
Acting
Patricia Laffan
Acting · Born 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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FilmTruly, Madly, Cheaply! British B Movies
2008 · Self
FilmCrooks in Cloisters
1964 · Lady Florence
FilmAnna Karenina
1961 · Betsy, Princess Tverskoy

Maigret
1960
FilmHidden Homicide
1959 · Jean Gilson
Film23 Paces to Baker Street
1956 · Miss Alice MacDonald

Colonel March of Scotland Yard
1956 · Jane

The Count of Monte Cristo
1956
FilmDevil Girl from Mars
1954 · Nyah
Don't Blame the Stork
FilmDon't Blame the Stork
1954 · Lilian Angel
FilmRough Shoot
1953 · Magda
FilmEscape Route
1952 · Irma Brookes
FilmQuo Vadis
1951 · Poppaea
FilmHangman’s Wharf
1950 · Rosa Warren
FilmDeath in High Heels
1947 · Magda Doon
FilmI See a Dark Stranger
1946 · Bit Part (uncredited)
FilmCaravan
1946 · Betty (uncredited)