Acting
Patricia Laffan
EN cinema · 15 credits
Born
19 March 1919
Died
10 March 2014 (aged 94)
Birthplace
London, England, UK
Also known as Patricia Alice Laffan
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
as Lady Florence
Anna Karenina
as Betsy, Princess Tverskoy
Hidden Homicide
as Jean Gilson
Thunder on Sycamore Street
as Phyllis Hayes
23 Paces to Baker Street
as Miss Alice MacDonald
Don't Blame the Stork
1954
Don't Blame the Stork
as Lilian Angel
Rough Shoot
as Magda
Escape Route
as Irma Brookes
Quo Vadis
as Poppaea
Hangman’s Wharf
as Rosa Warren
Death in High Heels
as Magda Doon
Caravan
as Betty (uncredited)
I See a Dark Stranger
as Bit Part (uncredited)