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Patsy Byrne

Born · July 13, 1933

Died · June 17, 2014 (80 years old)

Known For: Acting

Place of Birth: Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex, England, UK

Bio

Patricia 'Patsy' Byrne (13 July 1933 – 17 June 2014) was an English actress, best known for her role as 'Nursie' in Blackadder II as well as Malcolm's domineering mother in the ITV comedy series Watching. Byrne was educated at Ashford County Grammar School. She studied drama at Rose Bruford College before joining the Royal Shakespeare Company playing parts such as Maria in Twelfth Night and Gruscha in The Caucasian Chalk Circle at the Aldwych Theatre in the early 1960s. In the 1980s she also worked at Chichester Festival Theatre. Byrne starred alongside Tony Robinson in a Series 3 episode of Maid Marian and her Merry Men. She played ORD "Betty the Tea Lady" on the BBC children's programme Playdays. Other roles included appearances in I, Claudius (1976), Stealing Heaven (1988), Inspector Morse (1989), Les Misérables (1998), David Copperfield (1999) and Kevin & Perry Go Large (2000), as well as numerous radio plays. Byrne performed in the 1990 BBC production of C.S. Lewis' "The Silver Chair" as the giant nanny in the city of the giants. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Known for

Les Misérables

Les Misérables

Blackadder

Blackadder

Blackadder: Back & Forth

Blackadder: Back & Forth

Kevin & Perry Go Large

Kevin & Perry Go Large

Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga

Self

2008

Kevin & Perry Go Large

Old Lady

2000

David Copperfield

Mrs. Gummidge · (2 episodes)

1999

Blackadder: Back & Forth

Nursie

1999

Les Misérables

Toussaint

1998

The Treasure Seekers

Eliza

1996

The Gingerbread House

Mrs. Nesbit

1996

Hard Times

Old Woman · (4 episodes)

1994

The Higher Mortals

Matron

1993

Peak Practice

Mrs. Burns · (1 episode)

1993

Heartbeat

Martha Coutts · (1 episode)

1992

Emily's Ghost

Mrs. Crabtree

1992

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Silver Chair

Giant Nanny

1990

Maid Marian and Her Merry Men

Marian's Mum · (1 episode)

1989

Blackadder's Christmas Carol

Nursie / Bernard

1988

The Chronicles of Narnia

Giant Nanny · (2 episodes)

1988

A Taste for Death

Millicent Gentle · (2 episodes)

1988

Stealing Heaven

1988

Hanna's War

Rosie

1988

Watching

Marjorie Stoneway · (50 episodes)

1987

A Dorothy L. Sayers Mystery

Mrs. Pettican · (1 episode)

1987

Inspector Morse

Mrs. Maltby · (1 episode)

1987

Hotel du Lac

Mrs. Dempster

1986

Mr. Love

Mrs Lunt

1985

Floating Off

Lady on train

1983

Blackadder

Nursie · (6 episodes)

1983

The Return of the Soldier

Mrs. Plummer

1983

Britannia Hospital

Nurse

1982

A Little Silver Trumpet

Mrs. Cleaver · (5 episodes)

1980

The Old Curiosity Shop

Mrs. Nubbles · (9 episodes)

1979

Tales of the Unexpected

Jean · (1 episode)

1979

My Son, My Son

(8 episodes)

1979

The Class Of Miss MacMichael

Mrs. Green

1979

All Creatures Great and Small

Mrs. Hammond · (1 episode)

1978

I, Claudius

(1 episode)

1976

The Gathering Storm

Cook

1974

The Ruling Class

Mrs. Treadwell

1972

Platonov

Sasha

1971

The Cellar and the Almond Tree

1970

Doomwatch

Mary Franklin · (1 episode)

1970

As You Like It

Audrey

1963

The Cherry Orchard

Dunyasha

1962

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Cook · (1 episode)

1951