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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
She's a Punk Rocker UK
She's a Punk Rocker UK
Who Is Poly Styrene?
Who Is Poly Styrene?
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