- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- July 13, 1933
- Place of Birth
- Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex, England, UK
- Died
- June 17, 2014
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 …
Filmography
movieBlackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga
2008 · Self
movieKevin & Perry Go Large
2000 · Old Lady
tvDavid Copperfield
1999 · Mrs. Gummidge
movieBlackadder: Back & Forth
1999 · Nursie
movieLes Misérables
1998 · Toussaint
movieThe Treasure Seekers
1996 · Eliza
movieThe Gingerbread House
1996 · Mrs. Nesbit
tvHard Times
1994 · Old Woman
movieThe Higher Mortals
1993 · Matron
tvPeak Practice
1993 · Mrs. Burns
tvHeartbeat
1992 · Martha Coutts
movieEmily's Ghost
1992 · Mrs. Crabtree
movieThe Chronicles of Narnia: The Silver Chair
1990 · Giant Nanny
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
movieStealing Heaven
1988
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
movieBritannia Hospital
1982 · Nurse
A Little Silver Trumpet
tvA Little Silver Trumpet
1980 · Mrs. Cleaver
tvThe Old Curiosity Shop
1979 · Mrs Nubbles
tvTales of the Unexpected
1979 · Jean
My Son, My Son
tvMy Son, My Son
1979
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 Gathering Storm
1974 · Cook
movieThe Ruling Class
1972 · Mrs. Treadwell
movieThe Alf Garnett Saga
1972 · Mrs. Frewin
Platonov
moviePlatonov
1971 · Sasha
movieThe Cellar and the Almond Tree
1970
tvDoomwatch
1970 · Mary Franklin
tvBBC Play of the Month
1965 · Sasha Platonov (née Triletski)
tvThe Wednesday Play
1964 · Marenka
tvEspionage
1963 · Maid
As You Like It
movieAs You Like It
1963 · Audrey
movieThe Cherry Orchard
1962 · Dunyasha
tvHallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · Cook