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"Biography" (1987): :  -- Watch this Final 24 video to experience the life of Janis Joplin, the undisputed queen of rock and roll. We explore how her drug addiction and a cut of nearly pure heroin brought her from that throne to her grave.

Overview

Date of Death:
4 October 1970, Hollywood, California, USA more
Mini Biography:
Janis Lyn Joplin was born at St. Mary's Hospital in the oil-refining town... more
Trivia:
She was voted the 47th Greatest Artist in Rock 'n' Roll by Rolling Stone. more
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NewsDesk:
(112 articles)
Brittany Murphy obituary
 (From The Guardian - Film News. 21 December 2009, 11:13 AM, PST)

Brittany Murphy: The Music Career That Might Have Been
 (From MTV Movie News. 21 December 2009, 7:04 AM, PST)


Filmography

Soundtrack:
  1. Taking Woodstock (2009) (performer: "Try (Just a Little Bit Harder)")
  2. Watchmen (2009) (performer: "Me and Bobby McGee")
    ... aka Watchmen: The IMAX Experience (USA: IMAX version)
  3. "Banda sonora" (3 episodes, 2007-2008)
        - Episode #4.3 (2008) TV episode (performer: "Work Me Lord")
        - Episode #1.13 (2007) TV episode (performer: "Me and Bobby McGee")
        - Episode #1.6 (2007) TV episode (performer: "Ball and Chain")
  4. "Esti showder" (1 episode, 2007)
        - Episode #10.1 (2007) TV episode (writer: "Mercedes Benz")
  5. "ShakespeaRe-Told" (1 episode, 2005)
        - Macbeth (2005) TV episode (writer: "Mercedes Benz")
  6. Romance & Cigarettes (2005) (performer: "Piece of My Heart")
    ... aka Romance and Cigarettes (Australia)
  7. Festival Express (2003) (performer: "Cry Baby", "Ain't No More Cane", "Tell Mama", "Me & Bobby McGee")
  8. Janis et John (2003) (writer: "Kozmic Blues") (performer: "Down On Me" (Live), "Kozmic Blues") (arranger: "Down On Me" (Live))
    ... aka Janis and John (International: English title)
    ... aka Janis y John (Spain)
  9. The Dreamers (2003) (writer: "I Need a Man to Love" (1968))
    ... aka Innocents (France)
    ... aka The dreamers - I sognatori (Italy)
  10. Ultimate X: The Movie (2002) (performer: "Cry Baby")
    ... aka ESPN's Ultimate X: The Movie (USA: complete title)
    ... aka Ultimate X (USA: short title)
  11. Mohamed (2001) (performer: "Cry Baby")
  12. Eva & Adam - fyra födelsedagar och ett fiasko (2001) (writer: "Mercedes Benz")
    ... aka Eva & Adam: Four Birthdays and a Fiasco (International: English title)
  13. Hollywood Rocks the Movies: The Early Years (1955-1970) (2000) (TV) (performer: "Ball And Chain")

  14. Three Kings (1999) (writer: "Mercedes Benz")
  15. The Life and Times of the Red Dog Saloon (1996) (writer: "Oh Sweet Mary")
    ... aka Rockin' at the Red Dog: The Dawn of Psychedelic Rock (USA: DVD title)
  16. Home for the Holidays (1995) (performer: "Piece of My Heart")
  17. The History of Rock 'N' Roll, Vol. 6 (1995) (TV) (performer: "Piece of My Heart (Take Another)", "Tell Mama")
    ... aka My Generation
  18. The War (1994) (performer: "Summertime")
  19. Woodstock Diary (1994) (TV) (performer: "Try (Just a Little Bit Harder)", "Ball and Chain")
  20. L'eau froide (1994) (performer: "Me & Bobby McGee")
    ... aka Cold Water
    ... aka La page blanche (France: TV title (cut version))
  21. Le péril jeune (1994) (music: "Move over") (lyrics: "Move over") (performer: "Move over")
    ... aka Good Old Daze (International: English title: promotional title)
    ... aka Les années lycée: péril jeune - 1975 (France: series title)
  22. Household Saints (1993) (performer: "Maybe")
  23. The Indian Runner (1991) (performer: "SUMMERTIME")
    ... aka Indian Runner (Japan: English title)
  24. Flashing on the Sixties: A Tribal Document (1990) (V) (writer: "Down on Me")
  25. Woodstock: The Lost Performances (1990) (V) (performer: "Work Me Lord")

  26. The Toxic Avenger Part III: The Last Temptation of Toxie (1989) (writer: "Down On Me")
  27. Look Who's Talking (1989) (performer: "Cry Baby")
    ... aka Daddy's Home
  28. Off Limits (1988) (writer: "Down on Me") (performer: "Down on Me")
    ... aka Saigon (UK)
    ... aka Saigon: Off Limits (Philippines: English title)
  29. Cool Cats: 25 Years of Rock 'n' Roll Style (1983) (V) (performer: "Ball and Chain" (uncredited))
  30. American Pop (1981) (performer: "Summertime")
  31. "Berlin Alexanderplatz" (1 episode, 1980)
    ... aka Berlin Alexanderplatz: Remastered (Germany: restored version)
        - Fassbinder, Berlin Alexanderplatz, 14 - Mein Traum vom Traum des Franz Biberkopf von Alfred Döblin: Ein Epilog (1980) TV episode (performer: "Me and Bobby McGee")

  32. Head Over Heels (1979) (performer: "Get It While You Can")
    ... aka Chilly Scenes of Winter (USA: new title)
  33. Coming Home (1978) (performer: "Call On Me")
  34. Woodstock (1970) (performer: "Work Me, Lord")
    ... aka Woodstock 25th Anniversary Edition (USA: director's cut)
    ... aka Woodstock, 3 Days of Peace & Music (USA: longer version)

  35. "Music Scene" (1 episode, 1969)
        - Episode #1.6 (1969) TV episode (performer: "Maybe")
Music Department:
  1. Die Sachverständigen (1973) (musician)
    ... aka The Experts (International: English title)
Self:
  1. Festival Express (2003) .... Herself - Janis Joplin & The Full Tilt Boogie Band
  2. "Intimate Portrait" .... Herself (1 episode, 2000)
        - Janis Joplin (2000) TV episode .... Herself

  3. The History of Rock 'N' Roll, Vol. 6 (1995) (TV) .... Herself
    ... aka My Generation
  4. Woodstock Diary (1994) (TV) .... Herself
  5. Woodstock: The Lost Performances (1990) (V) .... Herself

  6. Free (1973)
  7. "The Dick Cavett Show" .... Herself (3 episodes, 1969-1970)
        - Episode dated 3 August 1970 (1970) TV episode .... Herself
        - Episode dated 25 June 1970 (1970) TV episode .... Herself
        - Episode dated 18 July 1969 (1969) TV episode .... Herself
  8. Woodstock (1970) .... Herself
    ... aka Woodstock 25th Anniversary Edition (USA: director's cut)
    ... aka Woodstock, 3 Days of Peace & Music (USA: longer version)

  9. "This Is Tom Jones" (1 episode, 1969)
        - Episode #2.11 (1969) TV episode
  10. "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" .... Herself (1 episode, 1969)
    ... aka The Best of Carson (USA: rerun title)
        - Episode dated 3 November 1969 (1969) TV episode .... Herself
  11. "Music Scene" .... Herself - Musical Guest (2 episodes, 1969)
        - Episode #1.6 (1969) TV episode .... Herself - Musical Guest
        - Episode #1.2 (1969) TV episode .... Herself - Musical Guest
  12. "Toast of the Town" .... Singer (1 episode, 1969)
    ... aka The Ed Sullivan Show (USA: new title)
        - Episode #22.23 (1969) TV episode .... Singer
  13. Keep on 'Rockin (1969) .... Herself
    ... aka Little Richard: Keep on Rockin' (USA: video title)
  14. Monterey Pop (1968) .... Performer
  15. "The Hollywood Palace" .... Herself - Singer (1 episode, 1968)
        - Episode #6.5 (1968) TV episode .... Herself - Singer
  16. Big Brother and the Holding Company: Come Up the Years (1967) (TV) .... Herself
Archive Footage:
  1. 27 (2009/I) .... Herself
  2. "Banda sonora"
        - Episode #4.3 (2008) TV episode .... Herself
        - Episode #1.13 (2007) TV episode .... Herself
        - Episode #1.6 (2007) TV episode .... Herself
  3. Chelsea on the Rocks (2008)
  4. 68 (2008) (TV) .... Herself
  5. "The O'Reilly Factor"
        - Episode dated 1 February 2008 (2008) TV episode .... Herself
  6. "Video on Trial"
        - Episode #2.8 (2006) TV episode .... Herself
  7. "Musikprogrammet - programmet om musik"
        - Janis Joplin (2006) TV episode .... Herself
  8. "Biography"
        - The Partridge Family (2003) TV episode .... Herself
  9. Ed Sullivan's Rock 'n' Roll Classics, Vol. 4: Elvis & Other Rock Greats (2003) (V) .... Herself
  10. Pink Floyd The Wall Redux (2002) (uncredited) .... Herself
  11. Nine Hundred Nights (2001) (V) .... Herself
  12. The Best of Music Flashback Television Shows: Featuring Music Scene and Hullabaloo (2001) (V) .... Herself
  13. Hendrix (2000) (TV) (uncredited) .... Herself
  14. My Generation (2000) .... Herself
  15. "VH1 Legends"
        - Janis Joplin (1995) TV episode .... Herself
  16. Comin' Home (1991) (V) .... Herself
  17. When the Applause Died (1990) (V) .... Herself
  18. Rolling Stone Presents Twenty Years of Rock & Roll (1987) (TV) .... Herself
  19. Jimi Plays Monterey (1986) .... Herself
  20. Rock 'N' Roll Goldmine: The Sixties (1986) .... Herself
  21. Cool Cats: 25 Years of Rock 'n' Roll Style (1983) (V) .... Herself
  22. Janis (1974) .... Herself


Additional Details

Other Works:
Album: "I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again Mama!", 1969 (Columbia) more
Publicity Listings:
5 Biographical Movies | 6 Portrayals | 1 Print Biography | 5 Articles | 5 Pictorials | 2 Magazine Cover Photos more
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