Actor profile

Janis Joplin

19th January 1943 Port Arthur, Texas, USA Acting

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.

27 Movies 7 TV Shows 41 Credits

Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Janis, Amores de Carnaval poster

Janis, Amores de Carnaval 3rd October 2024 as Self (archive footage)

Året var 1969 poster

Året var 1969 3rd January 2019 as Self (archive footage)

27: Gone Too Soon poster

27: Gone Too Soon 26th March 2018 as Self (archive footage)

Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold poster

Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold 11th October 2017 as Self (archive footage)

The Summer of Love poster

The Summer of Love 1st July 2017

Janis: Little Girl Blue poster

Janis: Little Girl Blue 9th September 2015 as Herself (archive footage)

Jimi Hendrix: Hear My Train a Comin' poster

Jimi Hendrix: Hear My Train a Comin' 4th November 2013 as Self - Musician (archive footage)

When You're Strange poster

When You're Strange 9th April 2010 as Self (archive footage)

Janis Joplin : Piece Of My Heart - Live Woodstock poster

Janis Joplin : Piece Of My Heart - Live Woodstock 1st January 2009 as Herself

Janis Joplin - The way she was Janis poster

Janis Joplin - The way she was Janis 25th September 2007

Janis Joplin – The Kozmic Blues Video Anthology poster

Janis Joplin – The Kozmic Blues Video Anthology 1st January 2007 as Herself

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

Ed Sullivan's Rock 'N' Roll Classics: Rockin' the Sixties 31st October 2005

The Best Of Beat poster

The Best Of Beat 1st December 2003 as Self (archive footage)

Festival Express poster

Festival Express 19th September 2003 as Self

Monterey Pop - The Outtake Performances poster

Monterey Pop - The Outtake Performances 11th December 2002 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 1st January 2001 as Herself

The Beach Boys and The Satan poster

The Beach Boys and The Satan 17th October 1997 as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Woodstock Diary poster

Woodstock Diary 14th August 1994 as Self

Jimi Plays Monterey poster

Jimi Plays Monterey 16th October 1987 as Self (archive footage)

Women in Rock poster

Women in Rock 1st January 1986 as Self (archive footage)

When the Music's Over poster

When the Music's Over 14th June 1983 as Self (archive footage)

Janis poster

Janis 18th October 1974 as Herself

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

Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out!: The Rolling Stones in Concert 3rd September 1970 as Self (archive footage)

Woodstock poster

Woodstock 26th March 1970 as Self

Monterey Pop poster

Monterey Pop 26th December 1968 as Self

Petulia poster

Petulia 10th June 1968 as Herself (uncredited)

Wake at Generation poster

Wake at Generation 7th April 1968 as Self

San Francisco Sounds: A Place in Time poster

San Francisco Sounds: A Place in Time 20th August 2023 as Self - Music Artist (archive footage)

70 Years of Youth Revolt poster

70 Years of Youth Revolt 21st November 2020 as Self (archive footage)

The UnXplained poster

The UnXplained 19th July 2019 as Self (archive footage)

Intimate Portrait poster

Intimate Portrait 14th November 1993 as Self (archive footage)

The Dick Cavett Show poster

The Dick Cavett Show 6th June 1968 as Self - Guest

The Hollywood Palace poster

The Hollywood Palace 4th January 1964 as Self - Singer

The Ed Sullivan Show poster

The Ed Sullivan Show 20th June 1948 as Self