Joan Baez

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1941-01-09 (84 years old)

Place of Birth

Staten Island, New York, USA

Joan Baez

Biography

Joan Chandos Baez (born January 9, 1941) is an American folk singer, songwriter and activist. Baez has a distinctive vocal style, with a strong vibrato. Her recordings include many topical songs and material dealing with social issues. Baez began her career performing in coffeehouses in Boston and Cambridge, and rose to fame as an unbilled performer at the 1959 Newport Folk Festival. She began her recording career in 1960, and achieved immediate success. Her first three albums, Joan Baez, Joan Baez, Vol. 2, and Joan Baez in Concert all achieved gold record status, and stayed on the charts for two years. Baez had a popular hit song with "Di...

Acting

1967

1970

Woodstock

as Self

2007

1990

Berkeley in the Sixties

as Self (archive footage)

1985

Live Aid

as Self

2022

Ennio

as Self

1978

Renaldo and Clara

as The Woman in White

1970

1964

The March

as Self

2021

Bob Dylan: Odds and Ends

as Self (archive footage)

1967

Festival

as Self

1987

2014

The Stars Behind the Iron Curtain

as Self (archive footage)

2009

2020

2004

Live Aid

as Self

2007

65 Revisited

as Self (archive footage)

2015

... Sings Dylan II

as Self (archive footage)

Production

1972

Silent Running

as Theme Song Performance

1988

1971

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