Patricia 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
- Acting
- Born
- 1919-03-19 · London, England, UK
- Died
- 2014-03-10
Known for
- Quo Vadis (1951) — Poppaea
- 23 Paces to Baker Street (1956) — Miss Alice MacDonald
- Devil Girl from Mars (1954) — Nyah
- I See a Dark Stranger (1946) — Bit Part (uncredited)
- Crooks in Cloisters (1964) — Lady Florence
- Maigret (1960)
- Hidden Homicide (1959) — Jean Gilson
- Escape Route (1952) — Irma Brookes
- Colonel March of Scotland Yard (1956) — Jane
- The Count of Monte Cristo (1956)
- Rough Shoot (1953) — Magda
- Caravan (1946) — Betty (uncredited)
- Anna Karenina (1961) — Betsy, Princess Tverskoy
- Hangman’s Wharf (1950) — Rosa Warren
- Death in High Heels (1947) — Magda Doon
- Truly, Madly, Cheaply! British B Movies (2008) — Self