Patsy Byrne
Acting
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
Known for
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movieKevin & Perry Go Large
2000
Old Lady
tvDavid Copperfield
1999
Mrs. Gummidge
movieLes Misérables
1998
Toussaint
movieThe Gingerbread House
1996
Mrs. Nesbit
tvHard Times
1994
Old Woman
tvPeak Practice
1993
Mrs. Burns
tvHeartbeat
1992
Martha Coutts
movieEmily's Ghost
1992
Mrs. Crabtree
tvMaid Marian and Her Merry Men
1989
Marian's Mum
movieBlackadder's Christmas Carol
1988
Nursie / Bernard
tvThe Chronicles of Narnia
1988
Giant Nanny
tvA Taste for Death
1988
Millicent Gentle
movieHanna's War
1988
Rosie
tvWatching
1987
Marjorie Stoneway
tvA Dorothy L. Sayers Mystery
1987
Mrs. Pettican
tvInspector Morse
1987
Mrs. Maltby
tvWorlds Beyond
1986
Mrs Simmons
movieHotel du Lac
1986
Mrs. Dempster
movieMr. Love
1986
Mrs Lunt
tvIn Sickness and in Health
1985
Mrs. Jones
tvScreen Two
1985
Mrs. Dempster
movieFloating Off
1983
Lady on train
tvBlackadder
1983
Nursie
movieThe Return of the Soldier
1983
Mrs. Plummer
tvThe Old Curiosity Shop
1979
Mrs Nubbles
movieThe Class Of Miss MacMichael
1978
Mrs. Green
tvHazell
1978
Mrs Dobson
tvAll Creatures Great and Small
1978
Mrs. Hammond
tvI, Claudius
1976
Martina
movieThe Ruling Class
1972
Mrs. Treadwell
movieThe Alf Garnett Saga
1972
Mrs. Frewin
tvDoomwatch
1970
Mary Franklin
tvBBC Play of the Month
1965
Sasha Platonov (née Triletski)
tvThe Wednesday Play
1964
Marenka
tvEspionage
1963
Maid
movieThe Cherry Orchard
1962
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