Patricia Laffan
Known for
Acting
Life
1919 – 2014 (aged 94)
Born in
London, England, UK
Credits
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Biography
Patricia Alice Laffan (19 March 1919 – 10 March 2014) was an English stage, film, television and radio actress, and also, after her retirement from acting, an international fashion impresario. She was five feet, six inches tall, with dark reddish-brown hair and green eyes. She is best known for her film roles as the Empress Poppaea in Quo Vadis (1951) and the alien Nyah in Devil Girl from Mars (1954). Her biography, Devil Girl Remembered, was written by Andrew Ross in 2021.
Known For
Quo Vadis
08 Nov 1951
23 Paces to Baker Street
18 May 1956
Devil Girl from Mars
01 May 1954
I See a Dark Stranger
04 Jul 1946
Crooks in Cloisters
01 Jan 1964
Maigret
31 Oct 1960
Hidden Homicide
01 Jan 1959
Escape Route
01 Dec 1952
Photos
Filmography
1964
- Crooks in Cloistersas Lady Florence
1961
- Anna Kareninaas Betsy, Princess Tverskoy
1960
- Maigret1 episode
1959
- Hidden Homicideas Jean Gilson
1957
- Thunder on Sycamore Streetas Phyllis Hayes
1956
- 23 Paces to Baker Streetas Miss Alice MacDonald
- Colonel March of Scotland Yardas Jane1 episode
- The Count of Monte Cristo3 episodes
1954
- Devil Girl from Marsas Nyah
- Don't Blame the Storkas Lilian Angel
1953
- Rough Shootas Magda
1952
- Escape Routeas Irma Brookes
1951
- Quo Vadisas Poppaea
1950
- Hangman’s Wharfas Rosa Warren
1947
- Death in High Heelsas Magda Doon
1946
- I See a Dark Strangeras Bit Part (uncredited)
- Caravanas Betty (uncredited)