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Patricia Laffan

Patricia Laffan

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

Truly, Madly, Cheaply! British B Movies
Truly, Madly, Cheaply! British B Movies
2008 • Herself
Crooks in Cloisters
Crooks in Cloisters
1964 • Lady Florence
Anna Karenina
Anna Karenina
1961 • Betsy, Princess Tverskoy
Hidden Homicide
Hidden Homicide
1959 • Jean Gilson
Thunder on Sycamore Street
Thunder on Sycamore Street
1957 • Phyllis Hayes
23 Paces to Baker Street
23 Paces to Baker Street
1956 • Miss Alice MacDonald
Devil Girl from Mars
Devil Girl from Mars
1954 • Nyah
Don't Blame the Stork
1954 • Lilian Angel

Full filmography

Crooks in Cloisters
Crooks in Cloisters
1964 • Lady Florence
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Anna Karenina
Anna Karenina
1961 • Betsy, Princess Tverskoy
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Hidden Homicide
Hidden Homicide
1959 • Jean Gilson
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23 Paces to Baker Street
23 Paces to Baker Street
1956 • Miss Alice MacDonald
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Don't Blame the Stork
1954 • Lilian Angel
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Rough Shoot
Rough Shoot
1953 • Magda
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Escape Route
Escape Route
1952 • Irma Brookes
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Quo Vadis
Quo Vadis
1951 • Poppaea
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Hangman’s Wharf
Hangman’s Wharf
1950 • Rosa Warren
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I See a Dark Stranger
I See a Dark Stranger
1946 • Bit Part (uncredited)
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Caravan
Caravan
1946 • Betty (uncredited)
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Patricia Laffan – Biography, Known For & Filmography