Famous People with Name Janis

Janis Ian            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Janis Ian: is a Grammy Award-winning American songwriter, singer, multi-instrumental musician, columnist, and science fiction fan-turned-author. She had a successful singing career in the 1960s and 1970s, recording into the 21st century.

Janis Lyn Joplin            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Janis Lyn Joplin: was an American singer, songwriter, and music arranger, from Port Arthur, Texas. She rose to prominence in the late 1960s as the lead singer of Big Brother and the Holding Company, and later as a solo artist. In 2004, Rolling Stone magazine ranked Joplin

Janis Paige            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Janis Paige: is an American film, musical theatre and television actress. She began singing in public from the age of five in local amateur shows. She then moved to Los Angeles after graduating from high school and then got a job as a singer at the Hollywood Canteen d

Janis Carter            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Janis Carter: was a film and television actress working in the 1940s and 1950s.After attending Mather College in Cleveland, Ohio, Carter headed to New York in an attempt to start an opera career. Although her attempt was a failure, she did end up working on Broadway wh

Janis Martin            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Janis Martin: was an American rockabilly and country music singer. Janis Martin was one of the few female rock & roll artists to make records, proving to the male-dominated rock & roll industry that women too could sell a large amount of records and score rock & roll h

Dorothy Janis            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Dorothy Janis: was an American silent film actress. Born in Dallas, Texas, her short film career began when she was visiting a cousin, who was working on a film for Fox in 1927. Her beauty was noticed at once and she was asked to make a screen test. Ms. Janis went on to make five films, 4 silents and 1 talkie. She was best known for playing opposite Ramon Novarro in The Pagan (1929). She retired in 1930 and married band leader Wayne King in 1932. They were married 53 years, until his death in 1985. She currently resides in Paradise Valley, Arizona.

Byron Janis            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Byron Janis: is an American pianist.He made several recordings for RCA Victor and Mercury Records, and occupies two volumes of the Philips Great Pianists series. His discography covers repertoire from Beethoven to David Guion and includes renditions of major piano concertos from Mozart to Rachmaninoff and Prokofiev. His pianism has been described as combining a Horowitzian technique with a sublime musicality akin to Alfred Cortot's. He has a special affinity for Chopin and made a French film on him that was shown around the world.

Elsie Janis            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Elsie Janis: was an American singer, songwriter, actress, and screenwriter. Entertaining the troops during World War I immortalized her as "the sweetheart of the AEF" (American Expeditionary Force).