Selected Janis Joplin film and TV show credits:
Register to update information, save favorites, post photos, news stories and comments
Janis Lyn Joplin (January 19, 1943 October 4, 1970) was an American singer, songwriter and music arranger. She rose to prominence in the late 1960s as the lead singer of Big Brother and the Holding Company and later as a solo artist. Rolling Stone magazine ranked Joplin number 46 on its list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time in 2004, and number 28 on its 2008 list of 100 Greatest Singers of All Time.