27
Age
35
Movies
7
TV Shows
8.4
Rating
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.
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Died at
35
Movies
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TV Shows
8.4
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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.
The Ed Sullivan Show
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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.
Gender
Female
Birthday
January 19, 1943
Died
October 4, 1970
Birthplace
Port Arthur, Texas, USA
Also Known As
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2003
Janis Joplin – The Kozmic Blues Video Anthology
2007
When You're Strange
2010
Women in Rock
1986
Janis Joplin : Piece Of My Heart - Live Woodstock
2009
Woodstock
1970
Monterey Pop
1968
Jimi Plays Monterey
1987
Petulia
1968
Janis Joplin Slept Here
1994
Janis Joplin - Live
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Janis
1974
Woodstock Diary
1994
Janis Joplin: Southern Discomfort
2000
Jimi Hendrix: Hear My Train a Comin'
2013
Love, Janis
2010
Janis: Little Girl Blue
2015
The Summer of Love
2017
Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out!: The Rolling Stones in Concert
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Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold
2017
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