Actor

Patricia Laffan

4 credited titles on WatchWise

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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Patricia Laffan in one minute

Strongest genre

Drama

$8.4M · 100% hit rate

Biggest hit

Quo Vadis

$21M

Standout efficiency

2.8x

Quo Vadis · gross ÷ budget

Commercial performance

Associated lifetime gross

$8.8M

Combined reported budget

$3.6M

Gross / budget

2.4x

Bankability Index

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