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Pamela Rooke

Known for acting · Born 23 June 1955 · Died 3 April 2022 · aged 66 · East Sussex, England

10 credits

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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Known for

Jubilee

1978

Nightshift

1981

Jordan's Dance

1977

Dressing for Pleasure

1977

I Swear I Was There

2001

Sebastiane

1976

The Filth and the Fury

2000

Steppin' Out

1979

The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle

1980

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

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

1986

Acting (10)

2001I Swear I Was ThereSelfFilm
2000The Filth and the FurySelf (archive footage)Film
1986The Way They Were: Punk and the New Wave 1976-1978Self "Jordan"Film
1981NightshiftReceptionistFilm
1980The Great Rock 'n' Roll SwindleGirl wearing 'only anarchists are pretty shirt' (uncredited)Film
1979Steppin' OutSelfFilm
1978JubileeAmyl NitriteFilm
1977Jordan's DanceHerselfFilm
1977Dressing for PleasureHerselfFilm
1976SebastianeMadame Morgana, Emperor's GuestFilm