Patricia Laffan

Patricia Laffan

1919-03-19 – 2014-03-10 (age 94) London, England, UK
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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.

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Quo Vadis
Quo Vadis

1951

as Poppaea

Caravan
Caravan

1946

as Betty (uncredited)

Hidden Homicide
Hidden Homicide

1959

as Jean Gilson

23 Paces to Baker Street
23 Paces to Baker Street

1956

as Miss Alice MacDonald

Crooks in Cloisters
Crooks in Cloisters

1964

as Lady Florence

I See a Dark Stranger
I See a Dark Stranger

1946

as Bit Part (uncredited)

Devil Girl from Mars
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Don't Blame the Stork

1954

as Lilian Angel

Rough Shoot
Rough Shoot

1953

as Magda

Anna Karenina
Anna Karenina

1961

as Betsy, Princess Tverskoy

Escape Route
Escape Route

1952

as Irma Brookes

Thunder on Sycamore Street
Thunder on Sycamore Street

1957

as Phyllis Hayes

Hangman’s Wharf
Hangman’s Wharf

1950

as Rosa Warren

Death in High Heels
Death in High Heels

1947

as Magda Doon