Patricia Laffan

Acting

Patricia Laffan

Born March 19, 1919London, England, UK18 credits

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

Filmography

Crooks in Cloisters
1964Crooks in Cloisters
as Lady FlorenceMovie
Anna Karenina
1961Anna Karenina
as Betsy, Princess TverskoyMovie
Hidden Homicide
1959Hidden Homicide
as Jean GilsonMovie
Thunder on Sycamore Street
1957Thunder on Sycamore Street
as Phyllis HayesMovie
23 Paces to Baker Street
195623 Paces to Baker Street
as Miss Alice MacDonaldMovie
D
1954Don't Blame the Stork
as Lilian AngelMovie
Rough Shoot
1953Rough Shoot
as MagdaMovie
Escape Route
1952Escape Route
as Irma BrookesMovie
Quo Vadis
1951Quo Vadis
as PoppaeaMovie
Hangman’s Wharf
1950Hangman’s Wharf
as Rosa WarrenMovie
Death in High Heels
1947Death in High Heels
as Magda DoonMovie
I See a Dark Stranger
1946I See a Dark Stranger
as Bit Part (uncredited)Movie
Caravan
1946Caravan
as Betty (uncredited)Movie