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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Nursie

Tales of the Unexpected

Jean

Maid Marian and Her Merry Men

Marian's Mum

All Creatures Great and Small

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The Chronicles of Narnia

Giant Nanny

Peak Practice

Mrs. Burns

I, Claudius

Hallmark Hall of Fame

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Heartbeat

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David Copperfield

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Watching

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A Dorothy L. Sayers Mystery

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Old Woman

Kevin & Perry Go Large

Old Lady

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Mrs. Treadwell

A Taste for Death

Millicent Gentle

The Return of the Soldier

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Hanna's War

Rosie

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The Chronicles of Narnia: The Silver Chair

Giant Nanny

Blackadder's Christmas Carol

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Blackadder: Back & Forth

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My Son, My Son

The Treasure Seekers

Eliza

Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga

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Stealing Heaven

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Mrs Lunt

The Class Of Miss MacMichael

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The Cherry Orchard

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The Gathering Storm