Janis Joplin
Herself
Cat Power
Narrator
Peter Albin
Himself
Dick Cavett
Himself
Kris Kristofferson
Pink
Laura Joplin
Herself - Janis Joplin's sister
Juliette Lewis
Michael Joplin
D. A. Pennebaker
Himself
Karleen Bennett
Herself - Janis Joplin's childhood friend