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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
July 13, 1933
Died
June 17, 2014
Place of Birth
Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex, England, UK
Also Known As
- Patricia Patsy Byrne
- Patricia Byrne
Patsy Byrne
0.2 Popularity
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
7.8
Self
Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga
2008
5.0
Old Lady
Kevin & Perry Go Large
2000
7.1
Mrs. Gummidge
David Copperfield
1999
7.0
Nursie
Blackadder: Back & Forth
1999
7.2
Toussaint
Les Misérables
1998
5.3
Eliza
The Treasure Seekers
1996
0.0
Mrs. Nesbit
The Gingerbread House
1996
0.0
Old Woman
Hard Times
1994
0.0
Matron
The Higher Mortals
1993
6.1
Mrs. Burns
Peak Practice
1993
Credits
Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga
as Self
2008
7.8
Kevin & Perry Go Large
as Old Lady
2000
5.0
David Copperfield
as Mrs. Gummidge
1999
7.1
Blackadder: Back & Forth
as Nursie
1999
7.0
Les Misérables
as Toussaint
1998
7.2
The Treasure Seekers
as Eliza
1996
5.3
The Gingerbread House
as Mrs. Nesbit
1996
0.0
Hard Times
as Old Woman
1994
0.0
The Higher Mortals
as Matron
1993
0.0
Peak Practice
as Mrs. Burns
1993
6.1
Heartbeat
as Martha Coutts
1992
7.1
Emily's Ghost
as Mrs. Crabtree
1992
4.0
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Silver Chair
as Giant Nanny
1990
5.9
Maid Marian and Her Merry Men
as Marian's Mum
1989
5.8
Blackadder's Christmas Carol
as Nursie / Bernard
1988
7.6
The Chronicles of Narnia
as Giant Nanny
1988
7.4
A Taste for Death
as Millicent Gentle
1988
4.8
Stealing Heaven
1988
6.1
Hanna's War
as Rosie
1988
4.7
Watching
as Marjorie Stoneway
1987
7.8
A Dorothy L. Sayers Mystery
as Mrs. Pettican
1987
7.2
Inspector Morse
as Mrs. Maltby
1987
7.8
Hotel du Lac
as Mrs. Dempster
1986
3.0
Mr. Love
as Mrs Lunt
1986
4.4
In Sickness and in Health
as Mrs. Jones
1985
7.8
Floating Off
as Lady on train
1983
0.0
Blackadder
as Nursie
1983
8.0
The Return of the Soldier
as Mrs. Plummer
1983
6.2
Britannia Hospital
as Nurse
1982
6.2
🎬
A Little Silver Trumpet
as Mrs. Cleaver
1980
0.0
The Old Curiosity Shop
as Mrs Nubbles
1979
6.0
Tales of the Unexpected
as Jean
1979
6.7
🎬
My Son, My Son
1979
5.0
The Class Of Miss MacMichael
as Mrs. Green
1979
4.8
Hazell
as Mrs Dobson
1978
4.8
All Creatures Great and Small
as Mrs. Hammond
1978
7.8
I, Claudius
as Martina
1976
7.8
The Gathering Storm
as Cook
1974
7.0
The Ruling Class
as Mrs. Treadwell
1972
6.4
The Alf Garnett Saga
as Mrs. Frewin
1972
4.0
🎬
Platonov
as Sasha
1971
0.0
The Cellar and the Almond Tree
1970
0.0
Doomwatch
as Mary Franklin
1970
6.0
BBC Play of the Month
as Sasha Platonov (née Triletski)
1965
5.0
🎬
As You Like It
as Audrey
1963
0.0
The Cherry Orchard
as Dunyasha
1962
8.0
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Cook
1951
8.6