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Home/People/Patricia Laffan
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Born
Mar 19, 1919Died: Mar 10, 2014
Lived 94 years
Place of Birth
London, England, UK
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female

Career Highlights

15
Movies
3
TV Shows
Also Known As
Patricia Alice Laffan
IMDb Profile

Patricia Laffan

Acting

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.
Truly, Madly, Cheaply! British B Movies poster

Truly, Madly, Cheaply! British B Movies

as Herself
2008
Crooks in Cloisters poster

Crooks in Cloisters

as Lady Florence
1964
Anna Karenina poster

Anna Karenina

as Betsy, Princess Tverskoy
1961
Hidden Homicide poster

Hidden Homicide

as Jean Gilson
1959
Thunder on Sycamore Street poster

Thunder on Sycamore Street

as Phyllis Hayes
1957
23 Paces to Baker Street poster

23 Paces to Baker Street

as Miss Alice MacDonald
1956
Devil Girl from Mars poster

Devil Girl from Mars

as Nyah
1954
Don't Blame the Stork poster

Don't Blame the Stork

as Lilian Angel
1954
Rough Shoot poster

Rough Shoot

as Magda
1953
Escape Route poster

Escape Route

as Irma Brookes
1952
Quo Vadis poster

Quo Vadis

as Poppaea
1951
Hangman’s Wharf poster

Hangman’s Wharf

as Rosa Warren
1950
Death in High Heels poster

Death in High Heels

as Magda Doon
1947
I See a Dark Stranger poster

I See a Dark Stranger

as Bit Part (uncredited)
1946
Caravan poster

Caravan

as Betty (uncredited)
1946