
Acting
Patricia Laffan
1919 · London, England, UK
15 films
Bio
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

Quo Vadis
Poppaea

I See a Dark Stranger
Bit Part (uncredited)

Escape Route
Irma Brookes

Devil Girl from Mars
Nyah

23 Paces to Baker Street
Miss Alice MacDonald

Caravan
Betty (uncredited)

Anna Karenina
Betsy, Princess Tverskoy

Death in High Heels
Magda Doon

Truly, Madly, Cheaply! British B Movies
Self

Rough Shoot
Magda
Don't Blame the Stork
Lilian Angel

Crooks in Cloisters
Lady Florence