Acting
Poison Ivy
Born
1953-02-20 (73)
Place of birth
San Bernardino, California, USA
Known for
Acting
Credits
4 titles
Kristy Marlana Wallace, known as Poison Ivy or Poison Ivy Rorschach, is a guitarist, songwriter, arranger, producer, and occasional vocalist who co-founded the American rockabilly band The Cramps. Ivy was born as Kristy Wallace in San Bernardino, California, and raised near Sacramento. In 1972, while attending Sacramento State College, Wallace met future Cramps singer Lux Interior. In 1974, they moved first to Interior's hometown of Akron, Ohio, and then to New York City. In 1976, as part of the emerging punk rock scene, they began performing as the Cramps. They quickly gained a reputation for their unusual, rockabilly-inspired music and wild live performances. The Cramps, with Ivy, Lux, a…
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7.5Urgh! A Music War is a British film released in 1982 featuring performances by punk rock, new wave, and post-punk acts, filmed in 1980. Among the artists featured in the movie are Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD), Magazine, The Go-Go's, Toyah Willcox, The Fleshtones, Joan Jett & the Blackhearts, X, XTC, Devo, The Cramps, Oingo Boingo, Dead Kennedys, Gary Numan, Klaus Nomi, Wall of Voodoo, Pere Ubu, Steel Pulse, Surf Punks, 999, UB40, Echo & the Bunnymen and The Police. These were many of the most popular groups on the New Wave scene; in keeping with the spirit of the scene, the film also features several less famous acts, and one completely obscure group, Invisible Sex, in what appears to be their only public performance.
Urgh! A Music War
1981
5.3The concert was recorded with a black-and-white video camera and a single microphone on June 13, 1978.
The Cramps: Live at Napa State Mental Hospital
1978
6.0A French special op suffers an existential crisis as he wanders New York City in search of a mission and the requisite connections.
The Foreigner
1978
NRThe Cramps perform live from NYC's Mudd Club in 1981. Highlights include: "TV Set", "Goo Goo Muck" and "I Was a Teenage Werewolf".
The Cramps: Live in New York
1981
Film credits
1980s · 2 titles
7.5Urgh! A Music War is a British film released in 1982 featuring performances by punk rock, new wave, and post-punk acts, filmed in 1980. Among the artists featured in the movie are Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD), Magazine, The Go-Go's, Toyah Willcox, The Fleshtones, Joan Jett & the Blackhearts, X, XTC, Devo, The Cramps, Oingo Boingo, Dead Kennedys, Gary Numan, Klaus Nomi, Wall of Voodoo, Pere Ubu, Steel Pulse, Surf Punks, 999, UB40, Echo & the Bunnymen and The Police. These were many of the most popular groups on the New Wave scene; in keeping with the spirit of the scene, the film also features several less famous acts, and one completely obscure group, Invisible Sex, in what appears to be their only public performance.
Urgh! A Music War
1981
NRThe Cramps perform live from NYC's Mudd Club in 1981. Highlights include: "TV Set", "Goo Goo Muck" and "I Was a Teenage Werewolf".
The Cramps: Live in New York
1981
1970s · 2 titles
5.3The concert was recorded with a black-and-white video camera and a single microphone on June 13, 1978.
The Cramps: Live at Napa State Mental Hospital
1978
6.0A French special op suffers an existential crisis as he wanders New York City in search of a mission and the requisite connections.
The Foreigner
1978