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