November 8, 2021
Janis Ian Net Worth
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Structural info
- Full Name: Janis Ian
- Net Worth: $1 Million
- Date Of Birth: April 7, 1951
- Place Of Birth: New York City, New York, United States
- Profession: Soundtrack, Composer, Music Department
- Education: East Orange Campus High School
- Nationality: American
- Spouse: Patricia Snyder (m. 2003), Tino Sargo (m. 1978–1983)
- Parents: Victor Eddy Fink, Pearl Eddy Fink
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/janisianpage
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/therealjanisian
- IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0406283/
- Allmusic: http://www.allmusic.com/artist/janis-ian-mn0000213212
- Awards: Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album, Grammy Hall of Fame, Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, At Seventeen, Society’s Child, Fly Too High
- 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: Live at Club Cafe
Quotes
- (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.”
Facts
- 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.
- First musical guest (with Billy Preston) to feature on the television premiere of Saturday Night Live (1975) (11 October 1975). George Carlin was host.
- Recorded the song “My Tennessee Hills” with country legend Dolly Parton for her 2004 album “Billie’s Bones”.
- Considered for the part of Carla in Cheers (1982) (Rhea Perlman later got it).
- Studied acting with Stella Adler in an effort to improve her stage presence.
- Her stage name comes from her brother’s name, Ian.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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).
- 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.
Filmography
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” | |
Blood Ties | 2013/I | performer: “At Seventeen” / writer: “At Seventeen” | |
Cloclo | 2012 | writer: “17 ans At Seventeen” | |
The Simpsons | TV Series writer – 3 episodes, 1992 – 2010 performer – 2 episodes, 1997 – 2010 | ||
Nothing Special | 2010 | arranger: “We Endure” / performer: “We Endure” / writer: “We Endure” | |
Banda sonora | 2008 | TV Series performer – 1 episode | |
Mean Girls | 2004 | performer: “At Seventeen” / writer: “At Seventeen” | |
Home of Phobia | 2004 | writer: “At Seventeen” | |
Oz | 2002 | TV Series 1 episode | |
Scotland, Pa. | 2001 | performer: “At Seventeen” / writer: “At Seventeen” | |
Teaching Mrs. Tingle | 1999 | writer: “At Seventeen” | |
Desert Blue | 1998 | “Sweet Misery” | |
Mystery Science Theater 3000 | 1997 | TV Series writer – 1 episode | |
Freedom | 1981 | TV Movie writer: “On My Way to Me”, “Dear Billy”, “Sugar Mountain” | |
Day of Resurrection | 1980 | lyrics: “You Are Love Toujours Gai Mon Cher” / performer: “You Are Love Toujours Gai Mon Cher” | |
Foxes | 1980 | lyrics: “Fly Too High” / performer: “Fly Too High” | |
The Orphan | 1979 | performer: “I Need to Live Alone” / writer: “I Need to Live Alone” | |
Claude François – le film de sa vie | 1979 | Documentary writer: “17 ans At Seventeen” | |
The Bell Jar | 1979 | performer: “Here Comes The Night” / producer: “Here Comes The Night” / writer: “Here Comes The Night” | |
Rock Concert | TV Series performer – 1 episode, 1979 writer – 1 episode, 1979 | ||
Kishibe no arubamu | 1977 | TV Series “Will You Dance?” | |
Saturday Night Live | TV Series performer – 1 episode, 1975 writer – 1 episode, 1975 | ||
Roberta Flack: The First Time Ever | 1973 | TV Movie writer: “Jesse” | |
The Old Grey Whistle Test | 1973 | TV Series writer – 1 episode |
Composer
Title | Year | Status | Character |
---|---|---|---|
Joy | 2010/II | Short | |
Ruby Dreams | 1994 | Short | |
Four Rode Out | 1970 | ||
Sunday Father | 1969 | Short |
Actress
Title | Year | Status | Character |
---|---|---|---|
Getting On | 2015 | TV Series | Mrs. Belfontaine |
Four Rode Out | 1970 | The Singer |
Music Department
Title | Year | Status | Character |
---|---|---|---|
Teito taisen | 1989 | composer: theme song “Heaven Knows” | |
Happiness Is Loving Your Teacher | 1977 | Short song performer |
Self
Title | Year | Status | Character |
---|---|---|---|
Singer-Songwriters at the BBC | 2016 | TV Mini-Series | Herself |
Song by Song | 2013 | TV Series | Herself |
Who Is Clinn Rippy? | 2012 | Documentary | Herself |
WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour | 2006 | TV Series | Herself |
Barend en Van Dorp | 2000 | TV Series | Herself – Performer |
Lauren Hutton and… | 1995 | TV Series | Herself |
New Year’s Rotten Eve | 1994 | Video | Herself |
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | 1993 | TV Series | Herself |
The Howard Stern Interview | 1993 | TV Series | Herself |
Querido cabaret | 1991 | TV Series | Herself |
Àngel Casas Show | 1988 | TV Series | Herself |
Ladybirds | 1984 | TV Series | Herself |
The David Letterman Show | 1980 | TV Series | Herself |
Lena | 1980 | TV Series | Herself |
Rock Concert | 1975-1979 | TV Series | Herself |
The Alan Hamel Show | 1978 | TV Series | Herself |
The Mike Douglas Show | 1974-1978 | TV Series | Herself – Vocalist / Herself – Co-Host / Herself – Folksinger |
The Shirley Bassey Show | 1976 | TV Series | Herself |
Saturday Night Live | 1975 | TV Series | Herself – Musical Guest |
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | 1967-1975 | TV Series | Herself / Herself – Guest |
The Midnight Special | 1975 | TV Series | Herself – Guest / Herself |
Dinah! | 1975 | TV Series | Herself |
45 | 1974 | TV Series | Herself |
The Joey Bishop Show | 1967-1968 | TV Series | Herself |
Telescope | 1968 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour | 1967 | TV Series | Herself |