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Janis Joplin (1943–1970)
Janis Lyn Joplin was born at St. Mary's Hospital in the oil-refining town of Port Arthur, Texas, near the border with Louisiana. Her father was a cannery worker and her mother was a registrar for a business college. As an overweight teenager, she was a folk-music devotee (especially Odetta, Leadbelly and Bessie Smith). After graduating from Thomas ...
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Born:in Port Arthur, Texas, USADied:(age 27) in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA |
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Soundtrack (73 credits)
2016
Ochéntame... otra vez
(TV Series documentary) (writer - 1 episode)
- Soy rebelde
(2016)
... (writer: "Piece of My Heart")
2014
Australian Story
(TV Series documentary) (performer - 1 episode)
- Vanishing Act
(2014)
... (performer: "Work Me, Lord")
2013
Mad Men
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- A Tale of Two Cities
(2013)
... (performer: "Piece of My Heart" - uncredited)
2012
Voice - Danmarks største stemme
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Fjerde blindtest
(2012)
... (writer: "Move Over" - uncredited)
2012
Aufgspuit!
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Schmidbauer mit Claudia Koreck
(2012)
... (writer: "Mercedes Benz")
2011
So You Think You Can Dance
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Top 12 Perform
(2011)
... (performer: "Piece of My Heart")
2011
American Idol
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- 9 Finalists Compete
(2011)
... (performer: "Piece of My Heart")
2011
Gent de paraula
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Episode #1.19
(2011)
... (performer: "Me and Bobby McGee")
2010
Entourage
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Tequila and Coke
(2010)
... (performer: "One Night Stand")
2007-2008
Banda sonora
(TV Series) (performer - 3 episodes)
- Episode #4.3
(2008)
... (performer: "Work Me Lord")
- Episode #1.13
(2007)
... (performer: "Me and Bobby McGee")
- Episode #1.6
(2007)
... (performer: "Ball and Chain")
2008
Queridos Amigos
(TV Mini-Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Episode #1.1
(2008)
... (performer: "Cry Baby")
2007
Esti showder
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Episode #10.1
(2007)
... (writer: "Mercedes Benz")
2005
ShakespeaRe-Told
(TV Mini-Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Macbeth
(2005)
... (writer: "Mercedes Benz")
2004
Boston Public
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Chapter Seventy-Nine
(2004)
... (performer: "Piece of My Heart" - uncredited)
2002-2003
Idol
(TV Series) (writer - 2 episodes)
- Episode #3.7
(2003)
... (writer: "Move Over")
- Top 48 #8
(2002)
... (writer: "Kozmic Blues")
2003
Waking the Dead
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Walking on Water: Part 1
(2003)
... (writer: "Mercedes Benz" (1970) - uncredited)
2003
Festival Express
(Documentary) (performer: "Cry Baby", "Ain't No More Cane", "Tell Mama", "Me & Bobby McGee")
2003
Janis et John
(arranger: "Down On Me" (Live)) / (performer: "Down On Me" (Live), "Kozmic Blues") / (writer: "Kozmic Blues")
2003
Rage
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Heaven and Hell Special
(2003)
... (performer: "Work Me, Lord")
2000
Hollywood Rocks the Movies: The Early Years (1955-1970)
(TV Movie documentary) (performer: "Ball And Chain")
1999
Freaks and Geeks
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Beers and Weirs
(1999)
... (performer: "Maybe")
1995
The History of Rock 'n' Roll
(TV Series documentary) (performer - 1 episode)
- My Generation
(1995)
... (performer: "Piece of My Heart (Take Another)", "Tell Mama")
1994
Woodstock Diary
(TV Movie documentary) (performer: "Try (Just a Little Bit Harder)", "Ball and Chain")
1991
Beverly Hills, 90210
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Wildfire
(1991)
... (writer: "Mercedes Benz" - uncredited)
1986
Women in Rock
(Video documentary) (performer: "Summertime", "Ball and Chain", "Piece of My Heart" - uncredited)
Série noire
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode, 1986) (writer - 1 episode, 1986)
- Grandeur et décadence d'un petit commerce de cinéma
(1986)
... (performer: "Mercedes Benz") / (writer: "Mercedes Benz")
1983
Cool Cats: 25 Years of Rock 'n' Roll Style
(Video documentary) (performer: "Ball and Chain" - uncredited)
1980
Berlin Alexanderplatz
(TV Mini-Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Fassbinder, Berlin Alexanderplatz, 14 - Mein Traum vom Traum des Franz Biberkopf von Alfred Döblin: Ein Epilog
(1980)
... (performer: "Me and Bobby McGee")
WKRP in Cincinnati
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode, 1978) (writer - 1 episode, 1978)
- Hold Up
(1978)
... (performer: "Mercedes Benz") / (writer: "Mercedes Benz")
1968
Petulia
(performer: "Road Block", "Down On Me" - uncredited) / (writer: "Road Block", "Down On Me" - uncredited)
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(June 21 to August 11, 2013) Her musical, "One Night with Janis Joplin," was performed in partnership with The Pasadena Playhouse and Milwaukee Repertory Theater in association with Todd Gershwin and Daniel Chilewich of One Night Productions, her and Jeff Jampol of JAM, Inc. at The Arena Stage Theatre in Washington D.C. Randy ... See more »Publicity Listings:
6 Biographical Movies | 1 Print Biography | 7 Portrayals | 8 Articles | 5 Pictorials | 4 Magazine Cover Photos | See more »Official Sites:
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5' 5" (1.65 m)
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