person

Pamela Rooke

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1955-06-23

Place of Birth

East Sussex, England

Pamela Rooke

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

Also Known For

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Jubilee

Feb 01, 1978

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62

The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle

Sep 11, 1980

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60

I Swear I Was There

May 31, 2001

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69

Nightshift

Aug 14, 1981

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77

Dressing for Pleasure

Jan 01, 1977

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54

Jordan's Dance

Jan 01, 1977

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65

Sebastiane

Dec 17, 1976

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69

The Filth and the Fury

Mar 29, 2000

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NA

The Way They Were: Punk and the New Wave 1976-1978

Jun 01, 1986

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NA

Steppin' Out

Jan 01, 1979