Patsy Byrne
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.
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Movies 26
Les Misérables
as Toussaint
1998
Kevin & Perry Go Large
as Old Lady
2000
Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga
as Self
2008
Britannia Hospital
as Nurse
1982
Blackadder's Christmas Carol
as Nursie / Bernard
1988
The Return of the Soldier
as Mrs. Plummer
1983
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Silver Chair
as Giant Nanny
1990
The Ruling Class
as Mrs. Treadwell
1972
Blackadder: Back & Forth
as Nursie
1999
Mr. Love
as Mrs Lunt
1986
The Class Of Miss MacMichael
as Mrs. Green
1978
The Alf Garnett Saga
as Mrs. Frewin
1972
Great Comedy Moments
as Nursie (archive footage)
2001
Hanna's War
as Rosie
1988
Stealing Heaven
1988
The Cherry Orchard
as Dunyasha
1962
The Treasure Seekers
as Eliza
1996
The Cellar and the Almond Tree
1970
Emily's Ghost
as Mrs. Crabtree
1992
Floating Off
as Lady on train
1983
Hotel du Lac
as Mrs. Dempster
1986
The Gathering Storm
as Cook
1974
Platonov
as Sasha
1971
As You Like It
as Audrey
1963
The Higher Mortals
as Matron
1993
The Gingerbread House
as Mrs. Nesbit
1996TV Shows 27
Heartbeat
as Martha Coutts
1992
BBC Play of the Month
as Sasha Platonov (née Triletski)
1965
The Wednesday Play
as Marenka
1964
Peak Practice
as Mrs. Burns
1993
Screen Two
as Mrs. Dempster
1985
Tales of the Unexpected
as Jean
1979
All Creatures Great and Small
as Mrs. Hammond
1978
Inspector Morse
as Mrs. Maltby
1987
Blackadder
as Nursie
1983
I, Claudius
as Martina
1976
The Chronicles of Narnia
as Giant Nanny
1988
In Sickness and in Health
as Mrs. Jones
1985
Watching
as Marjorie Stoneway
1987
Doomwatch
as Mary Franklin
1970
Espionage
as Maid
1963
Maid Marian and Her Merry Men
as Marian's Mum
1989
Hazell
as Mrs Dobson
1978
David Copperfield
as Mrs. Gummidge
1999
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Cook
1951
A Dorothy L. Sayers Mystery
as Mrs. Pettican
1987
The Old Curiosity Shop
as Mrs Nubbles
1979
Worlds Beyond
as Mrs Simmons
1986
A Taste for Death
as Millicent Gentle
1988
Miracles Take Longer
as Betty Hackforth
1984
Hard Times
as Old Woman
1994
My Son, My Son
1979
A Little Silver Trumpet
as Mrs. Cleaver
1980