Patricia Laffan
| Patricia Laffan | |
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Patricia Laffan in Quo Vadis | |
| Born |
19 March 1919 London, England, UK |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1945–66 |
Patricia Laffan (born 19 March 1919) is an English actress.[1] She is the daughter of Arthur Charles Laffan and Elvira Alice Vitali. Patricia was educated at Folkstone and at the Institut Français in London. At the Webber-Douglas Dramatic School, she studied for the stage.[2]
Her first credited part was a minor role as Betty in Caravan (1946). The following year she was featured in the mystery film Death in High Heels (1947) with Don Stannard.[3] In 1950, she appeared in the crime drama Hangman's Wharf as Rosa Warren.[4] In the 1951 film Quo Vadis, she played Poppaea, the second wife of the Roman Emperor Nero. In Escape Route (1952), a crime thriller, she played Irma Brooks.[5] She starred as the ruthless, PVC-clad alien Nyah in the Devil Girl from Mars (1955).[6] Next year she had a supporting part as Miss Alice MacDonald in the mystery thriller 23 Paces to Baker Street (1956).[7] By the 1960s, she mainly appeared on television.[1]
In 2008, Laffan was interviewed for the British documentary British B Movies: Truly, Madly, Cheaply.
Filmography
- Crooks in Cloisters (1964) as Lady Florence
- 23 Paces to Baker Street (1956) as Miss Alice MacDonald
- Devil Girl from Mars (1955) as Nyah
- Escape Route (1952) as Irma Brooks
- Quo Vadis (1951) as Poppaea Sabina
- Hangman's Wharf (1950) as Rosa Warren
- Death in High Heels (1947)
- Caravan (1946) as Betty
- The Rake's Progress (1945) as Miss Fernandez[8]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Eder, Bruce. "Patricia Laffan, Biography". AllMovie. Retrieved 2010-02-03.
- ↑ Parker, John (1972). Who's who in the theatre: a biographical record of the contemporary stage, Volume 1933 (15th ed.). Pitman. p. 1050. ISBN 0-273-31528-5.
- ↑ Meikle, Denis (2009). A history of horrors: the rise and fall of the house of Hammer. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 265. ISBN 0-8108-6353-7.
- ↑ Paietta, Ann Catherine; Kauppila, Jean L. (1999). Health professionals on screen. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 137. ISBN 0-8108-3636-X.
- ↑ Young, R. G. (2000). The encyclopedia of fantastic film: Ali Baba to Zombies. Hal Leonard Corporation. p. 196. ISBN 1-55783-269-2.
- ↑ Hunter, I. Q. (1999). British Science Fiction Cinema. British popular cinema (Routledge). p. 63. ISBN 0-203-00977-0.
- ↑ Maltin, Leonard (2008). Leonard Maltin's 2009 Movie Guide. Penguin Group. p. 1459. ISBN 0-452-28978-5.
- ↑ Babington, Bruce (2002). Launder and Gilliat. British film makers. Manchester University Press. p. 219–220. ISBN 0-7190-5668-3.
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