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
Truly, Madly, Cheaply! British B Movies
as Self
Truly, Madly, Cheaply! British B Movies
as Self
Crooks in Cloisters
as Lady Florence
Crooks in Cloisters
as Lady Florence
Anna Karenina
as Betsy, Princess Tverskoy
Anna Karenina
as Betsy, Princess Tverskoy
Hidden Homicide
as Jean Gilson
Hidden Homicide
as Jean Gilson
Thunder on Sycamore Street
as Phyllis Hayes
Thunder on Sycamore Street
as Phyllis Hayes
23 Paces to Baker Street
as Miss Alice MacDonald
23 Paces to Baker Street
as Miss Alice MacDonald
Devil Girl from Mars
as Nyah
Devil Girl from Mars
as Nyah
Don't Blame the Stork
as Lilian Angel
Don't Blame the Stork
as Lilian Angel
Rough Shoot
as Magda
Rough Shoot
as Magda
Escape Route
as Irma Brookes
Escape Route
as Irma Brookes
Quo Vadis
as Poppaea
Quo Vadis
as Poppaea
Hangman’s Wharf
as Rosa Warren
Hangman’s Wharf
as Rosa Warren
Death in High Heels
as Magda Doon
Death in High Heels
as Magda Doon
I See a Dark Stranger
as Bit Part (uncredited)
I See a Dark Stranger
as Bit Part (uncredited)
Caravan
as Betty (uncredited)
Caravan
as Betty (uncredited)