Patricia Quinn

Background

Quinn was born in Belfast to Rebecca and James Connolly Quinn, a bookmaker.

Career

Quinn is known primarily for her role as Magenta in The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975). In the film"s opening title sequence, the movements of her disembodied lips are synchronised with the lyrics of the title song, "Science Fiction/Double Feature" (the singing voice is that of scriptwriter and actor Richard O"Brien). She also played Elizabeth Siddal in the 1975 mini series The Love School.

In I, Claudius (1976), she took the role of the Emperor Claudius" sister Livilla.

Other film and television roles included the semi-sequel to The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Shock Treatment. She played "Woman" in Hawk the Slayer.

(1980). She appeared in the Hammer House of Horrors episode "Witching Time" as Lucinda Jessop (1981), Monty Python"s The Meaning of Life (1983), and the 1987 Doctor Who serial Dragonfire.

Her latest film cr is Rob Zombie"s The Lords of Salem (2012).

Achievements

• Quinn gave a copy of the unreleased Civil Defense to the winner of a Magenta costume contest at the Rocky Horror Picture Show 25th Anniversary Convention in Las Vegas.