Acting

Patricia Quinn

Born 1944-05-28 · Belfast, Northern Ireland

Patricia Quinn, Lady Stephens (born 28 May 1944) is a Northern Irish actress best known for her role as Magenta in the film The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975). Hers were the red lips that appeared in the film's opening song "Science Fiction/Double Feature" (although the singing voice was that of Richard O'Brien). She has appeared in many film and television roles including the Rocky Horror semi-sequel, Shock Treatment (1981), as well as I, Claudius (1976), Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (1983), and the 1987 Doctor Who serial Dragonfire.

Credits

Newest first

Sane Inside Insanity
as Self
2025
Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror
as Self
2025
Rocky Horror 45: The Movie
as Self
2021
Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness
as Self
2020
The Last Impresario
as Self
2014
The Lords of Salem
as Megan
2013
Tamara Drewe
as Posh Hippy
2010
Rocky Horror Tribute Show
as Usherette
2008
Rocky Horror 25: Anniversary Special
2000
Behind the Music: The Rocky Horror Picture Show
as Self
1999
Where Are They Now?
as Self
1999
The Strange Case of Delfina Potocka
as George Sand
1999
The Rocky Horror Double Feature Video Show
as Self
1995
Confessions of a Hitman
as Jenny
1994
The Countess Alice
as Margot
1993
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers
as Bella Cohen
1988
Doctor Who: Dragonfire
as Belazs
1987
Fortunes of War
as Mona Castlebar
1987
Lost Empires
as Doris Tingley
1986
The Box of Delights
as Sylvia Daisy Pouncer
1984
Good Behaviour
as Rose
1983
Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
as Mrs. Williams
1983
Bergerac
as Dolly Hayward
1981
Shock Treatment
as Dr. Nation McKinley
1981
The Rocky Horror Treatment
as (archive footage)
1981
Hammer House of Horror
as Lucinda
1980
Hawk the Slayer
as Sorceress
1980
Fox
as Liz
1980
Deasey (Desperate)
as Deirdre
1979
The Outsider
as Siobhan
1979
Minder
as Monica
1979
Tales of the Unexpected
as Phyl Tinker
1979
Clouds of Glory
as Annette Vallo
1978
The Professionals
as Isla
1977
A Christmas Carol
as Ghost of Christmas Past
1977
Premiere
as Deidre
1977
Sebastiane
as Emperor's Guest
1976
Beauty and the Beast
as Susan
1976
I, Claudius
as Livilla
1976
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
as Magenta
1975
The Love School
as Lizzie Siddal
1975
Shoulder to Shoulder
as Christabel Pankhurst
1974
That Sinking Feeling
as Maggie
1973
Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall
as Girl at Dance
1973
Rentadick
as Chauffeuse
1972
Van der Valk
as Yvonne
1972
Villains
as Dorothy
1972
Up the Front
as Magda
1972
The Alf Garnett Saga
as Second Bird – Jim's Girlfriend
1972
Up the Chastity Belt
as Wife
1972
McCloud
1970
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
as Cynthia
1969
Mannix
1967
Where Has Poor Mickey Gone?
1964
Doctor Who
as Belazs
1963
Armchair Theatre
as Maggie - Bridesmaid
1956
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Susan
1951