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Janis Ian

Janis Ian

Acting1951New York City, New York, USA

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.

Acting History

2015
Getting On
TVas Mrs. Belfontaine1 eps
1989
Tokyo: The Last War
Theme Song Performance
1981
Freedom
Songs
1979
Echoes of the Sixties: A Musical Trip
as Self (archive footage)
1977
The Album on the Shore
TVTheme Song Performance
1975
Dinah!
TVas Self1 eps
Rock Concert
TVas Self1 eps
Saturday Night Live
TVas Self - Musical Guest
1969
Four Rode Out
as The Singer
Four Rode Out
Original Music Composer

Social Media

Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
4/7/1951(74 years old)
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA