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Ari Up(1962-2010)

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Ari Up was born on 17 January 1962 in Munich, West Germany [now Germany]. She was an actress, known for Here to Be Heard: The Story of the Slits (2017), The Girl, the Mother and the Demons (2016) and Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten (2007). She died on 20 October 2010 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
BornJanuary 17, 1962
DiedOctober 20, 2010(48)
BornJanuary 17, 1962
DiedOctober 20, 2010(48)
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Known for

Here to Be Heard: The Story of the Slits (2017)
Here to Be Heard: The Story of the Slits
7.0
  • Soundtrack
  • 2017
The Girl, the Mother and the Demons (2016)
The Girl, the Mother and the Demons
6.5
  • Soundtrack("So Tough ")
  • 2016
Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten (2007)
Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten
7.5
  • Soundtrack
  • 2007
Nina Hagen - Godmother of Punk (2011)
Nina Hagen - Godmother of Punk
7.9
TV Movie
  • Soundtrack
  • 2011

Credits

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Actress

  • Adam Ant, Nell Campbell, Jayne County, Jordan, Jenny Runacre, and Toyah Willcox in Jubilee (1978)
    Jubilee
    5.9
    • Ari Up (uncredited)
    • 1978

Soundtrack

  • Joe Scarborough, Willie Geist, and Mika Brzezinski in Morning Joe (2007)
    Morning Joe
    4.0
    TV Series
    • performer: "Life During Wartime (This Ain't No Party... This Ain't No Disco... This Ain't No Foolin' Around)"
    • 2026
  • Here to Be Heard: The Story of the Slits (2017)
    Here to Be Heard: The Story of the Slits
    7.0
    • writer: "Kill Them With Love", "Lazy Slam", "Hated By Many Loved By Few"
    • writer: "No One Enemy", "Vaseline", "Let's Do The Split", "Shoplifting", "Love And Romance", "So Tough", "Instant Hit", "Fm", "Newtown", "In The Beginning Was Rhythm", "Life On Earth", "Earthbeat" (as Ariane Forster)
    • 2017
  • The Girl, the Mother and the Demons (2016)
    The Girl, the Mother and the Demons
    6.5
    • Soundtrack ("So Tough ")
    • 2016
  • Nina Hagen - Godmother of Punk (2011)
    Nina Hagen - Godmother of Punk
    7.9
    TV Movie
    • writer: "Pank"
    • 2011
  • Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten (2007)
    Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten
    7.5
    • writer: "Split"
    • 2007
  • Punk: Attitude (2005)
    Punk: Attitude
    7.4
    • writer: "Typical Girls", "Spend, Spend, Spend"
    • 2005
  • Jean Satterfield in Born in Flames (1983)
    Born in Flames
    6.6
    • writer: "Newtown" (uncredited)
    • 1983

Personal details

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  • Alternative names
    • Ariane Forster
  • Born
    • January 17, 1962
    • Munich, West Germany [now Germany]
  • Died
    • October 20, 2010
    • Los Angeles, California, USA(cancer)
  • Parents
      Frank Forster
  • Publicity listings
    • 6 Articles

Did you know

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    She was only 16 years old when she recorded the vocals for The Slits cover of "Heard it Through the Grapevine"

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