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Joan Baez

Joan Baez

Acting

Born: January 9, 1941Staten Island, New York, USA

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, Paul Simon, Stevie Wonder, Bob Marley, and many others. She was one of the first major artists to record songs by Bob Dylan in the early 1960s; Baez was already an internationally celebrated artist and did much to popularize his early songwriting efforts. Her tumultuous relationship with Dylan later became the subject of songs by each of them and generated much public speculation. On her later albums she has found success interpreting the work of more recent songwriters, including Ryan Adams, Josh Ritter, Steve Earle, Natalie Merchant, and Joe Henry. Baez's songs include "Diamonds & Rust" and covers of Phil Ochs's "There but for Fortune" and the Band's "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down". She also recorded "Farewell, Angelina", "Love Is Just a Four-Letter Word", "Forever Young", "Here's to You", "Joe Hill", "Sweet Sir Galahad" and "We Shall Overcome". Baez performed fourteen songs at the 1969 Woodstock Festival and has displayed a lifelong commitment to political and social activism in the fields of nonviolence, civil rights, human rights, and the environment. Baez was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on April 7, 2017. Description above from the Wikipedia article Joan Baez, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For
Filmography
Newport and the Great Folk Dream

Newport and the Great Folk Dream

Self (archive footage)

2025
Janis Ian: Breaking Silence

Janis Ian: Breaking Silence

Self

2025
Stepping Into the Unknown: Films from the Bob Dylan Center

Stepping Into the Unknown: Films from the Bob Dylan Center

2024
Return of the King: The Fall and Rise of Elvis Presley

Return of the King: The Fall and Rise of Elvis Presley

Self (archive footage)

2024
Folk Americana Roots Hall of Fame: Inaugural Induction Ceremony

Folk Americana Roots Hall of Fame: Inaugural Induction Ceremony

Self - interviewee / performer

2024
Joan Baez: I Am a Noise

Joan Baez: I Am a Noise

Self

2023
2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

Self (voice)

2022
Ennio

Ennio

Self

2022
A Song for Cesar: Beware a Movement That Sings

A Song for Cesar: Beware a Movement That Sings

Self

2021
Bob Dylan: Odds and Ends

Bob Dylan: Odds and Ends

Self (archive footage)

2021
Boris Vian, un cœur qui battait trop fort

Boris Vian, un cœur qui battait trop fort

Self (archive footage)

2020
Rollin' Rain and Hard Thunder: A Compilation Film

Rollin' Rain and Hard Thunder: A Compilation Film

Self

2019
Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese

Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese

The Balladeer

2019
Woodstock: Three Days That Defined a Generation

Woodstock: Three Days That Defined a Generation

Self

2019
Woody Guthrie All-Star Tribute Concert 1970

Woody Guthrie All-Star Tribute Concert 1970

Self

2019
Joan Baez: The Fare Thee Well Tour 2018/2019

Joan Baez: The Fare Thee Well Tour 2018/2019

Self

2019
Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame: In Concert 2014-2017

Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame: In Concert 2014-2017

Self

2018
King in the Wilderness

King in the Wilderness

Self

2018
Joan Baez: 75th Birthday Celebration

Joan Baez: 75th Birthday Celebration

Self

2016
Taylor Swift: The 1989 World Tour - Live

Taylor Swift: The 1989 World Tour - Live

Self - Special Guest

2015
... Sings Dylan II

... Sings Dylan II

Self (archive footage)

2015
The Stars Behind the Iron Curtain

The Stars Behind the Iron Curtain

Self (archive footage)

2014
Woodstock: Untold Stories Revisited

Woodstock: Untold Stories Revisited

Self

2014
Another Day, Another Time: Celebrating the Music of 'Inside Llewyn Davis'

Another Day, Another Time: Celebrating the Music of 'Inside Llewyn Davis'

Self

2013
Martin Luther King and the March on Washington

Martin Luther King and the March on Washington

Self

2013
Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune

Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune

Self

2011
Joan Baez: How Sweet the Sound

Joan Baez: How Sweet the Sound

Self

2009
Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel

Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel

Self

2009
Leonard Cohen: Live at the Isle of Wight 1970

Leonard Cohen: Live at the Isle of Wight 1970

Self

2009
Bulles de Vian

Bulles de Vian

Self

2009
Woodstock: Untold Stories

Woodstock: Untold Stories

Self

2009
The Other Side of the Mirror: Bob Dylan: Live at the Newport Folk Festival

The Other Side of the Mirror: Bob Dylan: Live at the Newport Folk Festival

Self

2007
65 Revisited

65 Revisited

Self (archive footage)

2007
Pete Seeger: The Power of Song

Pete Seeger: The Power of Song

Self

2007
Slacker Uprising

Slacker Uprising

Self

2007
No Direction Home: Bob Dylan

No Direction Home: Bob Dylan

Self

2005
Live Aid

Live Aid

Self

2004
Rolling Thunder Revue - 1975-1976 Video Anthology

Rolling Thunder Revue - 1975-1976 Video Anthology

Self (archive footage)

2004
Smothered: The Censorship Struggles of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour

Smothered: The Censorship Struggles of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour

Self

2002
Message to Love - The Isle of Wight Festival

Message to Love - The Isle of Wight Festival

Self

1996
Woodstock Directors cut

Woodstock Directors cut

Self

1994
Kris Kristofferson: His Life and Work

Kris Kristofferson: His Life and Work

Self

1993
Berkeley in the Sixties

Berkeley in the Sixties

Self (archive footage)

1990
We Shall Overcome

We Shall Overcome

Self

1989
The Return of Bruno

The Return of Bruno

Joan Baez

1987
In Remembrance of Martin

In Remembrance of Martin

Self

1986
Live Aid

Live Aid

Self

1985
Woody Guthrie: Hard Travelin'

Woody Guthrie: Hard Travelin'

Self

1984
Merton: A Film Biography

Merton: A Film Biography

Self

1984
Renaldo and Clara

Renaldo and Clara

The Woman in White

1978
The Memory of Justice

The Memory of Justice

Self

1976
Bob Dylan: Hard Rain

Bob Dylan: Hard Rain

Self

1976
Bob Dylan: Rolling Thunder Revue, Clearwater 1976

Bob Dylan: Rolling Thunder Revue, Clearwater 1976

Self

1976
Sing Sing Thanksgiving

Sing Sing Thanksgiving

Self

1974
The Midnight Special Legendary Performances: More 1973

The Midnight Special Legendary Performances: More 1973

Self

1973

Scruggs: A Festival of Music

Self

1972
The Making of Silent Running

The Making of Silent Running

Self

1972
B.B. King & Joan Baez - Live At Sing Sing

B.B. King & Joan Baez - Live At Sing Sing

Self

1972
Celebration at Big Sur

Celebration at Big Sur

Self

1971
Dynamite Chicken

Dynamite Chicken

Self

1971
Joan Baez - Blessed Are

Joan Baez - Blessed Are

Self

1971
Wondering About Things

Wondering About Things

Self

1971
Carry It On

Carry It On

Self

1970
Woodstock

Woodstock

Self

1970
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis

King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis

Self (archive footage)

1970
Festival

Festival

Self

1967
Dont Look Back

Dont Look Back

Self

1967
The Big T.N.T. Show

The Big T.N.T. Show

Self

1965
The March

The March

Self

1964