
Janis Ian
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1951-04-07 (74 years old)
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Janis Ian
Biography
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.
Known For
Acting
(2025)
Janis Ian: Breaking Silence
as Self
(2007)
Countdown - The Wonder Years 2
as Self (archive footage)
(2007)
The Midnight Special Legendary Performances: Flashback to 1974
as Self (archive footage)
(1979)
Echoes of the Sixties: A Musical Trip
as Self (archive footage)
(1969)
Four Rode Out
as The Singer
(1967)
Crew
(1989)
Tokyo: The Last War
Theme Song Performance
(1981)
Freedom
Songs
(1969)
Four Rode Out
Music, Original Music Composer