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Patricia Laffan

Acting Born Mar 19, 1919 London, England, UK 18 credits

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.

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Known for

Maigret

1960
Film

Quo Vadis

as Poppaea

Rik Mayall Presents

as Nyah

Full filmography

  • The Count of Monte Cristo (1956)
  • Maigret (1960)
  • Quo Vadis (1951) as Poppaea
  • Colonel March of Scotland Yard (1956) as Jane
  • Anna Karenina (1961) as Betsy, Princess Tverskoy
  • 23 Paces to Baker Street (1956) as Miss Alice MacDonald
  • Devil Girl from Mars (1954) as Nyah
  • Rough Shoot (1953) as Magda
  • Crooks in Cloisters (1964) as Lady Florence
  • I See a Dark Stranger (1946) as Bit Part (uncredited)
  • Escape Route (1952) as Irma Brookes
  • Caravan (1946) as Betty (uncredited)
  • Don't Blame the Stork (1954) as Lilian Angel
  • Thunder on Sycamore Street (1957) as Phyllis Hayes
  • Hidden Homicide (1959) as Jean Gilson
  • Hangman’s Wharf (1950) as Rosa Warren
  • Death in High Heels (1947) as Magda Doon
  • Truly, Madly, Cheaply! British B Movies (2008) as Herself