Quinn, Patricia 1944–

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Quinn, Patricia 1944–

(Lady Patricia Stevens)

PERSONAL

Born May 28, 1944, in Belfast, Northern Ireland; daughter of James Connolly Quinn (a bookie); married Don Hawkins (an actor; divorced); married Robert Stephens, January, 1995 (died November 12, 1995); children: (first marriage) Quinn. Education: Studied acting at the Drama Centre, London, England.

Career:

Actress. British Drama League, Belfast, Northern Ireland, member; Glasgow Citizen's Theatre, member. Also worked as a blackjack-dealing bunnygirl, London, England.

CREDITS

Film Appearances:

Wife, Up the Chastity Belt (also known as Naughty Knights and The Chastity Belt), Anglo-EMI, 1971.

Chauffeuse, Rentadick, 1972.

Girl at dance number two, Adolf Hitler—My Part in His Downfall, United Artists, 1972.

Magda, Mata Hari's maid, Up the Front, Anglo-EMI, 1972.

Jim's girlfriend, The Alf Garnett Saga (also known as The Garnett Saga), Columbia-Warner, 1972.

Magenta, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1975.

(Uncredited) Emperor's guest, Sebastiane, Libra Films International, 1976.

Woman and sorceress, Hawk the Slayer, ITC, 1980.

Siobhan, The Outsider, Paramount, 1980.

Lucinda Jessup, Witching Time, Hammer Films, 1980.

Nation McKinley, Shock Treatment, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1981.

Mrs. Williams, The Meaning of Life (also known as Monty Python's "The Meaning of Life"), Universal, 1983.

Elizabeth Purcell, England, My England, NVC Arts, 1995.

Herself, Rocky Horror Double Feature Video Show (documentary short), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1995.

Also appeared in The Strange Case of Delfina Potocka.

Television Appearances; Series:

Liz, Fox, ITV, 1980.

Television Appearances; Miniseries:

Christabel Pankhurst, Shoulder to Shoulder, BBC and PBS, 1974.

Livilla, I, Claudius, BBC and PBS, 1976.

Doris Tingley, Lost Empires, PBS, 1986.

Mona Castlebar, Fortunes of War, BBC and PBS, 1987.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Susan, Beauty and the Beast, NBC, 1976.

Margot, The Countess Alice, PBS, 1992.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Ghost of Christmas Past, A Christmas Carol, BBC, 1977.

Annette Vallo, Clouds of Glory: Williams and Dorothy, Granada, 1978.

Bella Cohen, James Joyce's "Ulysses," PBS, 1993.

Marlon Brando: Breaking All the Rules, Arts and Entertainment, 1996.

Rocky Horror 25: Anniversary Special, PBS, 2000.

The 100 Greatest Musicals, Channel 4, 2003.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Yvonne, "Destroying Angel," Van der Valk, ITV, 1972.

Bridesmaid, "That Sinking Feeling," Armchair Theatre, ABC [UK] and Thames, 1973.

Lizzie Siddall, "The Brotherhood," Love School, BBC, 1975.

"Beata Beatrix," Love School, BBC, 1975.

Rosalind Toynbee, "Parlour Games," Leap in the Dark, BBC, 1977.

Isla, "Look After Annie," The Professionals, ITV, 1978.

Phyl Tinkar, "The Stinker," Tales of the Unexpected (also known as Roald Dahl's "Tales of the Unexpected"), ITV1 and syndicated, 1980.

Lucinda Jessop, "Witching Time," Hammer House of Horror, 1980.

Monica, "Rembrandt Doesn't Live Here Anymore," Minder, ITV, 1982.

Sylvia Daisy Pouncer, "In Darkest Cellars Underneath," The Box of Delights, 1984.

Sylvia Daisy Pouncer, "The Spider in the Web," The Box of Delights, 1984.

Sylvia Daisy Pouncer, "Beware of Yesterday," The Box of Delights, 1984.

Sylvia Daisy Pouncer, "Leave Us Not Little, Nor Yet Dark," The Box of Delights, 1984.

Belazs, "Dragonfire: Part 1," Doctor Who, BBC, 1987.

Dolly Hayward, "Crossed Swords," Bergerac, BBC1, 1988.

"Rocky Horror Picture Show," Behind the Music (also known as VH1's "Behind the Music"), VH1, 1999.

(As Lady Patricia Stevens) "Rocky Horror Picture Show," VH-1 Where Are They Now?, VH1, 2000.

Stage Appearances:

Magenta, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Theatre Upstairs, London, 1972.

Martha Fortune, Disaster, I.C.A. Theatre, London, 1978.

Usherette and Magenta, The Rocky Horror Show, Rocky Horror London, Ltd., 1994.

Emily Greenleaf and Aunt Dottie, The Talented Mr. Ripley, Palace Theatre, London, 1998.

Also appeared in AC/DC and Stripwell, both Royal Court Theatre, London; The Real Inspector Hound, Palace Theatre, London; Another Love Story, Haymarket Theatre, London; Lady Macbeth, Macbeth and Light Up the Sky, both Old Vic Theatre, London; A Small Family Business and Women Beware Women, Birming- ham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham, England; A Bright Room Called Day, Bush Theatre, London; Cool Million, Half Moon Theatre, London; Murderer, Garrick Theatre, London; Three Penny Opera and Susannah, Bedroom Farce, both Prince of Wales Theatre, London; as Antonia, Can't Pay, Won't Pay, Criterion Theatre, London; Alison, Aunt Mary, Warehouse Theatre, London; and as Sarah Bernhardt, Sarah B. Devine, Jeanetta Cochrane Theatre, London.

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