Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Born
June 23, 1955
Died
April 3, 2022 (age 66)
Place of Birth
East Sussex, England
Also Known As
Jordan
Jordan Mooney
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
Film
Jubilee
Amyl Nitrite
1978
Film
Sebastiane
Madame Morgana, Emperor's Guest
1976
Film
The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle
Girl wearing 'only anarchists are pretty shirt' (uncredited)
1980
Film
The Filth and the Fury
Self (archive footage)
2000
Film
Nightshift
Receptionist
1981
Film
Steppin' Out
Self
1979
Film
The Way They Were: Punk and the New Wave 1976-1978
Self "Jordan"
1986
Film
Jordan's Dance
Herself
1977
Film
Dressing for Pleasure
Herself
1977
Film
I Swear I Was There
Self
2001
Filmography
2001FilmI Swear I Was Thereas Self2000FilmThe Filth and the Furyas Self (archive footage)1986FilmThe Way They Were: Punk and the New Wave 1976-1978as Self "Jordan"1981FilmNightshiftas Receptionist1980FilmThe Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindleas Girl wearing 'only anarchists are pretty shirt' (uncredited)1979FilmSteppin' Outas Self1978FilmJubileeas Amyl Nitrite1977FilmDressing for Pleasureas Herself1977FilmJordan's Danceas Herself1976FilmSebastianeas Madame Morgana, Emperor's Guest