Person

Pamela Rooke

Acting · 1955–2022 · 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

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  The Filth and the Fury

  Self (archive footage)

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  Jubilee

  Amyl Nitrite

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  The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle

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

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  Sebastiane

  Madame Morgana, Emperor's Guest

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  Nightshift

  Receptionist

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  Dressing for Pleasure

  Herself

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

  Self "Jordan"

• Jordan's Dance

  Herself

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  Steppin' Out

  Self

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  I Swear I Was There

  Self

• 2001I Swear I Was ThereSelf
• 2000The Filth and the FurySelf (archive footage)
• 1986The Way They Were: Punk and the New Wave 1976-1978Self "Jordan"
• 1981NightshiftReceptionist
• 1980The Great Rock 'n' Roll SwindleGirl wearing 'only anarchists are pretty shirt' (uncredited)
• 1979Steppin' OutSelf
• 1978JubileeAmyl Nitrite
• 1977Dressing for PleasureHerself
• 1977Jordan's DanceHerself
• 1976SebastianeMadame Morgana, Emperor's Guest