Patsy 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

Known For

Heartbeat

Peak Practice

Tales of the Unexpected

BBC Play of the Month

Screen Two

Inspector Morse

Blackadder

All Creatures Great and Small

All Movies (25)

• Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga2008 · as Self
• Kevin & Perry Go Large2000 · as Old Lady
• Blackadder: Back & Forth1999 · as Nursie
• Les Misérables1998 · as Toussaint
• The Treasure Seekers1996 · as Eliza
• The Gingerbread House1996 · as Mrs. Nesbit
• The Higher Mortals1993 · as Matron
• Emily's Ghost1992 · as Mrs. Crabtree
• The Chronicles of Narnia: The Silver Chair1990 · as Giant Nanny
• Blackadder's Christmas Carol1988 · as Nursie / Bernard
• Stealing Heaven1988
• Hanna's War1988 · as Rosie
• Hotel du Lac1986 · as Mrs. Dempster
• Mr. Love1986 · as Mrs Lunt
• Floating Off1983 · as Lady on train
• The Return of the Soldier1983 · as Mrs. Plummer
• Britannia Hospital1982 · as Nurse
• The Class Of Miss MacMichael1978 · as Mrs. Green
• The Gathering Storm1974 · as Cook
• The Ruling Class1972 · as Mrs. Treadwell
• The Alf Garnett Saga1972 · as Mrs. Frewin
• Platonov1971 · as Sasha
• The Cellar and the Almond Tree1970
• As You Like It1963 · as Audrey
• The Cherry Orchard1962 · as Dunyasha

All TV Shows (26)

• David Copperfield1999 · as Mrs. Gummidge
• Hard Times1994 · as Old Woman
• Peak Practice1993 · as Mrs. Burns
• Heartbeat1992 · as Martha Coutts
• Maid Marian and Her Merry Men1989 · as Marian's Mum
• The Chronicles of Narnia1988 · as Giant Nanny
• A Taste for Death1988 · as Millicent Gentle
• Watching1987 · as Marjorie Stoneway
• A Dorothy L. Sayers Mystery1987 · as Mrs. Pettican
• Inspector Morse1987 · as Mrs. Maltby
• Worlds Beyond1986 · as Mrs Simmons
• In Sickness and in Health1985 · as Mrs. Jones
• Screen Two1985 · as Mrs. Dempster
• Blackadder1983 · as Nursie
• A Little Silver Trumpet1980 · as Mrs. Cleaver
• The Old Curiosity Shop1979 · as Mrs Nubbles
• Tales of the Unexpected1979 · as Jean
• My Son, My Son1979
• Hazell1978 · as Mrs Dobson
• All Creatures Great and Small1978 · as Mrs. Hammond
• I, Claudius1976 · as Martina
• Doomwatch1970 · as Mary Franklin
• BBC Play of the Month1965 · as Sasha Platonov (née Triletski)
• The Wednesday Play1964 · as Marenka
• Espionage1963 · as Maid
• Hallmark Hall of Fame1951 · as Cook