Patsy Byrne

Patsy Byrne

1933-07-13 – 2014-06-17 (age 80) Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex, England, UK
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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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Les Misérables
Les Misérables

1998

as Toussaint

Kevin & Perry Go Large
Kevin & Perry Go Large

2000

as Old Lady

Hanna's War
Hanna's War

1988

as Rosie

The Ruling Class
The Ruling Class

1972

as Mrs. Treadwell

Blackadder: Back & Forth
Britannia Hospital
Britannia Hospital

1982

as Nurse

The Return of the Soldier
The Return of the Soldier

1983

as Mrs. Plummer

Mr. Love
Mr. Love

1986

as Mrs Lunt

The Alf Garnett Saga
The Alf Garnett Saga

1972

as Mrs. Frewin

The Treasure Seekers
Hotel du Lac
Hotel du Lac

1986

as Mrs. Dempster

The Cherry Orchard
The Cherry Orchard

1962

as Dunyasha

Blackadder's Christmas Carol
Blackadder's Christmas Carol

1988

as Nursie / Bernard

Stealing Heaven
Emily's Ghost
Emily's Ghost

1992

as Mrs. Crabtree

The Class Of Miss MacMichael
The Gathering Storm
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Platonov

1971

as Sasha