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Patricia Laffan

Patricia Laffan

Born: 1919-03-19 • 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.

Filmography
Truly, Madly, Cheaply! British B Movies poster
Truly, Madly, Cheaply! British B Movies
2008 • Herself
Crooks in Cloisters poster
Crooks in Cloisters
1964 • Lady Florence
Anna Karenina poster
Anna Karenina
1961 • Betsy, Princess Tverskoy
Hidden Homicide poster
Hidden Homicide
1959 • Jean Gilson
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Thunder on Sycamore Street
1957 • Phyllis Hayes
23 Paces to Baker Street poster
23 Paces to Baker Street
1956 • Miss Alice MacDonald
Devil Girl from Mars poster
Devil Girl from Mars
1954 • Nyah
No Image
Don't Blame the Stork
1954 • Lilian Angel
Rough Shoot poster
Rough Shoot
1953 • Magda
Escape Route poster
Escape Route
1952 • Irma Brookes
Quo Vadis poster
Quo Vadis
1951 • Poppaea
Hangman’s Wharf poster
Hangman’s Wharf
1950 • Rosa Warren
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Death in High Heels
1947 • Magda Doon
I See a Dark Stranger poster
I See a Dark Stranger
1946 • Bit Part (uncredited)
Caravan poster
Caravan
1946 • Betty (uncredited)