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Joni Mitchell


Joni Mitchell is one of the most highly regarded and influential songwriters of the 20th century. Her melodious tunes support her poetic and often very personal lyrics to make her one of the most authentic artists of her time. As a performer she is widely hailed for her unique style of playing guitar... See full bio »

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2012 The X Factor (TV series)
Live Show 3 (2012) (writer: "Big Yellow Taxi")
 
2012 Fairport Convention, Who Knows Where the Time Goes? (TV movie) (writer: "Chelsea Morning")
 
2011 Glee (TV series)
Extraordinary Merry Christmas (2011) (writer: "River" - uncredited)
 
2011 Being Erica (TV series)
Doctor Who? (2011) (music: "Both Sides, Now" / lyrics: "Both Sides, Now")
 
2010 The Kids Are All Right (writer: "All I Want")
 
2009 Doctors (TV series)
O Christmas Tree (2009) (performer: "River" - uncredited)
 
2009 This Beat Goes On: Canadian Pop Music in the 1970s (TV documentary) (writer: "Free Man in Paris" / performer: "Free Man in Paris", "Amelia")
 
2009 Der Mann auf der Brücke (TV movie) (writer: "Big yellow taxi")
 
2008 Life on Mars (TV series)
The Real Adventures of the Unreal Sam Tyler (2008) (performer: "Carey" - uncredited)
 
2008 Banda sonora (TV series)
Episode #2.1 (2008) (writer: "Both Sides Now")
 
2007 Marienhof (TV series)
Episode #1.3160 (2007) (performer: "Both sides now")
 
2007 Autism: The Musical (documentary) (writer: "Urge for Going")
 
2007 Words to Music: The Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame 2007 (TV movie) (writer: "Both Sides Now", "Help Me", "Woodstock")
 
2007 An Album (video short) (writer: "The Circle Game")
 
2006 My Name Is Earl (TV series)
Robbed a Stoner Blind (2006) (writer: "Big Yellow Taxi")
 
2006 Parashat Ha-Shavua (TV series)
VaYishlach (2006) (writer: "Blue" / performer: "Blue")
 
2005 The Work of Director Anton Corbijn (video documentary) (performer: "My Secret Place")
 
2004 Young Americans (short) (writer: "Help Me")
 
2004 From Time to Time (TV movie) (writer: "Raised on Robbery", "Be Cool", "You Dream Flat Tires", "A Case of You", "Sex Kills", "The Sire of Sorrow", "Both Sides Now" / performer: "Raised on Robbery", "Be Cool", "You Dream Flat Tires", "A Case of You", "Sex Kills", "The Sire of Sorrow", "Both Sides Now")
 
2003 Love Actually (performer: "River" 1971, "Both Sides Now" 1969 / "River" 1971, "Both Sides Now" 1969 / as Mitchell)
 
2003 Shabatot VeHagim (TV series)
Kacha Ze (2003) (writer: "Woodstock" / performer: "Woodstock")
 
2002 Two Weeks Notice (writer: "Big Yellow Taxi")
 
2002 City of Ghosts (writer: "Both Sides Now" 1960)
 
2002 Magkapatid (music: "Both Sides Now" / lyrics: "Both Sides Now")
 
2002 Six Feet Under (TV series)
Back to the Garden (2002) (writer: "Woodstock" - uncredited)
 
2002 Janet Jackson: Live in Hawaii (TV documentary) (writer: "Got 'til It's Gone" - uncredited)
 
2002 Uncle Frank (documentary) (writer: "Woodstock")
 
2001 Acústico MTV: Legião Urbana (TV movie) (writer: "The Last Time I Saw Richard")
 
2001 Life as a House (writer: "Both Sides Now" / performer: "Both Sides Now")
 
2000 Almost Famous (writer: "River" / performer: "River")
 
2000 Waking the Dead (writer: "A Case Of You" / performer: "A Case Of You")
 
1999 Jeff Buckley: Remembered (TV documentary) (writer: "Coyote" / performer: "Coyote")
 
1999 A Walk on the Moon (writer: "Cactus Tree" 1968 / performer: "Cactus Tree" 1968)
 
1998 You've Got Mail (writer: "River", "Both Sides Now")
 
1998 Practical Magic (writer: "A Case Of You" / performer: "A Case Of You")
 
1998 Janet: The Velvet Rope (TV documentary) (writer: "Got 'til It's Gone" - uncredited)
 
1997 Message to Love: The Isle of Wight Festival (documentary) (writer: "Woodstock", "Big Yellow Taxi" / performer: "Woodstock", "Big Yellow Taxi")
 
1996 Chicago Hope (TV series)
Out of Africa (1996) ("A Case of You" - uncredited)
 
1996 Grace of My Heart (writer: "Man From Mars")
 
1996 Friends (TV series)
The One with the Two Parties (1996) (performer: "Big Yellow Taxi Traffic Jam Mix" - uncredited)
 
1995 Naomi & Wynonna: Love Can Build a Bridge (TV movie) ("BOTH SIDES NOW")
 
1995 The History of Rock 'N' Roll, Vol. 6 (TV documentary) (writer: "Big Yellow Taxi" / performer: "Big Yellow Taxi")
 
1988-1992 The Wonder Years (TV series)
Kodachrome (1992) (performer: "Both Sides Now" - uncredited)
Mom Wars (1989) (performer: "The Circle Game" - uncredited)
Christmas (1988) (performer: "River")
 
1991 Switch (writer: "Both Sides Now")
 
1991 Here's Looking at You, Warner Bros. (TV documentary) (writer: "Woodstock" - uncredited)
 
1990 Truly Madly Deeply (writer: "A Case of You")
 
1990 Flashing on the Sixties: A Tribal Document (video documentary) (writer: "Woodstock")
 
1988 1969 (writer: "Both Sides Now")
 
1988 Iguana (performer: "Way Faring Stranger")
 
1987 thirtysomething (TV series)
I'll Be Home for Christmas (1987) ("River")
Housewarming (1987) ("The Circle Game")
 
1985 After Hours (writer: "Chelsea Morning", "I Don't Know Where I Stand" / performer: "Chelsea Morning", "I Don't Know Where I Stand")
 
1981 The Best Little Girl in the World (TV movie) (music: "Songs to Aging Children Come", "I Think I Understand" / lyrics: "Songs to Aging Children Come", "I Think I Understand")
 
1981 John Wilson's Mini-Musicals (video) (writer: "Big Yellow Taxi", "Both Sides Now" / performer: "Big Yellow Taxi", "Both Sides Now" / arranger: "Big Yellow Taxi")
 
1980 Shadows and Light (video documentary) (writer: "In France They Kiss on Main Street", "Edith and the King Pin", "Coyote", "Free Man in Paris", "Goodbye Pork Pie Hat", "Dry Cleaner from Des Moines", "Amelia", "Black Crow", "Furry Sings the Blues", "Raised on Robbery", "Shadows and Light")
 
1978 The Last Waltz (documentary) (performer: "Coyote")
 
1976 The Man Who Fell to Earth (writer: "The Hissing Of Summer Lawns" / performer: "The Hissing Of Summer Lawns")
 
1976 Dolly (TV series)
Episode #1.13 (writer: "Circle Game")
 
1972 Both Sides Now (short) (writer: "Both Sides Now" / performer: "Both Sides Now")
 
1971 Celebration at Big Sur (documentary) (writer: "Woodstock" / performer: "Get Together", "Woodstock")
 
1971 Big Yellow Taxi (short) (writer: "Big Yellow Taxi" / performer: "Big Yellow Taxi" / arranger: "Big Yellow Taxi")
 
1969-1970 The Johnny Cash Show (TV series)
Episode #2.4 (1970) (writer: "Big Yellow Taxi")
Episode #2.3 (1970) (performer: "Girl from the North Country" - uncredited)
Episode #1.6 (1969) (writer: "The Gallery" / performer: "Long Black Veil", "The Gallery")
Episode #1.1 (1969) (writer: "Both Sides Now" / performer: "Both Sides Now")
 
1970 The Strawberry Statement (writer: "The Circle Game")
 
1970 Woodstock (documentary) (writer: "Woodstock")
 
1969 Alice's Restaurant (writer: "Songs To Aging Children")
 
1969 Changes (writer: "Both Sides Now")
 
1968 Petula (TV movie) ("Both Sides Now")
 
1967 John Davidson at Notre Dame (TV movie) (writer: "Both Sides Now")
 
Show ShowMusic Department (2 titles)
2001 Acústico MTV: Legião Urbana (TV movie) (composer: song "The Last Time I Saw Richard")
 
2000 Waking the Dead (composer: songs "A Case of You")
 
Show ShowDirector (2 titles)
1984 Refuge of the Roads (video)
 
1980 Shadows and Light (video documentary)
 
Show ShowEditor (2 titles)
1984 Refuge of the Roads (video)
 
1980 Shadows and Light (video documentary)
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (1 title)
2001 Vanilla Sky (artwork provider: Joni Mitchell's "Edminton" and "The Ice Offering" courtesy of)
 
Show ShowSound Department (1 title)
1998 Joni Mitchell: Painting with Words and Music (video) (sound mixer)
 
Show ShowWriter (1 title)
1982 Love (segment "The Black Cat in the Black Mouse Socks")
 
Show ShowActress (1 title)
1982 Love
Paula (segment "The Black Cat in the Black Mouse Socks")
 
Show ShowComposer (1 title)
1980 Shadows and Light (video documentary)
 
Show ShowThanks (4 titles)
2005 Elizabethtown (acknowledgment: "Hyde Park" painting courtesy of)
 
2005 Ellie Parker (thanks)
 
2002 Laurel Canyon (special thanks)
 
1995 Wigstock: The Movie (documentary) (thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (41 titles)
2007 Sunday AM (TV series)
Herself
Episode #3.13 (2007) … Herself
 
2007 Charlie Rose (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 15 November 2007 (2007) … Herself
 
2007 Tavis Smiley (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 9 November 2007 (2007) … Herself
 
2006 Buffy Sainte-Marie: A Multimedia Life (TV documentary)
Herself
 
2005 The Work of Director Anton Corbijn (video documentary)
Herself (segment "My Secret Place")
 
2005 All We Are Saying (TV documentary)
Herself
 
2004 Biography (TV series documentary)
Herself
Led Zeppelin: A Rare Alchemy (2004) … Herself
 
2004 Miles Electric: A Different Kind of Blue (documentary)
Herself
 
2003 American Masters (TV series documentary)
Herself
 
2000 An All-Star Tribute to Joni Mitchell (TV special)
Herself - Performer
 
1996-2000 The Rosie O'Donnell Show (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 10 April 2000 (2000) … Herself
Episode dated 29 November 1996 (1996) … Herself
 
1999 100 Greatest Women of Rock & Roll (TV documentary)
Herself
 
1997 Behind the Music (TV series documentary)
Herself
Lilith Fair (1997) … Herself
 
1997 Message to Love: The Isle of Wight Festival (documentary)
Herself
 
1996 The 38th Annual Grammy Awards (TV special)
Herself
 
1995 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV series)
Herself - Musical Guest
Episode #4.63 (1995) … Herself - Musical Guest
Episode #3.255 (1995) … Herself - Musical Guest
 
1995 1995 Billboard Music Awards (TV movie)
Herself
 
1995 The History of Rock 'N' Roll, Vol. 6 (TV documentary)
Herself
 
1994 The Great Music Experience (TV movie)
Herself
 
1993 Long Time Comin' (documentary)
Herself (also archive footage)
 
1990 The Wall: Live in Berlin (TV documentary)
 
1990 Crosby, Stills & Nash: Long Time Comin' (video documentary)
Herself (also archive footage)
 
1989 The Ghost of Faffner Hall (TV series)
Herself
Delighting in Sounds (1989) … Herself
 
1989 The 31st Annual Grammy Awards (TV special)
Herself
 
1988 Zomerrock (TV series)
Herself
Episode #2.3 (1988) … Herself
 
1988 Kippevel (TV series)
Herself
Episode #1.9 (1988) … Herself
 
1988 Wired (TV series)
Herself - Performer
Episode #1.3 (1988) … Herself - Performer
 
1987 Rolling Stone Presents Twenty Years of Rock & Roll (TV documentary)
Herself
 
1985 Tears Are Not Enough (documentary)
Herself
 
1985 The 27th Annual Grammy Awards (TV special)
Herself
 
1980 Shadows and Light (video documentary)
Vocals, Electric Guiter
 
1978 The Last Waltz (documentary)
Herself - Performer
 
1978 Renaldo and Clara
Herself
 
1971 Celebration at Big Sur (documentary)
Herself
 
1969-1970 The Johnny Cash Show (TV series)
Herself - Singer
Episode #2.3 (1970) … Herself - Singer
Episode #1.6 (1969) … Herself - Singer
Episode #1.1 (1969) … Herself - Singer
 
1970 This Is Tom Jones (TV series documentary)
Herself
Episode #2.18 (1970) … Herself
 
1968-1969 The Dick Cavett Show (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 19 August 1969 (1969) … Herself
Episode #3.36 (1969) … Herself
Episode #1.118 (1968) … Herself
 
1969 The Mama Cass Television Program (TV special)
Herself
 
1968 The Joey Bishop Show (TV series)
Herself
Episode #3.9 (1968) … Herself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (10 titles)
2013 Jaco (documentary)
Herself
 
2012 Eliana (TV series)
 
2009 This Beat Goes On: Canadian Pop Music in the 1970s (TV documentary)
Herself
 
2009 Woodstock: Now & Then (TV documentary)
Herself
 
2009 Biography (TV series documentary)
 
2008 Johnny Cash's America
Herself
 
2006 Shakin' All Over! (TV documentary)
 
2001 Walk on By: The Story of Popular Song (TV series documentary)
 
1997 Top of the Pops 2 (TV series)
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

Album: "For the Roses", 1972 (Asylum) See more »

Publicity Listings:

1 Biographical Movie  | 2 Print Biographies  | 7 Interviews  | 196 Articles  | 5 Magazine Cover Photos  | See more »


Height:

5' 6" (1.68 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

I know my generation - a lot of them, they're getting old now, and they want to think back fondly, they want to kid themselves. A lot of them think, "Yeah, we were the best". That's the kiss of death. That's non-growth. And also that's very bad for the world. See more »

Trivia:

Divides her time between Los Angeles and British Columbia. See more »

Trademark:

Her voice See more »

Star Sign:

Scorpio