1919-03-19 London, England, UK
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.
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Truly, Madly, Cheaply! British B Movies | Herself | 2008-06-21 |
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Crooks in Cloisters | Lady Florence | 1964-01-01 |
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Anna Karenina | Betsy, Princess Tverskoy | 1961-11-03 |
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Hidden Homicide | Jean Gilson | 1959-01-01 |
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Thunder on Sycamore Street | Phyllis Hayes | 1957-10-11 |
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23 Paces to Baker Street | Miss Alice MacDonald | 1956-05-18 |
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Don't Blame the Stork | Lilian Angel | 1954-01-01 |
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Devil Girl from Mars | Nyah | 1954-05-01 |
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Rough Shoot | Magda | 1953-03-30 |
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Escape Route | Irma Brookes | 1952-12-01 |
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Quo Vadis | Poppaea | 1951-11-08 |
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Hangman’s Wharf | Rosa Warren | 1950-01-01 |
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Death in High Heels | Magda Doon | 1947-07-18 |
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I See a Dark Stranger | Bit Part (uncredited) | 1946-07-04 |
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Caravan | Betty (uncredited) | 1946-06-03 |