1968Nominee
Best Performance
Petulia
Janis Joplin
Actor
Port Arthur, Texas, USA
January 19, 1943
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 album, Pearl, was released a little more than three months after her death, reaching number 1 on the charts.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
1978Nominee
Best Performance
Women Prison: Vigilante Justice
1970Winner
Best Performance
Woodstock
Career Highlights
2010Highlight
Best Performance
When You're Strange
1974Highlight
Best Performance
Baby Variations