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Joan Baez Biography

Birth Name:Joan Chandos Baez

Birth Place:Staten Island, New York City, New York, United States

Profession Soundtrack, Music department, Actress, Sound department

Fast Facts

  • Received the 2006 Legal Community Against Violence Distinguished Leadership Award
  • In 2011, Amnesty International named its Outstanding Inspirational Service Award in her honor
  • Is the older sister of fellow folk singer Mimi Farina
  • Is the daughter of physicist Albert Baez, who helped develop the x-ray microscope
  • Started becoming interested in music after her father's friend gave her a ukulele
  • Is best known for her involvement in the counterculture of the 1960s
  • Possesses the ability to fluently speak Spanish and English

Awards

  • 2024Cinema Eye Honors Award-The Unforgettables: winner