Patricia Quinn

Patricia Quinn

Known for
Acting
Born
May 28, 1944 (age 82)
Birthplace
Belfast, Northern Ireland

Biography

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.

Known For

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Filmography

2025
Sane Inside Insanity poster

Sane Inside Insanity

Movie · as Self

2025
Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror poster

Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror

Movie · as Self

2021
Rocky Horror 45: The Movie poster

Rocky Horror 45: The Movie

Movie · as Self

2020
Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness poster

Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness

Movie · as Self

2014
The Last Impresario poster

The Last Impresario

Movie · as Self

2013
The Lords of Salem poster

The Lords of Salem

Movie · as Megan

2010
Tamara Drewe poster

Tamara Drewe

Movie · as Posh Hippy

2010
Your Number’s Up

Your Number’s Up

Movie · as Bernie

2008
Rocky Horror Tribute Show poster

Rocky Horror Tribute Show

Movie · as Usherette

2000
Rocky Horror 25: Anniversary Special poster

Rocky Horror 25: Anniversary Special

Movie

1999
Behind the Music: The Rocky Horror Picture Show poster

Behind the Music: The Rocky Horror Picture Show

Movie · as Self

1999
The Strange Case of Delfina Potocka poster

The Strange Case of Delfina Potocka

Movie · as George Sand

1999
Where Are They Now?

Where Are They Now?

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1995
The Rocky Horror Double Feature Video Show poster

The Rocky Horror Double Feature Video Show

Movie · as Self

1994
Confessions of a Hitman poster

Confessions of a Hitman

Movie · as Jenny

1993
The Countess Alice poster

The Countess Alice

Movie · as Margot

1988
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers poster

The Modern World: Ten Great Writers

TV · as Bella Cohen · 1 ep

1987
Doctor Who: Dragonfire poster

Doctor Who: Dragonfire

Movie · as Belazs

1987
Fortunes of War poster

Fortunes of War

TV · as Mona Castlebar · 2 eps

1986
Lost Empires poster

Lost Empires

TV · as Doris Tingley · 7 eps

1984
The Box of Delights poster

The Box of Delights

TV · as Sylvia Daisy Pouncer · 4 eps

1983
Monty Python's The Meaning of Life poster

Monty Python's The Meaning of Life

Movie · as Mrs. Williams

1983
Good Behaviour

Good Behaviour

TV · as Rose · 3 eps

1981
Shock Treatment poster

Shock Treatment

Movie · as Dr. Nation McKinley

1981
The Rocky Horror Treatment poster

The Rocky Horror Treatment

Movie · as (archive footage)

1981
Bergerac poster

Bergerac

TV · as Dolly Hayward · 1 ep

1980
Hawk the Slayer poster

Hawk the Slayer

Movie · as Sorceress

1980
Fox

Fox

Movie · as Liz

1980
Hammer House of Horror poster

Hammer House of Horror

TV · as Lucinda · 1 ep

1979
The Outsider poster

The Outsider

Movie · as Siobhan

1979
Deasey (Desperate) poster

Deasey (Desperate)

Movie · as Deirdre

1979
Minder poster

Minder

TV · as Monica · 1 ep

1979
Tales of the Unexpected poster

Tales of the Unexpected

TV · as Phyl Tinker · 1 ep

1978
Clouds of Glory

Clouds of Glory

TV · as Annette Vallo · 1 ep

1977
A Christmas Carol poster

A Christmas Carol

Movie · as Ghost of Christmas Past

1977
The Professionals poster

The Professionals

TV · as Isla · 1 ep

1977
Premiere

Premiere

TV · as Deidre · 1 ep

1976
Beauty and the Beast poster

Beauty and the Beast

Movie · as Susan

1976
Sebastiane poster

Sebastiane

Movie · as Emperor's Guest

1976
I, Claudius poster

I, Claudius

TV · as Livilla · 4 eps

1975
The Rocky Horror Picture Show poster

The Rocky Horror Picture Show

Movie · as Magenta

1975
The Love School poster

The Love School

TV · as Lizzie Siddal · 4 eps

1974
Shoulder to Shoulder poster

Shoulder to Shoulder

TV · as Christabel Pankhurst · 6 eps

1973
That Sinking Feeling

That Sinking Feeling

Movie · as Maggie

1973
Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall poster

Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall

Movie · as Girl at Dance

1972
Rentadick poster

Rentadick

Movie · as Chauffeuse

1972
The Alf Garnett Saga poster

The Alf Garnett Saga

Movie · as Second Bird – Jim's Girlfriend

1972
Up the Chastity Belt poster

Up the Chastity Belt

Movie · as Wife

1972
Up the Front poster

Up the Front

Movie · as Magda

1972
Van der Valk poster

Van der Valk

TV · as Yvonne · 1 ep

1972
Villains poster

Villains

TV · as Dorothy · 1 ep

1970
McCloud poster

McCloud

TV · 1 ep

1969
ITV Saturday Night Theatre poster

ITV Saturday Night Theatre

TV · as Cynthia · 1 ep

1967
Mannix poster

Mannix

TV · 1 ep

1964
Where Has Poor Mickey Gone? poster

Where Has Poor Mickey Gone?

Movie

1963
Doctor Who poster

Doctor Who

TV · as Belazs · 2 eps

1956
Armchair Theatre poster

Armchair Theatre

TV · as Maggie - Bridesmaid · 1 ep

1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame poster

Hallmark Hall of Fame

TV · as Susan · 1 ep