Yoko Ono

Personal Info

Birthday

February 18, 1933

(92 years old)

Place of Birth

Tokyo, Japan

Also Known As

小野洋子

오노 요코

Youko Ono

Yôko Ono

Ono Yōko

オノ・ヨーコ

Yoko Ono Lennon

Yōko Ono

Yoko Ono

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.

Known For

Mad About You

Isle of Dogs

Silver Spoon

Satan's Bed

Rome Is Burning: Portrait of Shirley Clarke

Vain Glory

Arts & Crafts Spectacular #2

Freedom

Filmography

2025
Borrowed Time: Lennon's Last Decade
as Self (archive footage)
One to One: John & Yoko
as Self (archive footage)
2024
Beatles '64
as Self (archive footage)
Elton John: Never Too Late
as Self (archive footage)
Daytime Revolution
as Self (archive footage)
2023
Now and Then - The Last Beatles Song
as Self (archive footage)
Revival69: The Concert That Rocked the World
as Self (archive footage)
The Lost Weekend: A Love Story
as Self (archive footage)
Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV
as Self (archive footage)
2022
The Beatles: Get Back - The Rooftop Concert
as Self (archive footage)
2021
Parkinson at 50
as Self (archive footage)
2020
Jealous Guy: The Assassination of John Lennon
as Self (archive footage)
Zappa
as Self (archive footage)
Lennon's Last Weekend
as Self (archive footage)
2019
Other Music
as Self
The Last 24 Hours: John Lennon
as Self
Killing John Lennon
as Self (archive footage)
2018
John & Yoko: Above Us Only Sky
as Self
Why Are We Creative?
as Self
Isle of Dogs
as Assistant-Scientist Yoko-ono (voice)
George: The Story of George Maciunas and Fluxus
as Self
2017
How the Beatles Changed the World
as Self (archive footage)
I Don't Know Which Tree It Comes From that Fragrance
as Self
It Was Fifty Years Ago Today! The Beatles: Sgt. Pepper & Beyond
as Self (archive footage)
Kyoko
as Self (archive footage)
2016
Deconstructing the Beatles' White Album
as Self (archive footage)
Stupor Mundi: Livre 2, Les Hommes qui mangèrent la montagne
as Self (archive footage)
2015
The Last Lennon Interview
as Self (archive footage)
Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead
as Self (archive footage)
2014
The Term. Beginning of a Big Story
as Self (uncredited)
2013
Diaries, Notes, and Sketches
as Self
Rock 'N' Roll Exposed: The Photography of Bob Gruen
as Self
2012
Inventing David Geffen
as Self
Arts & Crafts Spectacular #2
as (voice)
2011
Sleepless Nights Stories
as Self
2010
The Day John Lennon Died
as Self
Who Is Harry Nilsson (And Why Is Everybody Talkin' About Him?)
as Self
Music
as Self
LennoNYC
as Self
John Lennon: Love Is All You Need
as Self (archive footage)
Ugly Beauty
as Self
The Beatles: The Complete Story
as Self (Archive Footage)
2008
All Together Now
as Self
Classic Albums: John Lennon - Plastic Ono Band
as Self
The Universe of Keith Haring
as Self
2007
Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens
as Self
2006
To John With Love
as Self
John & Yoko Bed-In
as Self
Warhol and Maciunas
as Self
John Lennon & Yoko Ono: Give Peace A Song
as as Herself
The U.S. vs. John Lennon
as Self
Nam June Paik: Lessons from the Video Master
as Self
2005
Pink Floyd London '66-'67
as Self (uncredited)
2004
Beatles Biggest Secrets
as Self
Twenty to Life: The Life & Times of John Sinclair
as Self (archive footage)
2003
Inside John Lennon - Unauthorized
as Self (archive footage)
Imagine Imagine
as Self
Lennon Legend: The Very Best of John Lennon
as Self (archive footage)
Beatles: The Journey
as Self (archive footage)
2002
Hanratty: The Whole Truth
as Self (archive footage)
2001
Kiss My Grits: The Herstory of Women in Punk and Hard Rock
as Self
Wingspan
as Self (archive footage)
2000
Gimme Some Truth: The Making of John Lennon's Imagine Album
as Self
John & Yoko's Year of Peace
as Self
1997
Happy Birthday to John
as Self
1996
The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus
as Self - Vocal
1994
Jonas in the Desert
as Self
1993
The Revenge of the Dead Indians
as Herself
1992
Rolling Stone 25: The MTV Special
as Self
1990
John Cage: I Have Nothing to Say and I Am Saying It
as Self
Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Scenes from the Life of Andy Warhol: Friendships & Intersections
as Self
1988
Imagine: John Lennon
as Self
Michael Jackson: The Legend Continues
as Self
1987
I Am Not a Freak
as Self
1986
The John Lennon Sketchbook
as Self
He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life
as Self (archive footage)
Vain Glory
as Yōko Ono
John Lennon: One to One Concert Live in New York
as Self (archive footage)
1984
Yoko Ono: Then and Now
as Self
1981
The Killing of America
as Self (archive footage)
1979
Flux-Concert
as Self
1977
Urgent ou à quoi bon exécuter des projets puisque le projet est en lui-même une jouissance suffisante
as Self
1972
Imagine
as Self
The One to One Concert
as Self
Yoko Ono: This Is Not Here
as Self
1971
Sweet Toronto
as Self
Dynamite Chicken
as Self (archive footage)
1970
Freedom
as Woman
Rome Is Burning: Portrait of Shirley Clarke
as Yoko Ono
Let It Be
as Self (uncredited)
1969
24 Hours: The World of John and Yoko
as Self
The Beatles: Something
as Self
Bed Peace
as Self
1966
No. 4
as Herself
1965
Andy Warhol Screen Tests
as Self
Satan's Bed
as Ito
Cut Piece
as Herself
1964
Some Young People
as herself