Patsy Byrne

Known for ActingBorn 1933-07-13Died 2014-06-17Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex, England, UK

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 encyclopediaRead more

Movies & web series

Espionage

The Gingerbread House

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Watching

In Sickness and in Health

The Higher Mortals

Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga

Blackadder

A Little Silver Trumpet

Inspector Morse

The Gathering Storm

Platonov

The Cherry Orchard

All Creatures Great and Small

I, Claudius

The Chronicles of Narnia

The Old Curiosity Shop

Blackadder's Christmas Carol

Les Misérables

David Copperfield

A Dorothy L. Sayers Mystery

Heartbeat

Blackadder: Back & Forth

Screen Two

Miracles Take Longer

As You Like It

Tales of the Unexpected

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Silver Chair

Peak Practice

Maid Marian and Her Merry Men

The Return of the Soldier

The Ruling Class

Doomwatch

Stealing Heaven

Britannia Hospital

Emily's Ghost

Worlds Beyond

The Treasure Seekers

A Taste for Death

Hanna's War

Kevin & Perry Go Large

The Class Of Miss MacMichael

Hazell

BBC Play of the Month

The Wednesday Play

My Son, My Son

The Alf Garnett Saga

Mr. Love