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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
Kevin & Perry Go Large
Old Lady
5.0
2000
David Copperfield
Mrs. Gummidge · (2 episodes)
7.1
1999
Blackadder: Back & Forth
Nursie
7.0
1999
Les Misérables
Toussaint
7.2
1998
The Treasure Seekers
Eliza
5.3
1996
The Gingerbread House
Mrs. Nesbit
0.0
1996
Hard Times
Old Woman · (4 episodes)
0.0
1994
The Higher Mortals
Matron
0.0
1993
Peak Practice
Mrs. Burns · (1 episode)
6.1
1993
Heartbeat
Martha Coutts · (1 episode)
7.0
1992
Emily's Ghost
Mrs. Crabtree
4.0
1992
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Silver Chair
Giant Nanny
6.1
1990
Blackadder's Christmas Carol
Nursie / Bernard
7.8
1988
A Taste for Death
Millicent Gentle · (2 episodes)
4.7
1988
Stealing Heaven
6.4
1988
Hanna's War
Rosie
4.7
1988
Watching
Marjorie Stoneway · (48 episodes)
7.8
1987
A Dorothy L. Sayers Mystery
Mrs. Pettican · (1 episode)
7.2
1987
Inspector Morse
Mrs. Maltby · (1 episode)
7.8
1987
Hotel du Lac
Mrs. Dempster
4.0
1986
Mr. Love
Mrs Lunt
5.2
1985
Floating Off
Lady on train
0.0
1983
Blackadder
Nursie · (6 episodes)
8.0
1983
Blackadder
Nursie / Bernard · (1 episode)
8.0
1983
The Return of the Soldier
Mrs. Plummer
6.2
1983
Britannia Hospital
Nurse
6.4
1982
A Little Silver Trumpet
Mrs. Cleaver · (5 episodes)
0.0
1980
The Old Curiosity Shop
Mrs. Nubbles · (9 episodes)
6.0
1979
Tales of the Unexpected
Jean · (1 episode)
6.7
1979
My Son, My Son
(8 episodes)
5.0
1979
The Class Of Miss MacMichael
Mrs. Green
5.8
1979
All Creatures Great and Small
Mrs. Hammond · (1 episode)
7.7
1978
I, Claudius
(1 episode)
7.8
1976
The Gathering Storm
Cook
7.0
1974
The Ruling Class
Mrs. Treadwell
6.4
1972
Platonov
Sasha
0.0
1971
The Cellar and the Almond Tree
0.0
1970
As You Like It
Audrey
0.0
1963
The Cherry Orchard
Dunyasha
8.0
1962
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Cook · (1 episode)
8.7
1951