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Poly Styrene

Biography

Marianne Joan Elliott-Said (3 July 1957 – 25 April 2011), known by the stage name Poly Styrene, was an English musician, singer-songwriter, and frontwoman for the punk rock band X-Ray Spex. She was described by Billboard as the "archetype for the modern-day feminist punk.” She died of metastatic breast cancer at the age of 53.

Known For

Punk in London
Punk in London
Who Is Poly Styrene?
Who Is Poly Styrene?
She's a Punk Rocker UK
She's a Punk Rocker UK
Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché
Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché
X-Ray Spex: Live at the Roundhouse London
X-Ray Spex: Live at the Roundhouse London

Filmography

2021 Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché
as Herself (Archive Footage)
2010 She's a Punk Rocker UK
as Herself
2009 X-Ray Spex: Live at the Roundhouse London
as Performer
2005 Punk: Attitude
as Herself
1979 Who Is Poly Styrene?
as Herself
1978 The Punk Rock Movie
as Self
1977 Punk in London
as Self