Pamela Rooke

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

9

Gender

Female

Birthday

1955-06-23

Day of death

2022-04-03 (66 years old)

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

Known For

  • I Swear I Was There

    I Swear I Was There

  • Jubilee

    Jubilee

  • Sebastiane

    Sebastiane

  • The Filth and the Fury

    The Filth and the Fury

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

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

  • The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle

    The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle

  • Nightshift

    Nightshift

  • Jordan's Dance

    Jordan's Dance

  • Dressing for Pleasure

    Dressing for Pleasure