Patsy Byrne
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jul 13, 1933
- Died
- Jun 17, 2014 (aged 80)
- Place of birth
- Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex, England, UK
- Credits
- 52
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.
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Known for
Filmography
Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga
2008Movie
Self
Kevin & Perry Go Large
2000Movie
Old Lady
David Copperfield
1999TV
Mrs. Gummidge
Blackadder: Back & Forth
1999Movie
Nursie
Les Misérables
1998Movie
Toussaint
The Treasure Seekers
1996Movie
Eliza
The Gingerbread House
1996Movie
Mrs. Nesbit
Hard Times
1994TV
Old Woman
The Higher Mortals
1993Movie
Matron
Peak Practice
1993TV
Mrs. Burns
Heartbeat
1992TV
Martha Coutts
Emily's Ghost
1992Movie
Mrs. Crabtree
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Silver Chair
1990Movie
Giant Nanny
Maid Marian and Her Merry Men
1989TV
Marian's Mum
Blackadder's Christmas Carol
1988Movie
Nursie / Bernard
The Chronicles of Narnia
1988TV
Giant Nanny
A Taste for Death
1988TV
Millicent Gentle
Stealing Heaven
1988Movie
Hanna's War
1988Movie
Rosie
Watching
1987TV
Marjorie Stoneway
A Dorothy L. Sayers Mystery
1987TV
Mrs. Pettican
Inspector Morse
1987TV
Mrs. Maltby
Worlds Beyond
1986TV
Mrs Simmons
Hotel du Lac
1986Movie
Mrs. Dempster
Mr. Love
1986Movie
Mrs Lunt
In Sickness and in Health
1985TV
Mrs. Jones
Screen Two
1985TV
Mrs. Dempster
Miracles Take Longer
1984TV
Betty Hackforth
Floating Off
1983Movie
Lady on train
Blackadder
1983TV
Nursie
The Return of the Soldier
1983Movie
Mrs. Plummer
Britannia Hospital
1982Movie
Nurse
A Little Silver Trumpet
1980TV
Mrs. Cleaver
The Old Curiosity Shop
1979TV
Mrs Nubbles
Tales of the Unexpected
1979TV
Jean
My Son, My Son
1979TV
The Class Of Miss MacMichael
1978Movie
Mrs. Green
Hazell
1978TV
Mrs Dobson
All Creatures Great and Small
1978TV
Mrs. Hammond
I, Claudius
1976TV
Martina
The Gathering Storm
1974Movie
Cook
The Ruling Class
1972Movie
Mrs. Treadwell
The Alf Garnett Saga
1972Movie
Mrs. Frewin
Platonov
1971Movie
Sasha
The Cellar and the Almond Tree
1970Movie
Doomwatch
1970TV
Mary Franklin
BBC Play of the Month
1965TV
Sasha Platonov (née Triletski)
The Wednesday Play
1964TV
Marenka
Espionage
1963TV
Maid
As You Like It
1963Movie
Audrey
The Cherry Orchard
1962Movie
Dunyasha
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951TV
Cook