Janis Joplin 6 pictures

Soundtrack, Music Department, Actress
Janis Lyn Joplin was born at St. Mary's Hospital in the oil-refining town of Port Arthur, Texas, near the border with Louisiana. Her father was a cannery worker and her mother was a registrar for a business college. As an overweight teenager, she was a folk-music devotee (especially Odetta, Leadbelly and Bessie Smith). After graduating from Thomas ...

Born: January 19, 1943
Star sign: Capricorn
Height: 5' 5" (1.65 m)
Known for: Watchmen (2009), Three Kings (1999), Little White Lies (2010), The Dreamers (2003)
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