Patsy Byrne
Known for ActingBorn 1933-07-13 — died 2014-06-17Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex, England, UK
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.
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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.
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Known for
Les Misérables
1998 · as Toussaint
Mr. Love
1986 · as Mrs Lunt
Kevin & Perry Go Large
2000 · as Old Lady
The Ruling Class
1972 · as Mrs. Treadwell
Britannia Hospital
1982 · as Nurse
Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga
2008 · as Self
Blackadder: Back & Forth
1999 · as Nursie
As You Like It
1963 · as Audrey
Hanna's War
1988 · as Rosie
Stealing Heaven
1988
Blackadder's Christmas Carol
1988 · as Nursie / Bernard
Emily's Ghost
1992 · as Mrs. Crabtree
The Return of the Soldier
1983 · as Mrs. Plummer
Hotel du Lac
1986 · as Mrs. Dempster
The Gathering Storm
1974 · as Cook
The Treasure Seekers
1996 · as Eliza
The Alf Garnett Saga
1972 · as Mrs. Frewin
Floating Off
1983 · as Lady on train