Patricia Quinn
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Patricia Quinn Lady Stephens |
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| Born |
28 May 1944 Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Actress and singer |
| Years active | 1971–2013 (Film) 1969–1992 (TV) |
| Known for |
The Rocky Horror Show (play) The Rocky Horror Picture Show (film) |
| Spouse(s) |
Don Hawkins (m. 1963; div. 1975) Robert Stephens (m. 1995; d. 1995) |
| Children | 1 son |
| Family |
Jonny and Bradley Quinn (nephews) Chris Larkin and Toby Stephens (stepsons) |
| Website | patriciaquinn |
Patricia Quinn, Lady Stephens (born 28 May 1944) is a Northern Irish actress and singer best known for her role as Magenta in the film The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975), and the original stage play from which it was adapted.
Quinn was born in Belfast to Rebecca and James Connolly Quinn, a bookmaker. She attended the Princess Gardens Grammar School, where she developed an early talent for acting. Following stints at Belfast’s Arts Theatre and British Drama League, she left for London aged 17. In 1969 she trained at the Drama Centre London while simultaneously working as a blackjack-dealing Bunny at Mayfair’s Playboy Club. In 1971 she was in repertory for six months with the Glasgow Citizen’s Theatre.
She has a son, Quinn Hawkins, from her first marriage to Don Hawkins. Her nephews, Jonny Quinn and Bradley Quinn, are members of the alternative rock band Snow Patrol.
In January 1995, Quinn married the actor Robert Stephens, who died in November that year. Quinn thus became the stepmother of Toby Stephens and Chris Larkin, Stephens' two actor sons from his previous marriage to Maggie Smith. Quinn had previously appeared alongside Stephens in the BBC TV adaptation of The Box of Delights (1984) in the role of Sylvia Daisy Pouncer, and had played his on-screen wife in the serial Fortunes of War (1987). Stephens had been knighted prior to his death, giving Quinn the title of Lady Stephens.
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