview:
Director Gaspard Bazin is working on a new feature film. For now, he's still looking at the fundraising and casting stage of the process. He calls upon Jean Almereyda, a once-fashionable producer who is now going through a bad patch, finding it increasingly difficult to raise the capital he needs for his ventures. His wife Eurydice dreams of being a movie star. A perverse game between the two men ensues, with Almereyda wanting to please his wife, but reluctant to demand a role for Eurydice because of Bazin's reputation as an incorrigible seducer.Jimi Hendrix: Hear My Train a Comin'
7.4
Overview:
An account of the short life of genius musician Jimi Hendrix (1942-70), probably the most talented and influential guitarist of the twentieth century: his humble beginnings in Seattle, his time in New York, his rise to fame in swinging London… Live fast, love hard, die young.Wake at Generation
NYR
Overview:
An unreleased concert film, shot at the Generation Club on 8th St. in NYC on April 7, 1968. Big Brother & The Holding Co. "Summertime" Joni Mitchell "Sisotowbell Lane" Buddy Guy "Stormy Monday" Jimi Hendrix with Hugh McCracken B.B. King with Paul Butterfield and Elvin Bishop Richie Havens "All Along The Watchtower/Sing This All Together"Festival Express
7.14
Overview:
The filmed account of a large Canadian rock festival train tour boasting major acts. In the summer of 1970, a chartered train crossed Canada carrying some of the world's greatest rock bands. The Grateful Dead, Janis Joplin, The Band, Buddy Guy, and others lived (and partied) together for five days, stopping in major cities along the way to play live concerts. Their journey was filmed.Women Prison: The Lynching
2
Overview:
Naomi who entered the prison for a younger brother. Female prisoners, Naomi starving for passion will experience various lynch. The world of the shocking imprisonment & abuse between the women who picturized the habits of female prisoners crazy about passion vividly!70 Years of Youth Revolt
7.2
Overview:
A look back at the social movements, revolts and youth subcultures from the post-war period to the present day: after the World War II, the left-bank of Paris became a mecca for jazz and alternative living, youth culture was born with trailblazing American movies, and rock became the soundtrack to a generation that wanted to change everything.Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out!: The Rolling Stones in Concert
NYR
Overview:
Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out!: The Rolling Stones in Concert is the second live album by the Rolling Stones, released on 4 September 1970 in the UK and the United States. It was recorded in New York City and Baltimore in November 1969 prior to the release of Let It Bleed.Acting
TBAJanis Joplin: In Woodstock as as Herself
TBAJanis Joplin - Live as Unknown
TBAGot No Shoes, Got No Blues: the Texas International Pop Festival as Unknown
TBAWoodstock Directors cut as Unknown
2024Janis, Amores de Carnaval as Self (archive footage)
2023San Francisco Sounds: A Place in Time (2 Episodes) as Self - Music Artist (archive footage)
202070 Years of Youth Revolt (1 Episode) as Self (archive footage)
2019The UnXplained (1 Episode) as Self (archive footage)
2019Året var 1969 as Self (archive footage)
201827: Gone Too Soon as Self (archive footage)
2017Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold as Self
2015Janis: Little Girl Blue as Herself (archive footage)
2013Jimi Hendrix: Hear My Train a Comin' as Self - Musician (archive footage)
2010Love, Janis as herself
2009Janis Joplin with Big Brother: Ball and Chain as self
2009Janis Joplin : Piece Of My Heart - Live Woodstock as Herself
2007Janis Joplin - The way she was Janis as Unknown
2007Janis Joplin – The Kozmic Blues Video Anthology as Herself
2005Ed Sullivan's Rock 'N' Roll Classics: Rockin' the Sixties as Unknown
2003The Best Of Beat as Self (archive footage)
2003Festival Express as Self
2002Monterey Pop: The Outtake Performances as Unknown
2001Big Brother and The Holding Co.: Nine Hundred Nights as Herself
2000Janis Joplin: Southern Discomfort as Self
1997The Beach Boys and The Satan as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1994Woodstock Diary as Self
1994Janis Joplin Slept Here as Unknown
1993Intimate Portrait (1 Episode) as Self (archive footage)
1987Jimi Plays Monterey as Self (archive footage)
1986Women in Rock as Self (archive footage)
1983When the Music's Over as Self (archive footage)
1974Janis as Herself
1970Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out!: The Rolling Stones in Concert as Self (archive footage)
1970Woodstock as Self
1968Monterey Pop as Self
1968Petulia as Herself (uncredited)
1968The Dick Cavett Show (4 Episodes) as Self - Guest
1968Wake at Generation as Self
1964The Hollywood Palace (1 Episode) as Self - Singer
1948The Ed Sullivan Show (1 Episode) as Self