Patsy Byrne
Acting • Born 1933-07-13 – Died 2014-06-17
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
Filmography
48 credits
The Cherry Orchard
Movie • 1962
Dunyasha
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Silver Chair
Movie • 1990
Giant Nanny
Britannia Hospital
Movie • 1982
Nurse
Blackadder's Christmas Carol
Movie • 1988
Nursie / Bernard
The Gathering Storm
Movie • 1974
Cook
Platonov
Movie • 1971
Sasha
Blackadder: Back & Forth
Movie • 1999
Nursie
The Class Of Miss MacMichael
Movie • 1979
Mrs. Green
The Ruling Class
Movie • 1972
Mrs. Treadwell
The Cellar and the Almond Tree
Movie • 1970
Hotel du Lac
Movie • 1986
Mrs. Dempster
As You Like It
Movie • 1963
Audrey
Floating Off
Movie • 1983
Lady on train
Emily's Ghost
Movie • 1992
Mrs. Crabtree
The Gingerbread House
Movie • 1996
Mrs. Nesbit
Kevin & Perry Go Large
Movie • 2000
Old Lady
The Treasure Seekers
Movie • 1996
Eliza
Hanna's War
Movie • 1988
Rosie
The Return of the Soldier
Movie • 1983
Mrs. Plummer
The Higher Mortals
Movie • 1993
Matron
Les Misérables
Movie • 1998
Toussaint
Mr. Love
Movie • 1986
Mrs Lunt
Stealing Heaven
Movie • 1988
Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga
Movie • 2008
Self
The Alf Garnett Saga
Movie • 1972
Mrs. Frewin
Tales of the Unexpected
TV • 1979
Jean
Heartbeat
TV • 1992
Martha Coutts
Watching
TV • 1987
Marjorie Stoneway
Inspector Morse
TV • 1987
Mrs. Maltby
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV • 1951
Cook
My Son, My Son
TV • 1979
Peak Practice
TV • 1993
Mrs. Burns
Blackadder
TV • 1983
Nursie
Hard Times
TV • 1994
Old Woman
All Creatures Great and Small
TV • 1978
Mrs. Hammond
A Dorothy L. Sayers Mystery
TV • 1987
Mrs. Pettican
A Taste for Death
TV • 1988
Millicent Gentle
A Little Silver Trumpet
TV • 1980
Mrs. Cleaver
David Copperfield
TV • 1999
Mrs. Gummidge
Maid Marian and Her Merry Men
TV • 1989
Marian's Mum
The Chronicles of Narnia
TV • 1988
Giant Nanny
Doomwatch
TV • 1970
Mary Franklin
BBC Play of the Month
TV • 1965
Sasha Platonov (née Triletski)
In Sickness and in Health
TV • 1985
Mrs. Jones
The Old Curiosity Shop
TV • 1979
Mrs Nubbles
I, Claudius
TV • 1976
Martina
Hazell
TV • 1978
Mrs Dobson
Worlds Beyond
TV • 1986
Mrs Simmons