Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Born
March 19, 1919
Died
March 10, 2014 (age 94)
Place of Birth
London, England, UK
Also Known As
Patricia Alice Laffan
Patricia Laffan
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.
Known For
TV
Maigret
1960
TV
The Count of Monte Cristo
1956
Film
Death in High Heels
Magda Doon
1947
TV
Colonel March of Scotland Yard
Jane
1956
Film
Quo Vadis
Poppaea
1951
Film
I See a Dark Stranger
Bit Part (uncredited)
1946
Film
23 Paces to Baker Street
Miss Alice MacDonald
1956
Film
Anna Karenina
Betsy, Princess Tverskoy
1961
Film
Devil Girl from Mars
Nyah
1954
Film
Caravan
Betty (uncredited)
1946
Film
Escape Route
Irma Brookes
1952
Film
Rough Shoot
Magda
1953
Film
Hidden Homicide
Jean Gilson
1959
Film
Thunder on Sycamore Street
Phyllis Hayes
1957
Film
Crooks in Cloisters
Lady Florence
1964
Film
Don't Blame the Stork
Lilian Angel
1954
Film
Hangman’s Wharf
Rosa Warren
1950
Film
Truly, Madly, Cheaply! British B Movies
Herself
2008
Filmography
2008FilmTruly, Madly, Cheaply! British B Moviesas Herself1964FilmCrooks in Cloistersas Lady Florence1961FilmAnna Kareninaas Betsy, Princess Tverskoy1960TVMaigret1959FilmHidden Homicideas Jean Gilson1957FilmThunder on Sycamore Streetas Phyllis Hayes1956Film23 Paces to Baker Streetas Miss Alice MacDonald1956TVColonel March of Scotland Yardas Jane1956TVThe Count of Monte Cristo1954FilmDevil Girl from Marsas Nyah1954FilmDon't Blame the Storkas Lilian Angel1953FilmRough Shootas Magda1952FilmEscape Routeas Irma Brookes1951FilmQuo Vadisas Poppaea1950FilmHangman’s Wharfas Rosa Warren1947FilmDeath in High Heelsas Magda Doon1946FilmI See a Dark Strangeras Bit Part (uncredited)1946FilmCaravanas Betty (uncredited)