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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Filmography
all 33
Movies 20
TV Shows 13
Kevin & Perry Go Large (2000)
Blackadder: Back & Forth (1999)
Les Misérables (1998)
The Treasure Seekers (1996)
The Gingerbread House (1996)
Hard Times (1994)
The Higher Mortals (1993)
Peak Practice (1993)
Heartbeat (1992)
Emily's Ghost (1992)
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Silver Chair (1990)
Blackadder's Christmas Carol (1988)
Hanna's War (1988)
Watching (1987)
A Dorothy L. Sayers Mystery (1987)
Inspector Morse (1987)
Mr. Love (1985)
Blackadder (1983)
The Return of the Soldier (1983)
Britannia Hospital (1982)
The Old Curiosity Shop (1979)
Tales of the Unexpected (1979)
My Son, My Son (1979)
The Class Of Miss MacMichael (1979)
All Creatures Great and Small (1978)
I, Claudius (1976)
The Gathering Storm (1974)
The Ruling Class (1972)
Platonov (1971)
The Cellar and the Almond Tree (1970)
As You Like It (1963)
The Cherry Orchard (1962)
Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951)
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Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1933-07-13
Deathday2014-06-17 (80 years old)
Birth PlaceAshford, Kent, United Kingdom
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom
Also Known AsPatricia Patsy Byrne, Patricia Byrne
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