
Cast
Patricia Laffan
Acting
Cast
Patricia Laffan
Known for
Acting
Born
1919-03-19
From
London, England, UK
Died
2014-03-10
Also known as Patricia Alice 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.

Quo Vadis
as Poppaea

Hidden Homicide
as Jean Gilson

Caravan
as Betty (uncredited)

23 Paces to Baker Street
as Miss Alice MacDonald

Devil Girl from Mars
as Nyah

Don't Blame the Stork
as Lilian Angel

Crooks in Cloisters
as Lady Florence

I See a Dark Stranger
as Bit Part (uncredited)

Rough Shoot
as Magda

Anna Karenina
as Betsy, Princess Tverskoy

Escape Route
as Irma Brookes

Thunder on Sycamore Street
as Phyllis Hayes

Hangman’s Wharf
as Rosa Warren

Truly, Madly, Cheaply! British B Movies
as Herself

Death in High Heels
as Magda Doon