Poison Ivy

Acting

20 Feb 1953 (73 years)

San Bernardino, California, USA

Biography

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 t...