Poly Styrene

Overview

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Gender
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Birthday
Jul 03, 1957 (67 years old)
Death date
Apr 25, 2011

Poly Styrene

Known For

Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché
1h 36m
Movie 2021

Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché

The death of punk icon and X-Ray Spex front-woman Poly Styrene sends her daughter on a journey through her mother's archives in this intimate documentary.

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.