Person

Patricia Laffan

Acting · 1919–2014 · 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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  Maigret

  1960

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  The Count of Monte Cristo

  1956

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  Colonel March of Scotland Yard

  Jane

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  Quo Vadis

  Poppaea

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  23 Paces to Baker Street

  Miss Alice MacDonald

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  Devil Girl from Mars

  Nyah

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  I See a Dark Stranger

  Bit Part (uncredited)

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  Truly, Madly, Cheaply! British B Movies

  Herself

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  Hangman’s Wharf

  Rosa Warren

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  Crooks in Cloisters

  Lady Florence

• 2008Truly, Madly, Cheaply! British B MoviesHerself
• 1964Crooks in CloistersLady Florence
• 1961Anna KareninaBetsy, Princess Tverskoy
• 1960Maigret
• 1959Hidden HomicideJean Gilson
• 1957Thunder on Sycamore StreetPhyllis Hayes
• 195623 Paces to Baker StreetMiss Alice MacDonald
• 1956Colonel March of Scotland YardJane
• 1956The Count of Monte Cristo
• 1954Devil Girl from MarsNyah
• 1954Don't Blame the StorkLilian Angel
• 1953Rough ShootMagda
• 1952Escape RouteIrma Brookes
• 1951Quo VadisPoppaea
• 1950Hangman’s WharfRosa Warren
• 1947Death in High HeelsMagda Doon
• 1946I See a Dark StrangerBit Part (uncredited)
• 1946CaravanBetty (uncredited)