Patsy Byrne
Acting
1933-07-13 · Bexhill-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. 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
Filmography
Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga
2008 · Movie
Kevin & Perry Go Large
2000 · Movie
David Copperfield
1999 · Series
Blackadder: Back & Forth
1999 · Movie
Les Misérables
1998 · Movie
The Treasure Seekers
1996 · Movie
The Gingerbread House
1996 · Movie
Hard Times
1994 · Series
The Higher Mortals
1993 · Movie
Peak Practice
1993 · Series
Heartbeat
1992 · Series
Emily's Ghost
1992 · Movie
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Silver Chair
1990 · Movie
Maid Marian and Her Merry Men
1989 · Series
Blackadder's Christmas Carol
1988 · Movie
The Chronicles of Narnia
1988 · Series
A Taste for Death
1988 · Series
Stealing Heaven
1988 · Movie
Hanna's War
1988 · Movie
Watching
1987 · Series
A Dorothy L. Sayers Mystery
1987 · Series
Inspector Morse
1987 · Series
Worlds Beyond
1986 · Series
Hotel du Lac
1986 · Movie
Mr. Love
1986 · Movie
In Sickness and in Health
1985 · Series
Screen Two
1985 · Series
Miracles Take Longer
1984 · Series
Floating Off
1983 · Movie
Blackadder
1983 · Series
The Return of the Soldier
1983 · Movie
Britannia Hospital
1982 · Movie
A Little Silver Trumpet
1980 · Series
The Old Curiosity Shop
1979 · Series
Tales of the Unexpected
1979 · Series
My Son, My Son
1979 · Series
The Class Of Miss MacMichael
1978 · Movie
Hazell
1978 · Series
All Creatures Great and Small
1978 · Series
I, Claudius
1976 · Series
The Gathering Storm
1974 · Movie
The Ruling Class
1972 · Movie
The Alf Garnett Saga
1972 · Movie
Platonov
1971 · Movie
The Cellar and the Almond Tree
1970 · Movie
Doomwatch
1970 · Series
BBC Play of the Month
1965 · Series
The Wednesday Play
1964 · Series
Espionage
1963 · Series
As You Like It
1963 · Movie
The Cherry Orchard
1962 · Movie
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · Series