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.
Filmography (18 titles)
5.0MovieTruly, Madly, Cheaply! British B Movies
Herself · 2008
5.4MovieCrooks in Cloisters
Lady Florence · 1964
6.6MovieAnna Karenina
Betsy, Princess Tverskoy · 1961
7.1ShowMaigret
1960
5.1MovieHidden Homicide
Jean Gilson · 1959
MovieThunder on Sycamore Street
Phyllis Hayes · 1957
6.7Movie23 Paces to Baker Street
Miss Alice MacDonald · 1956
7.5ShowColonel March of Scotland Yard
Jane · 1956
5.6ShowThe Count of Monte Cristo
1956
5.2MovieDevil Girl from Mars
Nyah · 1954
Don't Blame the Stork
Lilian Angel · 1954
6.7MovieRough Shoot
Magda · 1953
5.7MovieEscape Route
Irma Brookes · 1952
7.1MovieQuo Vadis
Poppaea · 1951
6.0MovieHangman’s Wharf
Rosa Warren · 1950
5.0MovieDeath in High Heels
Magda Doon · 1947
6.5MovieI See a Dark Stranger
Bit Part (uncredited) · 1946
6.7MovieCaravan
Betty (uncredited) · 1946