Janis Joplin

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Personal Info

Known for

Acting

From

Port Arthur, Texas, USA

Born

1/19/1943

Age

82

Credit(s)

30

Biography

Janis Lyn Joplin was an American singer considered the premier female blues vocalist of the Sixties; her raw, powerful and uninhibited singing style, combined with her turbulent and emotional lifestyle, made her one of the biggest female stars in her lifetime. She died of a drug overdose in 1970, aged 27, after releasing three albums. A fourth albu ...Show More