Patricia Laffan

Patricia Laffan

Actor

London, England, UK
March 19, 1919

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.

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Representative Works

Quo Vadis
Quo Vadis
7.1
/ English
Rough Shoot
Rough Shoot
6.7
/ English
Crooks in Cloisters
Crooks in Cloisters
5.4
/ English
Caravan
Caravan
6.7
/ English
Escape Route
Escape Route
5.7
/ English
Anna Karenina
Anna Karenina
6.6
/ English
Thunder on Sycamore Street
Thunder on Sycamore Street
No Rating Yet
/ English
Hidden Homicide
Hidden Homicide
5.1
/ English

Awards and Honors

Critical Favorites

Quo Vadis
1951Nominee

Best Performance

Quo Vadis

Devil Girl from Mars
1954Nominee

Best Performance

Devil Girl from Mars

23 Paces to Baker Street
1956Nominee

Best Performance

23 Paces to Baker Street

Career Highlights

Rough Shoot
1953Highlight

Best Performance

Rough Shoot

I See a Dark Stranger
1946Highlight

Best Performance

I See a Dark Stranger

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Devil Girl from Mars