Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1919-03-19
Day of Death
2014-03-10
Place of Birth
London, England, UK
Patricia Laffan
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.
Filmography (15)
⭐ 5.0
Role:
Herself
Truly, Madly, Cheaply! British B Movies
2008
⭐ 5.4
Role:
Lady Florence
Crooks in Cloisters
1964
⭐ 6.6
Role:
Betsy, Princess Tverskoy
Anna Karenina
1961
⭐ 5.1
Role:
Jean Gilson
Hidden Homicide
1959
⭐ 0
Role:
Phyllis Hayes
Thunder on Sycamore Street
1957
⭐ 6.7
Role:
Miss Alice MacDonald
23 Paces to Baker Street
1956
⭐ 5.2
Role:
Nyah
Devil Girl from Mars
1954No Image
⭐ 9.0
Role:
Lilian Angel
Don't Blame the Stork
1954
⭐ 6.7
Role:
Magda
Rough Shoot
1953
⭐ 5.6
Role:
Irma Brookes
Escape Route
1952
⭐ 7.1
Role:
Poppaea
Quo Vadis
1951
⭐ 6.0
Role:
Rosa Warren
Hangman’s Wharf
1950
⭐ 5.0
Role:
Magda Doon
Death in High Heels
1947
⭐ 6.5
Role:
Bit Part (uncredited)
I See a Dark Stranger
1946
⭐ 6.7
Role:
Betty (uncredited)