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Janis Ian

Known For
Acting

Known Credits
13

Gender
Female

Birthday
April 7, 1951 (75 years old)

Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA

Janis Ian

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.

Known For

Acting

2025Janis Ian: Breaking Silenceas Self
2013Getting Onas Mrs. Belfontaine
2007The Midnight Special Legendary Performances: Flashback to 1974as Self (archive footage)
2007Countdown - The Wonder Years 2as Self (archive footage)
1979Echoes of the Sixties: A Musical Tripas Self (archive footage)
1975Saturday Night Liveas Self - Musical Guest
1974Dinah!as Self
1973Rock Concertas Self
1969Four Rode Outas The Singer
1967Inside Pop: The Rock Revolutionas Self
1967Inside Pop: The Rock Revolutionas Self
1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carsonas Self
1961The Mike Douglas Showas Self

Production

1989Tokyo: The Last War...Theme Song Performance
1981Freedom...Songs
1977The Album on the Shore...Theme Song Performance
1969Four Rode Out...Original Music Composer