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

The Filth and the Fury

as Self (archive footage)

Sebastiane

as Madame Morgana, Emperor's Guest

Jubilee

as Amyl Nitrite

The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle

as Girl wearing 'only anarchists are pretty shirt' (uncredited)

Jordan's Dance

as Herself

Dressing for Pleasure

as Herself

I Swear I Was There

as Self

Nightshift

as Receptionist