Janis Ian is an American songwriter, singer, musician, columnist and science fiction author. Ian first entered the 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....
Patricia Snyder (m. 2003), Tino Sargo (m. 1978–1983), At Seventeen, Society's Child, Fly Too High
Parents
Pearl Eddy Fink, Victor Eddy Fink, At Seventeen, Society's Child, Fly Too High
Nicknames
Ian, Janis , Janis Eddy Fink , janis_ian
Awards
Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album
Nominations
Grammy Award for Album of the Year, Grammy Award for Song of the Year, Grammy Award for Record of the Year, Locus Award for Best Anthology, At Seventeen, Society's Child, Fly Too High
Movies
Janis Ian
Star Sign
Aries
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Quote
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(after guesting on a Howard Stern pay-per-view New Year's Eve event) "It was the most disgusting thing I ever saw... and I hope they invite me back."
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Fact
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Her 1965 song "Society's Child", about a black man dating a white woman, was turned down by 22 record labels because of its subject matter before Verve/Folkways took a chance on it. It eventually sold more than one million copies.
Recorded the song "My Tennessee Hills" with country legend Dolly Parton for her 2004 album "Billie's Bones".
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Considered for the part of Carla in Cheers (1982) (Rhea Perlman later got it).
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Studied acting with Stella Adler in an effort to improve her stage presence.
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Her stage name comes from her brother's name, Ian.
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Divorced her husband in the early 1970s because he'd abused her, and she decided not to tolerate it or let matters go any further. Later compared her situation to that of Nicole Brown Simpson, who'd long tolerated abuse by husband O.J. Simpson - and wound up being murdered.
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Suffered a financial crisis in the 1990s, due to poor choices on the part of her management; the only way to bail herself out was to sell her publishing.
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Had her prized Martin acoustic guitar stolen at a show in the 1970s; she posted its serial number in the liner notes to her 1990s albums, requesting that it be returned.
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Was considered in some circles to have been a "one-hit wonder" twice - first in 1967 with "Society's Child", then in 1975 with "At Seventeen" (a mid-twenties look back at her teen years).
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Her The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (1967) appearance was censored in several US television markets, when she performed "Society's Child" - her song about the then-controversial issue of interracial dating.
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2016
TV Series writer - 1 episode
BoJack Horseman
2016
TV Series writer - 1 episode
The Interestings
2016
TV Movie performer: "Between The Lines" - uncredited / writer: "Between The Lines" - uncredited
She's Beautiful When She's Angry
2014
Documentary performer: "Too Old to Go 'Way Little Girl" / writer: "Too Old to Go 'Way Little Girl"
$1 Million
