Janis Ian
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Janis Ian

Apr 7, 1951 - New York City, New York, USA

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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Movie1979Echoes of the Sixties: A Musical TripSelf (archive footage)
Movie2007Countdown - The Wonder Years 2Self (archive footage)
Movie1967Inside Pop: The Rock RevolutionSelf
Movie2025Janis Ian: Breaking SilenceSelf
Movie2007The Midnight Special Legendary Performances: Flashback to 1974Self (archive footage)
Movie1969Four Rode OutThe Singer
TV Show1973Rock ConcertSelf1
TV Show1974Dinah!Self1
TV Show1975Saturday Night LiveSelf - Musical Guest1
TV Show1961The Mike Douglas ShowSelf3
TV Show1967Inside Pop: The Rock RevolutionSelf1
TV Show1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelf3
TV Show2013Getting OnMrs. Belfontaine1

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Movie1969Four Rode OutMusicSound
Movie1981FreedomSongsSound
Movie1969Four Rode OutOriginal Music ComposerSound
Movie1989Tokyo: The Last WarTheme Song PerformanceSound
TV Show1977The Album on the ShoreTheme Song PerformanceSound