Janis Ian
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
TV
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Musical Guest
1975
TV
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
TV
Getting On
as Mrs. Belfontaine
2013
TV
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
1961
Movie
Four Rode Out
as The Singer
1969
Movie
Janis Ian: Breaking Silence
as Self
2025
TV
Dinah!
as Self
1974
TV
Rock Concert
as Self
1973
Movie
Countdown - The Wonder Years 2
as Self (archive footage)
2007
Movie
Echoes of the Sixties: A Musical Trip
as Self (archive footage)
1979
Movie
Inside Pop: The Rock Revolution
as Self
1967
Movie
The Midnight Special Legendary Performances: Flashback to 1974
as Self (archive footage)
2007
TV
Inside Pop: The Rock Revolution
as Self
1967