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Patsy Byrne

Patsy Byrne

Actor · Born 1933-07-13 · Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex, England, UK

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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

Movies & TV Shows

  1. Les Misérables (1998) — Toussaint
  2. Blackadder (1983) — Nursie
  3. Blackadder: Back & Forth (1999) — Nursie
  4. Kevin & Perry Go Large (2000) — Old Lady
  5. Inspector Morse (1987) — Mrs. Maltby
  6. I, Claudius (1976) — Martina
  7. The Ruling Class (1972) — Mrs. Treadwell
  8. Britannia Hospital (1982) — Nurse
  9. David Copperfield (1999) — Mrs. Gummidge
  10. Tales of the Unexpected (1979) — Jean
  11. All Creatures Great and Small (1978) — Mrs. Hammond
  12. Heartbeat (1992) — Martha Coutts
  13. Blackadder's Christmas Carol (1988) — Nursie / Bernard
  14. The Return of the Soldier (1983) — Mrs. Plummer
  15. The Chronicles of Narnia (1988) — Giant Nanny
  16. In Sickness and in Health (1985) — Mrs. Jones
  17. Stealing Heaven (1988)
  18. Maid Marian and Her Merry Men (1989) — Marian's Mum
  19. Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga (2008) — Self
  20. The Chronicles of Narnia: The Silver Chair (1990) — Giant Nanny
  21. Peak Practice (1993) — Mrs. Burns
  22. Watching (1987) — Marjorie Stoneway
  23. Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951) — Cook
  24. A Taste for Death (1988) — Millicent Gentle
  25. BBC Play of the Month (1965) — Sasha Platonov (née Triletski)
  26. The Treasure Seekers (1996) — Eliza
  27. The Alf Garnett Saga (1972) — Mrs. Frewin
  28. Screen Two (1985) — Mrs. Dempster
  29. The Class Of Miss MacMichael (1978) — Mrs. Green
  30. Mr. Love (1986) — Mrs Lunt
  31. A Dorothy L. Sayers Mystery (1987) — Mrs. Pettican
  32. Doomwatch (1970) — Mary Franklin
  33. The Gathering Storm (1974) — Cook
  34. Hazell (1978) — Mrs Dobson
  35. Worlds Beyond (1986) — Mrs Simmons
  36. The Wednesday Play (1964) — Marenka
  37. Hotel du Lac (1986) — Mrs. Dempster
  38. Hanna's War (1988) — Rosie
  39. Emily's Ghost (1992) — Mrs. Crabtree
  40. The Old Curiosity Shop (1979) — Mrs Nubbles