
Person
Janis Ian
Acting · Born 1951-04-07 · New 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.
Known for

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self

The Mike Douglas Show
Self

Saturday Night Live
Self - Musical Guest

Dinah!
Self

Rock Concert
Self

Getting On
Mrs. Belfontaine

The Album on the Shore
Theme Song Performance

The Midnight Special Legendary Performances: Flashback to 1974
Self (archive footage)

Inside Pop: The Rock Revolution
Self

Four Rode Out
The Singer
Filmography
- 2025Janis Ian: Breaking SilenceSelf
- 2013Getting OnMrs. Belfontaine
- 2007Countdown - The Wonder Years 2Self (archive footage)
- 2007The Midnight Special Legendary Performances: Flashback to 1974Self (archive footage)
- 1989Tokyo: The Last WarTheme Song Performance
- 1981FreedomSongs
- 1979Echoes of the Sixties: A Musical TripSelf (archive footage)
- 1977The Album on the ShoreTheme Song Performance
- 1975Saturday Night LiveSelf - Musical Guest
- 1974Dinah!Self
- 1973Rock ConcertSelf
- 1969Four Rode OutThe Singer
- 1967Inside Pop: The Rock RevolutionSelf
- 1967Inside Pop: The Rock RevolutionSelf
- 1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelf
- 1961The Mike Douglas ShowSelf
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