Patricia Laffan
Known For
Acting
Born
1919-03-19 in London, England, UK
Died
2014-03-10
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.
Most Known For
Maigret
Colonel March of Scotland Yard
as Jane
The Count of Monte Cristo
Quo Vadis
as Poppaea
I See a Dark Stranger
as Bit Part (uncredited)
23 Paces to Baker Street
as Miss Alice MacDonald
Devil Girl from Mars
as Nyah
Caravan
as Betty (uncredited)
Escape Route
as Irma Brookes
Anna Karenina
as Betsy, Princess Tverskoy
Crooks in Cloisters
as Lady Florence
Hidden Homicide
as Jean Gilson
Rough Shoot
as Magda
Truly, Madly, Cheaply! British B Movies
as Herself
Don't Blame the Stork
as Lilian Angel
Thunder on Sycamore Street
as Phyllis Hayes
Death in High Heels
as Magda Doon
Hangman’s Wharf
as Rosa Warren