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Pamela Rooke

Pamela Rooke

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
2001 • Self
The Filth and the Fury
The Filth and the Fury
2000 • Self (archive footage)
The Way They Were: Punk and the New Wave 1976-1978
1986 • Self "Jordan"
Nightshift
Nightshift
1981 • Receptionist
The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle
The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle
1980 • Girl wearing 'only anarchists are pretty shirt' (uncredited)
Steppin' Out
Steppin' Out
1979 • Self
Jubilee
Jubilee
1978 • Amyl Nitrite
Jordan's Dance
1977 • Herself

Full filmography

The Filth and the Fury
The Filth and the Fury
2000 • Self (archive footage)
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Nightshift
Nightshift
1981 • Receptionist
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The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle
The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle
1980 • Girl wearing 'only anarchists are pretty shirt' (uncredited)
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Jubilee
Jubilee
1978 • Amyl Nitrite
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Jordan's Dance
1977 • Herself
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Sebastiane
Sebastiane
1976 • Madame Morgana, Emperor's Guest
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Pamela Rooke – Biography, Known For & Filmography