Arts·Q with Tom Power
‘We were just doing sex, drugs, and rock-and-roll — not out to change the world,’ the actor who played Magenta says in an interview with Q’s Tom Power.
‘We were just doing sex, drugs, and rock-and-roll — not out to change the world,’ she says
CBC Arts · Posted: Oct 27, 2025 9:35 AM EDT | Last Updated: 2 hours ago
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Patricia Quinn is best known for her role as Magenta in The Rocky Horror Picture Show. (Submitted by Patricia Quinn/The Rocky Horror Picture Show – 50th Anniversary Spectacular Tour)
She’s ready to do the time warp again! Fifty years ago, Patricia Quinn played the maid Magenta in The Rocky Horror Picture Show. She joins Tom Power to reflect on five decades of the cult classic movie, its humble beginnings as a small stage musical, and the moment she realized it had become a cultural phenomenon.
LISTEN | Patricia Quinn’s full interview with Tom Power:
22:5550 years of Rocky Horror with Patricia Quinn
The full interview with Patricia Quinn is available on our podcast, Q with Tom Power. Listen and follow wherever you get your podcasts.
Interview with Patricia Quinn produced by Vanessa Greco.
