Patsy Byrne
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
Blackadder
Nursie
BBC Play of the Month
Sasha Platonov (née Triletski)
Tales of the Unexpected
Jean
All Creatures Great and Small
Mrs. Hammond
I, Claudius
Maid Marian and Her Merry Men
Marian's Mum
Heartbeat
Martha Coutts
Peak Practice
Mrs. Burns
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Cook
Inspector Morse
Mrs. Maltby
The Chronicles of Narnia
Giant Nanny
David Copperfield
Mrs. Gummidge
Watching
Marjorie Stoneway
A Dorothy L. Sayers Mystery
Mrs. Pettican
A Little Silver Trumpet
Mrs. Cleaver
Doomwatch
Mary Franklin
Les Misérables
Toussaint
The Old Curiosity Shop
Mrs. Nubbles
Hard Times
Old Woman
A Taste for Death
Millicent Gentle
Kevin & Perry Go Large
Old Lady
My Son, My Son
The Ruling Class
Mrs. Treadwell
Hanna's War
Rosie
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Silver Chair
Giant Nanny
The Treasure Seekers
Eliza
Stealing Heaven
Blackadder: Back & Forth
Nursie
Blackadder's Christmas Carol
Nursie / Bernard
Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga
Self
The Return of the Soldier
Mrs. Plummer
Britannia Hospital
Nurse
The Cherry Orchard
Dunyasha
The Gathering Storm
Cook
The Gingerbread House
Mrs. Nesbit
Platonov
Sasha
Mr. Love
Mrs Lunt
As You Like It
Audrey
The Higher Mortals
Matron
Hotel du Lac
Mrs. Dempster
The Class Of Miss MacMichael
Mrs. Green
Floating Off
Lady on train
The Cellar and the Almond Tree
Emily's Ghost
Mrs. Crabtree