Patsy Byrne
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- July 13, 1933
- Died
- June 17, 2014 (aged 80)
- Birthplace
- Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex, England, UK
Biography
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
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Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga
Movie · as Self
Great Comedy Moments
Movie · as Nursie (archive footage)
Kevin & Perry Go Large
Movie · as Old Lady
Blackadder: Back & Forth
Movie · as Nursie
David Copperfield
TV · as Mrs. Gummidge · 2 eps
Les Misérables
Movie · as Toussaint
The Gingerbread House
Movie · as Mrs. Nesbit
The Treasure Seekers
Movie · as Eliza
Hard Times
TV · as Old Woman · 4 eps
The Higher Mortals
Movie · as Matron
Peak Practice
TV · as Mrs. Burns · 1 ep
Emily's Ghost
Movie · as Mrs. Crabtree
Heartbeat
TV · as Martha Coutts · 1 ep
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Silver Chair
Movie · as Giant Nanny
Maid Marian and Her Merry Men
TV · as Marian's Mum · 1 ep
Blackadder's Christmas Carol
Movie · as Nursie / Bernard
Hanna's War
Movie · as Rosie
Stealing Heaven
Movie
A Taste for Death
TV · as Millicent Gentle · 2 eps
The Chronicles of Narnia
TV · as Giant Nanny · 2 eps
Watching
TV · as Marjorie Stoneway · 50 eps
Inspector Morse
TV · as Mrs. Maltby · 1 ep
A Dorothy L. Sayers Mystery
TV · as Mrs. Pettican · 1 ep
Hotel du Lac
Movie · as Mrs. Dempster
Mr. Love
Movie · as Mrs Lunt
Worlds Beyond
TV · as Mrs Simmons · 1 ep
In Sickness and in Health
TV · as Mrs. Jones · 1 ep
Screen Two
TV · as Mrs. Dempster · 1 ep
Miracles Take Longer
TV · as Betty Hackforth · 34 eps
Floating Off
Movie · as Lady on train
The Return of the Soldier
Movie · as Mrs. Plummer
Blackadder
TV · as Nursie · 6 eps
Britannia Hospital
Movie · as Nurse
A Little Silver Trumpet
TV · as Mrs. Cleaver · 5 eps
Tales of the Unexpected
TV · as Jean · 1 ep
My Son, My Son
TV · 8 eps
The Old Curiosity Shop
TV · as Mrs Nubbles · 4 eps
The Class Of Miss MacMichael
Movie · as Mrs. Green
All Creatures Great and Small
TV · as Mrs. Hammond · 1 ep
Hazell
TV · as Mrs Dobson · 1 ep
I, Claudius
TV · as Martina · 1 ep
The Gathering Storm
Movie · as Cook
The Ruling Class
Movie · as Mrs. Treadwell
The Alf Garnett Saga
Movie · as Mrs. Frewin
Platonov
Movie · as Sasha
The Cellar and the Almond Tree
Movie
Doomwatch
TV · as Mary Franklin · 1 ep
BBC Play of the Month
TV · as Sasha Platonov (née Triletski) · 1 ep
The Wednesday Play
TV · as Marenka · 1 ep
As You Like It
Movie · as Audrey
Espionage
TV · as Maid · 1 ep
The Cherry Orchard
Movie · as Dunyasha
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV · as Cook · 1 ep