Pamela Rooke

Pamela Rooke

Birthdate
June 23, 1955 (69 years old)
Place of Birth
East Sussex, England
Date of Death
April 3, 2022
Known For
Acting

Details

Birthdate
June 23, 1955 (69 years old)
Place of Birth
East Sussex, England
Date of Death
April 3, 2022
Known For
Acting

Biography

Known as Jordan, Seaford born Pamela Rooke was the Vivienne Westwood model, punk performer, band manager and actress credited with helping to create the W10 London punk aesthetic. She made a cameo appearance in Derek Jarman's debut film Sebastiane, and played the lead role in his follow-up film Jubilee as the punk "anti-historian" Amyl Nitrate, after the drug Amyl Nitrite. She can also be seen in Julien Temple's The Great Rock and Roll Swindle wearing an "only anarchists are pretty" T-shirt and appearing on stage with the Sex Pistols during their first live television performance of "Anarchy in the U.K." in August 1976 on Tony Wilson's So It Goes Granada TV programme

Pamela Rooke's LGBTQ+ Titles

Sebastiane
Sebastiane
Madame Morgana, Emperor's Guest

Acting (8)

2001
I Swear I Was There as Self
2000
The Filth and the Fury as Self (archive footage)
1981
Nightshift as Receptionist
1980
The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle as Girl wearing 'only anarchists are pretty shirt' (uncredited)
1978
Jubilee as Amyl Nitrite
1977
Dressing for Pleasure as Herself
1977
Jordan's Dance as Herself
1976
Sebastiane as Madame Morgana, Emperor's Guest