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Patricia Laffan

Patricia Laffan

Actor · 1919–2014 · 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.

Acted in 16

1960s

  1. 1964

    Crooks in Cloisters

    Lady Florence

  2. 1961

    Anna Karenina

    Betsy, Princess Tverskoy

  3. 1960

    Maigret

    TV · 4 Seasons · Crime · Drama

    76

1950s

  1. 1959

    Hidden Homicide

    Jean Gilson

  2. 1957

    Thunder on Sycamore Street

    Phyllis Hayes

  3. 1956

    23 Paces to Baker Street

    Miss Alice MacDonald

  4. Colonel March of Scotland Yard

    Jane · 1 episode

  5. The Count of Monte Cristo

    TV · 2 Seasons · Drama · Action

  6. 1954

    Devil Girl from Mars

    Nyah

  7. 1953

    Rough Shoot

    Magda

  8. 1952

    Escape Route

    Irma Brookes

  9. 1951

    Quo Vadis

    Poppaea

    73
  10. 1950

    Hangman’s Wharf

    Rosa Warren

1940s

  1. 1947

    Death in High Heels

    Magda Doon

  2. 1946

    I See a Dark Stranger

    Bit Part (uncredited)

  3. Caravan

    Betty (uncredited)

Appearances1

2000s

  1. 2008

    Truly, Madly, Cheaply! British B Movies

    Self