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 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
ActingBirthday
July 13, 1933Deathday
June 17, 2014Gender
FemaleKnown Movie Credits
22Place of birth
Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex, England, UKAlso known as
Patricia Patsy Byrne, Patricia ByrneCast credits
The Cherry Orchard
DunyashaThe Chronicles of Narnia: The Silver Chair
Giant NannyBritannia Hospital
NurseBlackadder's Christmas Carol
Nursie / BernardThe Gathering Storm
CookBlackadder: Back & Forth
NursieThe Class Of Miss MacMichael
Mrs. GreenThe Ruling Class
Mrs. TreadwellThe Cellar and the Almond Tree
Hotel du Lac
Mrs. DempsterFloating Off
Lady on trainEmily's Ghost
Mrs. CrabtreeKevin & Perry Go Large
Old LadyThe Treasure Seekers
ElizaHanna's War
RosieThe Return of the Soldier
Mrs. PlummerThe Higher Mortals
MatronLes Misérables
Toussaint