Actor profile

Patricia Quinn

28th May 1944 Belfast, Northern Ireland Acting

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.

29 Movies 20 TV Shows 56 Credits

Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Sane Inside Insanity poster

Sane Inside Insanity 28th October 2025 as Self

Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror poster

Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror 26th September 2025 as Self

Rocky Horror 45: The Movie poster

Rocky Horror 45: The Movie 24th May 2021 as Self

Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness poster

Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness 21st April 2020 as Self

The Last Impresario poster

The Last Impresario 26th June 2014 as Self

The Lords of Salem poster

The Lords of Salem 18th April 2013 as Megan

Tamara Drewe poster

Tamara Drewe 14th July 2010 as Posh Hippy

Rocky Horror Tribute Show poster

Rocky Horror Tribute Show 14th October 2008 as Usherette

Rocky Horror 25: Anniversary Special poster

Rocky Horror 25: Anniversary Special 30th October 2000

Behind the Music: The Rocky Horror Picture Show poster

Behind the Music: The Rocky Horror Picture Show 31st October 1999 as Self

The Strange Case of Delfina Potocka poster

The Strange Case of Delfina Potocka 1st January 1999 as George Sand

The Rocky Horror Double Feature Video Show poster

The Rocky Horror Double Feature Video Show 14th August 1995 as Self

The Countess Alice poster

The Countess Alice 24th January 1993 as Margot

Doctor Who: Dragonfire poster

Doctor Who: Dragonfire 7th December 1987 as Belazs

Monty Python's The Meaning of Life poster

Monty Python's The Meaning of Life 31st March 1983 as Mrs. Williams

Shock Treatment poster

Shock Treatment 21st August 1981 as Dr. Nation McKinley

Hawk the Slayer poster

Hawk the Slayer 27th August 1980 as Sorceress

Deasey (Desperate) poster

Deasey (Desperate) 6th December 1979 as Deirdre

The Outsider poster

The Outsider 26th November 1979 as Siobhan

A Christmas Carol poster

A Christmas Carol 24th December 1977 as Ghost of Christmas Past

Sebastiane poster

Sebastiane 17th December 1976 as Emperor's Guest

Beauty and the Beast poster

Beauty and the Beast 3rd December 1976 as Susan

The Rocky Horror Picture Show poster

The Rocky Horror Picture Show 14th August 1975 as Magenta

Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall poster

Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall 12th June 1973 as Girl at Dance

Rentadick poster

Rentadick 31st December 1972 as Chauffeuse

Up the Front poster

Up the Front 14th July 1972 as Magda

The Alf Garnett Saga poster

The Alf Garnett Saga 22nd March 1972 as Second Bird – Jim's Girlfriend

Up the Chastity Belt poster

Up the Chastity Belt 14th January 1972 as Wife

Where Has Poor Mickey Gone? poster

Where Has Poor Mickey Gone? 4th October 1964

The Modern World: Ten Great Writers poster

The Modern World: Ten Great Writers 10th January 1988 as Bella Cohen

Fortunes of War poster

Fortunes of War 11th October 1987 as Mona Castlebar

Lost Empires poster

Lost Empires 24th October 1986 as Doris Tingley

The Box of Delights poster

The Box of Delights 21st November 1984 as Sylvia Daisy Pouncer

Bergerac poster

Bergerac 18th October 1981 as Dolly Hayward

Hammer House of Horror poster

Hammer House of Horror 13th September 1980 as Lucinda

Minder poster

Minder 29th October 1979 as Monica

Tales of the Unexpected poster

Tales of the Unexpected 24th March 1979 as Phyl Tinker

The Professionals poster

The Professionals 30th December 1977 as Isla

I, Claudius poster

I, Claudius 20th September 1976 as Livilla

The Love School poster

The Love School 22nd January 1975 as Lizzie Siddal

Shoulder to Shoulder poster

Shoulder to Shoulder 3rd April 1974 as Christabel Pankhurst

Van der Valk poster

Van der Valk 13th September 1972 as Yvonne

Villains poster

Villains 22nd July 1972 as Dorothy

McCloud poster

McCloud 17th February 1970

ITV Saturday Night Theatre poster

ITV Saturday Night Theatre 11th January 1969 as Cynthia

Mannix poster

Mannix 16th September 1967

Doctor Who poster

Doctor Who 23rd November 1963 as Belazs

Armchair Theatre poster

Armchair Theatre 8th July 1956 as Maggie - Bridesmaid

Hallmark Hall of Fame poster

Hallmark Hall of Fame 24th December 1951 as Susan