She said: “The Orchid Ballroom was the place to be, the atmosphere was fantastic. Iggy spent a brief part of the 60s living in Croydon with Dexter. She was very mysterious, she was unusual because she did not look like anyone else at the time.“ He said: “Iggy was part of a group of very wonderful looking south London girls. DJ Jeff Dexter, who regularly played at the Orchid, vividly remembers the beautiful girl who used to talk to him while he played his set. She worked at Granny Takes a Trip, the “first psychedelic boutique in Groovy London of the 1960s”, as a shop assistant, and was a regular at the Orchid Ballroom in Purley between 19. Iggy danced through life, her pretty looks and free spirit mostly assured her some food and a place to stay. She lived in Brighton but she ranaway from home in 1961, when she was fourteen, discovering boys, girls, alcohol, and drugs. After moving to England Iggy was briefly an art student. Teenage Yearsįor an unknown reason, Evelyn was nicknamed Iggy or Ig. This was only a temporary solution as the family returned to England where they lived the upstairs life. The family flew to Aden, Yemen, another melting pot of colonial and religious problems. One day a mob invaded their house and burned it down. Iggy and family lived a luxurious and protected life in one of the British enclaves, politely ignoring that a civil war was raging around them. Iggy had two younger siblings: Stephen and Elizabeth Anne.For decades there were political and military troubles in Mizoram, located in the North-Eastern part of India, bordering Myanmar and Bangladesh. Her mother gave her an indigenous name as well, Laldawngliani, meaning gift of the gods, in a language Iggy never spoke. Her father, major Harry Charlton Joyce, was an officer in the British army who married a local beauty, Angela (or Angelina) Chawngpuii. was born on the 14th of December 1947, in Chaltlang, Aizawl, Mizoram, North-Eastern part of India, in the Himalayas. In the aftermath of the conflict the Indian government censored all letters to and from Mizoram, and communication was lost between Chawngpuii and her family in north-east India. The Mizo branch had lost contact with the English family members in the sixties, when there had been a military conflict between India and Mizoram freedom fighters. She had a voice coach and took ballet classes, but not to much avail. Iggy received a ‘traditional’ ladylike upbringing with tutors who taught her to play musical instruments, like the violin. The family flew to the colony of Aden, Yemen, another melting pot of colonial and religious problems. Evelyn and family lived a luxurious and protected life in one of the British enclaves, politely ignoring that a civil war was raging around them. She had two younger siblings, Stephen Lalungmuana, who was born in Dhaka (Bangladesh) in January 1949 and Elizabeth Anne, who was born in Worthing, Sussex, around 1959.įor decades there were political and military troubles in Mizoram, located in the North-Eastern part of India, bordering Myanmar and Bangladesh.
Evelyn’s middle name, Laldawngliani, means gift of the gods, in mizo, a language Evelyn never spoke.
Iggy would never use the word “Pakistan”, as the country was taboo in the family.Įvelyn’s parents had met at the end of the Second World War, when he was stationed in Mizoram - then, the Lushai Hills (northeastern India, then still ruled by the British). She was born Evelyn Laldawngliani Joyce on the 14th of December 1947 in Rawalpindi (a couple of months before, British India had split in two, and her birthplace was now lying in the dominion of Pakistan) to a British father, major Harry Charlton Joyce, an officer in the British army, and a Mizo woman, Chawngpuii (known as Angela in English). She was known as Iggy the Eskimo back then as it was rumored she was part Inuit. *****Įvelyn “Iggy The Inuit” Joyce Rose was a model and actress who was inmortalized by Mick Rock at Syd Barrett’s “The Madcap Laughs”, his first solo album after Pink Floyd, released in 1969. Resting place: Worthing Crematorium, West Sussex, South East England. Brother-in-law Rob (Elizabeth Joyce’s partner).ĭeath date (age): Decem(69). They had no children.Įxtended family: Maternal great grandfather Thangphunga Rosangzuala (her great grandmother and Iggy’s grandmother were sisters), Chawngmawii (auntie), Thana (cousin). Partner and children: Married to Andrew Rose in 1978.
Ocupation: actress, model, shop assistant. 1959).Ĭomplexion: Dark Eyes colour: Dark brown. 1949) and younger sister Elizabeth Anne (b. Parents and siblings: Harry Charlton Joyce and Chawnpuii “Angela”.