Yoko Ono
- Born
- February 18, 1933 (93 years old)
- Place of birth
- Tokyo, Japan
Biography
Yoko Ono is a Japanese artist, musician, author and peace activist, known for her work in avant-garde art, music and filmmaking as well as her marriage to John Lennon. Ono brought feminism to the forefront through her music which prefigured New Wave music (whether she was a direct influence is still debated). She is a supporter of gay rights and is known for her philanthropic contributions to the arts, peace and AIDS outreach programs.
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Known for
★ 7.8Isle of Dogs
2018
★ 6.8Mad About You
1992
★ 5.3The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
★ 7.7Silver Spoon
2013
★ 7.6Let It Be
1970
★ 6.7Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead
2015
★ 6.5Elton John: Never Too Late
2024
★ 7.2Zappa
2020
★ 6.6Beatles '64
2024
★ 7.0Imagine: John Lennon
1988
★ 6.6The U.S. vs. John Lennon
2006
★ 7.2The Killing of America
1981
Filmography
- 2026John Lennon: The Last InterviewFilm
- 2026Power to the People: John & Yoko Live in NYCFilm · Self
- 2025The Beatles - Free As A Bird: A Song RebornFilm · Self (archive footage)
- 2025The Beatles: The Sound of a RevolutionFilm · Self
- 2025Borrowed Time: Lennon's Last DecadeFilm · Self (archive footage)
- 2025One to One: John & YokoFilm · Self (archive footage)
- 2024Beatles '64Film · Self (archive footage)★ 6.6
- 2024Elton John: Never Too LateFilm · Self (archive footage)★ 6.5
- 2024Daytime RevolutionFilm · Self (archive footage)
- 2023Now and Then - The Last Beatles SongFilm · Self (archive footage)
- 2023Revival69: The Concert That Rocked the WorldFilm · Self (archive footage)
- 2023The Lost Weekend: A Love StoryFilm · Self (archive footage)
- 2023Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TVFilm · Self (archive footage)
- 2022Infamous Crime Scenes: John LennonFilm
- 2022The Beatles: Get Back - The Rooftop ConcertFilm · Self (archive footage)★ 8.0
- 2021Parkinson at 50Film · Self (archive footage)
- 2020Jealous Guy: The Assassination of John LennonFilm · Self (archive footage)
- 2020ZappaFilm · Self (archive footage)★ 7.2
- 2020Lennon's Last WeekendFilm · Self (archive footage)
- 2020TapesFilm
- 2019Other MusicFilm · Self
- 2019The Last 24 Hours: John LennonFilm · Self
- 2019Killing John LennonFilm · Self (archive footage)
- 2018John & Yoko: Above Us Only SkyFilm · Self★ 7.1
- 2018Why Are We Creative?Film · Self★ 7.5
- 2018Isle of DogsFilm · Assistant-Scientist Yoko-ono (voice)★ 7.8
- 2018George: The Story of George Maciunas and FluxusFilm · Self
- 2017How the Beatles Changed the WorldFilm · Self (archive footage)★ 7.3
- 2017I Don't Know Which Tree It Comes From that FragranceFilm · Self
- 2017It Was Fifty Years Ago Today! The Beatles: Sgt. Pepper & BeyondFilm · Self (archive footage)★ 5.8
- 2017KyokoFilm · Self (archive footage)
- 2016Andy Warhol, FluorescentFilm · (archive footage)
- 2016WAR IS OVER! (If You Want It)Film · Self
- 2016Deconstructing the Beatles' White AlbumFilm · Self (archive footage)
- 2016Yoko Ono Lennon's Courage Awards 2016: Laurie Anderson, Mohammad el Gharani, Eileen Boxer, RoseLee Goldberg, LoftOperaFilm
- 2016Stupor Mundi: Livre 2, Les Hommes qui mangèrent la montagneStupor Mundi: Livre 2, Les Hommes qui mangèrent la montagneFilm · Self (archive footage)
- 2015The Last Lennon InterviewFilm · Self (archive footage)
- 2015The Beatles 1+Film★ 8.6
- 2015Drunk Stoned Brilliant DeadFilm · Self (archive footage)★ 6.7
- 2015Bad Girls of JapanFilm
- 2014The Term. Beginning of a Big StoryFilm · Self (uncredited)
- 2014The Last ImpresarioFilm · Self
- 2013Silver SpoonSeries · Aki's Grandmother (voice)★ 7.7
- 2013Pussy Riot: A Punk PrayerFilm · Self (archive footage)★ 6.9
- 2013Rock 'N' Roll Exposed: The Photography of Bob GruenRock 'N' Roll Exposed: The Photography of Bob GruenFilm · Self
- 2012Inventing David GeffenFilm · Self
- 2012John Cage: Journeys in SoundFilm · Self
- 2012Arts & Crafts Spectacular #2Arts & Crafts Spectacular #2Film · (voice)
- 2011Sleepless Nights StoriesFilm · Self
- 2011Free Radicals: A History of Experimental FilmFilm · Herself (archive footage)
- 2011Re: Maciunas and FluxusFilm
- 2010The Day John Lennon DiedFilm · Self
- 2010Who Is Harry Nilsson (And Why Is Everybody Talkin' About Him?)Film · Self★ 7.1
- 2010MusicFilm · Self
- 2010LennoNYCFilm · Self★ 7.5
- 2010John Lennon: Love Is All You NeedFilm · Self (archive footage)
- 2010Ugly BeautyFilm · Self
- 2010The Beatles: The Complete StoryFilm · Self (Archive Footage)
- 2009Project 9: The Making of The Beatles: Rock BandFilm · Self
- 2008All Together NowFilm · Self
- 2008The 60s: The Beatles DecadeSeries
- 2008Classic Albums: John Lennon - Plastic Ono BandFilm · Self
- 2008The Universe of Keith HaringFilm · Self
- 2007365 Day ProjectFilm · Self
- 2007Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a LensFilm · Self★ 7.7
- 2006To John With LoveFilm · Self
- 2006John & Yoko Bed-InFilm · Self
- 2006Warhol and MaciunasFilm · Self
- 2006Greasy RiderFilm
- 2006John Lennon & Yoko Ono: Give Peace A SongJohn Lennon & Yoko Ono: Give Peace A SongFilm · as Herself
- 2006The U.S. vs. John LennonFilm · Self★ 6.6
- 2006Follow My Voice: With the Music of HedwigFilm · Self
- 2006Torino 2006 Olympic Opening CeremonyFilm
- 2006Nam June Paik: Lessons from the Video MasterNam June Paik: Lessons from the Video MasterFilm · Self
- 2005Pink Floyd London '66-'67Film · Self (uncredited)
- 2004Beatles Biggest SecretsFilm · Self
- 2004Twenty to Life: The Life & Times of John SinclairFilm · Self (archive footage)
- 2004Art & the 60sFilm
- 2003Inside John Lennon - UnauthorizedInside John Lennon - UnauthorizedFilm · Self (archive footage)
- 2003Imagine ImagineFilm · Self
- 2003Lennon Legend: The Very Best of John LennonFilm · Self (archive footage)
- 2003Beatles: The JourneyFilm · Self (archive footage)
- 2002Hanratty: The Whole TruthHanratty: The Whole TruthFilm · Self (archive footage)
- 2001Come Together: A Night for John Lennon's Words & MusicFilm
- 2001Kiss My Grits: The Herstory of Women in Punk and Hard RockKiss My Grits: The Herstory of Women in Punk and Hard RockFilm · Self
- 2001WingspanFilm · Self (archive footage)
- 2000Gimme Some Truth: The Making of John Lennon's Imagine AlbumFilm · Self★ 7.5
- 2000John & Yoko's Year of PeaceFilm · Self
- 1997Happy Birthday to JohnFilm · Self
- 1996The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll CircusFilm · Self - Vocal★ 7.4
- 1995An Introduction to HarmolodicsAn Introduction to HarmolodicsFilm
- 1995"Topless Cellist" Charlotte MoormanFilm
- 1994Jonas in the DesertFilm · Self
- 1993The Revenge of the Dead IndiansFilm · Herself
- 1993The Misfits - 30 Years of FluxusThe Misfits - 30 Years of FluxusFilm · Self
- 1992Rolling Stone 25: The MTV SpecialRolling Stone 25: The MTV SpecialFilm · Self
- 1992Later... with Jools HollandSeries
- 1992The John Lennon Video CollectionFilm
- 1992Mad About YouSeries · Yoko Ono★ 6.8
- 1992The Tonight Show with Jay LenoSeries★ 5.3
- 1992Murderers, Mobsters, & Madmen: Volume 2: Assassination in the 20th CenturyMurderers, Mobsters, & Madmen: Volume 2: Assassination in the 20th CenturyFilm
- 1990Lennon: A TributeFilm
- 1990John Cage: I Have Nothing to Say and I Am Saying ItFilm · Self
- 1990The WordSeries
- 1990Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy WarholFilm · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1990Scenes from the Life of Andy Warhol: Friendships and IntersectionsFilm · Self★ 6.6
- 1988Imagine: John LennonFilm · Self★ 7.0
- 1988Michael Jackson: The Legend ContinuesFilm · Self
- 1987I Am Not a FreakFilm · Self
- 1986The John Lennon SketchbookThe John Lennon SketchbookFilm · Self
- 1986He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His LifeFilm · Self (archive footage)
- 1986Vain GloryFilm · Yōko Ono
- 1986John Lennon: One to One Concert Live in New YorkFilm · Self (archive footage)
- 1986An All-Star Celebration Honoring Martin Luther King Jr.An All-Star Celebration Honoring Martin Luther King Jr.Film
- 1984Yoko Ono: Then and NowFilm · Self
- 1981The Killing of AmericaFilm · Self (archive footage)★ 7.2
- 1979Flux-ConcertFilm · Self
- 1978The South Bank ShowSeries
- 1977Urgent ou à quoi bon exécuter des projets puisque le projet est en lui-même une jouissance suffisanteFilm · Self
- 1976Chelsea Girls with Andy WarholFilm
- 1972ImagineFilm · Self★ 7.1
- 1972The One to One ConcertFilm · Self
- 1972John Lennon - ImagineFilm
- 1972Yoko Ono: This Is Not HereFilm · Self
- 1971Yoko and John PartyYoko and John PartyFilm · Self
- 1971Brazil in CannesFilm
- 1971Ten for Two: The John Sinclair Freedom RallyFilm · Self
- 1971Sweet TorontoFilm · Self
- 1971Up Your Legs ForeverFilm · Self - Last Legs(uncredited)
- 1971Frank Zappa, John Lennon & Yoko Ono: At Fillmore EastFilm
- 1971Dynamite ChickenFilm · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1970ApotheosisFilm
- 1970FreedomFreedomFilm · Woman
- 1970Rome Is Burning: Portrait of Shirley ClarkeFilm · Yoko Ono
- 1970Let It BeFilm · Self (uncredited)★ 7.6
- 196924 Hours: The World of John and YokoFilm · Self
- 1969The Beatles: SomethingFilm · Self
- 1969Bed PeaceFilm · Self
- 1968Two VirginsFilm
- 1968Diaries, Notes, and SketchesFilm · Self★ 7.3
- 1966EyeblinkFilm · Self
- 1966No. 4Film · Self★ 2.9
- 1965Andy Warhol Screen TestsFilm · Self
- 1965Satan's BedFilm · Ito
- 1965Cut PieceFilm · Herself
- 1964Hi-Red Centre Shelter PlanFilm
- 1964Some Young PeopleSome Young PeopleFilm · herself