- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- January 9, 1941
- Place of Birth
- Staten Island, New York, USA
Joan Baez
Joan Chandos Baez (born January 9, 1941) is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and activist. Her contemporary folk music often includes songs of protest and social justice.] Baez has performed publicly for over 60 years, releasing more than 30 albums. Baez is generally regarded as a folk singer, but her music has diversified since the counterculture era of the 1960s and encompasses genres such as folk rock, pop, country, and gospel music. 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. Although a songwriter herself, Baez generally interprets others' work, having recorded many traditional songs and songs written by the Allman Brothers Band, the Beatles, Jackson Browne, Leonard Cohen, Woody Guthrie, Violeta Parra, the Rolling Stones, Pete Seeger, Pa…
Filmography
movieNewport and the Great Folk Dream
2025 · Self (archive footage)
movieJanis Ian: Breaking Silence
2025 · Self
tvEverybody's Live with John Mulaney
2025 · Self - Musician and Activist
movieStepping Into the Unknown: Films from the Bob Dylan Center
2024
movieReturn of the King: The Fall and Rise of Elvis Presley
2024 · Self (archive footage)
movieFolk Americana Roots Hall of Fame: Inaugural Induction Ceremony
2024 · Self - interviewee / performer
movieJoan Baez: I Am a Noise
2023 · Self
movie2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
2022 · Self (voice)
movieEnnio
2022 · Self
movieA Song for Cesar: Beware a Movement That Sings
2021 · Self
movieBob Dylan: Odds and Ends
2021 · Self (archive footage)
movieBoris Vian, un cœur qui battait trop fort
2020 · Self (archive footage)
movieRollin' Rain and Hard Thunder: A Compilation Film
2019 · Self
movieRolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese
2019 · The Balladeer
movieWoodstock: Three Days That Defined a Generation
2019 · Self
movieWoody Guthrie All-Star Tribute Concert 1970
2019 · Self
movieJoan Baez: The Fare Thee Well Tour 2018/2019
2019 · Self
movieRock And Roll Hall Of Fame: In Concert 2014-2017
2018 · Self
movieKing in the Wilderness
2018 · Self
movieJoan Baez: 75th Birthday Celebration
2016 · Self
movieTaylor Swift: The 1989 World Tour - Live
2015 · Self - Special Guest
movie... Sings Dylan II
2015 · Self (archive footage)
tvThe Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 · Self - Guest
movieThe Stars Behind the Iron Curtain
2014 · Self (archive footage)
movieWoodstock: Untold Stories Revisited
2014 · Self
movieAnother Day, Another Time: Celebrating the Music of 'Inside Llewyn Davis'
2013 · Self
movieMartin Luther King and the March on Washington
2013 · Self
moviePhil Ochs: There But for Fortune
2011 · Self
movieJoan Baez: How Sweet the Sound
2009 · Self
movieHugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel
2009 · Self
movieLeonard Cohen: Live at the Isle of Wight 1970
2009 · Self
movieBulles de Vian
2009 · Self
movieWoodstock: Untold Stories
2009 · Self
tvQ&A
2008 · Self - Panelist
movieThe Other Side of the Mirror: Bob Dylan: Live at the Newport Folk Festival
2007 · Self
movie65 Revisited
2007 · Self (archive footage)
moviePete Seeger: The Power of Song
2007 · Self
movieSlacker Uprising
2007 · Self
Folk Britannia
2006 · Self (archival footage)
movieNo Direction Home: Bob Dylan
2005 · Self
movieLive Aid
2004 · Self
movieRolling Thunder Revue - 1975-1976 Video Anthology
2004 · Self (archive footage)
movieSmothered: The Censorship Struggles of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
2002 · Self
Where Are They Now?
1999 · Self
tvLeute heute
1997 · Self
movieMessage to Love - The Isle of Wight Festival
1996 · Self
movieThe Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg
1994 · Self
movieKris Kristofferson: His Life and Work
1993 · Self
tvLate Show with David Letterman
1993 · Self - Musical Guest
movieBerkeley in the Sixties
1990 · Self (archive footage)
movieWe Shall Overcome
1989 · Self
movieTo Kill a Priest
1988 · Songs
tvBains de Minuit
1987 · Self
tvLe monde est à vous
1987 · Self
tvSacrée soirée
1987 · Self
movieThe Return of Bruno
1987 · Joan Baez
movieIn Remembrance of Martin
1986 · Self
movieLive Aid
1985 · Self
movieMerton: A Film Biography
1984 · Self
movieWoody Guthrie: Hard Travelin'
1984 · Self
tvChamps-Elysées
1982 · Self
tvFame
1982 · Joan Baez
tvHeut' abend
1980 · Self
Okay
1979 · Self
movieRenaldo and Clara
1978 · The Woman in White
Please Turn the Page
1977 · Self
movieThe Memory of Justice
1976 · Self
movieBob Dylan: Hard Rain
1976 · Self
tvThe Muppet Show
1976 · Self - Special Guest Star
movieBob Dylan: Rolling Thunder Revue, Clearwater 1976
1976 · Self
tvNuméro un
1975 · Self
tvRockpalast
1974
movieSing Sing Thanksgiving
1974 · Self
movieThe Midnight Special Legendary Performances: More 1973
1973 · Self
tvThe Midnight Special
1972 · Self
Scruggs: A Festival of Music
1972 · Self
movieSilent Running
1972 · Theme Song Performance
tvLe Grand Échiquier
1972 · Self - Main Guest
movieSing Sing Thanksgiving
1972 · Self
movieThe Making of Silent Running
1972 · Self
movieCelebration at Big Sur
1971 · Self
movieSacco & Vanzetti
1971 · Songs
movieDynamite Chicken
1971 · Self
movieWondering About Things
1971 · Self
movieJoan Baez - Blessed Are
1971 · Self
movieCarry It On
1970 · Self
movieWoodstock
1970 · Self
movieKing: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
1970 · Self (archive footage)
tvPlayboy After Dark
1969
tvThe Dick Cavett Show
1968 · Self - Guest
Everything or Nothing
1968 · Music
Titel, Thesen, Temperamente
1967 · Self
movieFestival
1967 · Self
movieBob Dylan – Don't Look Back
1967 · Self
movieThe Big T.N.T. Show
1965 · Self
tvJoan Baez In Concert
1965 · Self (archive footage)
movieThe March
1964 · Self
Tonight in Person
1963 · Self
tvThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · Self
tvThe Mike Douglas Show
1961 · Self
tvDiscorama
1959 · Self
Joan Baez released from jail in Oakland
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