Person Details

Birthday: 1951-04-07 16:34:01

Aliases: Janis Eddy Fink

Gender: Female

Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA

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Movie Involvements: 8

TV Involvements: 4


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Biography

Janis Ian (born Janis Eddy Fink) is an American singer-songwriter who was most commercially successful in the 1960s and 1970s; her most widely recognized song, "At Seventeen", was released as a single from her 1975 album Between the Lines which reached number 1 on the Billboard chart. Born in 1951 in New York City, Ian entered the American folk music scene while still a teenager in the mid-1960s. Most active musically in that decade and the 1970s, she has continued recording into the 21st century. She has won two Grammy Awards, the first in 1975 for "At Seventeen" and the second in 2013 for Best Spoken Word Album, for her autobiography, Society's Child, with a total of ten nominations in eight different categories. Ian is also a columnist and science fiction author.

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Dinah!
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Dinah!

(1974) Self
Rock Concert
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Rock Concert

(1973) Self
Echoes of the Sixties: A Musical Trip
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Echoes of the Sixties: A Musical Trip

(1979) Self (archive footage)
Inside Pop: The Rock Revolution
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Countdown - The Wonder Years 2
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Countdown - The Wonder Years 2

(2007) Self (archive footage)
Four Rode Out
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Four Rode Out

(1969) The Singer
Inside Pop: The Rock Revolution
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The Midnight Special Legendary Performances: Flashback to 1974
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