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Pamela Rooke

Jun 23, 1955 - Apr 03, 2022 (66 years old) in East Sussex, England

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

Known For

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

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