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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Filmography

View Maigret
Maigret

Maigret

1960Series
7.1
View Quo Vadis
Quo Vadis

Quo Vadis

1951Film
7.1
View The Count of Monte Cristo
The Count of Monte Cristo

The Count of Monte Cristo

1956Series
4.4
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Colonel March of Scotland Yard

Colonel March of Scotland Yard

1956Series
7.3
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23 Paces to Baker Street

23 Paces to Baker Street

1956Film
6.7
View I See a Dark Stranger
I See a Dark Stranger

I See a Dark Stranger

1946Film
6.4
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Devil Girl from Mars

Devil Girl from Mars

1954Film
5.2
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Escape Route

Escape Route

1952Film
5.2
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Hidden Homicide

Hidden Homicide

1959Film
4.8
View Crooks in Cloisters
Crooks in Cloisters

Crooks in Cloisters

1964Film
5.1
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Thunder on Sycamore Street

Thunder on Sycamore Street

1957Film0
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Rough Shoot

Rough Shoot

1953Film
6.2