Patsy Byrne
ActingAlso Known As
Patricia Patsy Byrne, Patricia Byrne
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
(25 total)
Les Misérables
as Toussaint
Blackadder: Back & Forth
as Nursie
Kevin & Perry Go Large
as Old Lady
The Ruling Class
as Mrs. Treadwell
Britannia Hospital
as Nurse
Blackadder's Christmas Carol
as Nursie / Bernard
The Return of the Soldier
as Mrs. Plummer
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Silver Chair
as Giant Nanny
The Treasure Seekers
as Eliza
The Alf Garnett Saga
as Mrs. Frewin
The Class Of Miss MacMichael
as Mrs. Green
Mr. Love
as Mrs Lunt
The Gathering Storm
as Cook
Hotel du Lac
as Mrs. Dempster
Hanna's War
as Rosie
The Cherry Orchard
as Dunyasha
Emily's Ghost
as Mrs. Crabtree
TV Shows
(23 total)
Blackadder
as Nursie
Inspector Morse
as Mrs. Maltby
I, Claudius
as Martina
David Copperfield
as Mrs. Gummidge
All Creatures Great and Small
as Mrs. Hammond
Heartbeat
as Martha Coutts
The Chronicles of Narnia
as Giant Nanny
In Sickness and in Health
as Mrs. Jones
Maid Marian and Her Merry Men
as Marian's Mum
Peak Practice
as Mrs. Burns
Watching
as Marjorie Stoneway
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Cook
BBC Play of the Month
as Sasha Platonov (née Triletski)
A Dorothy L. Sayers Mystery
as Mrs. Pettican
A Taste for Death
as Millicent Gentle
Doomwatch
as Mary Franklin
Hazell
as Mrs Dobson
Worlds Beyond
as Mrs Simmons
The Old Curiosity Shop
as Mrs Nubbles