About

Known credits:
29
Birthday:
1933-07-13
Place of birth:
Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex, England, UK
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Patsy Byrne

Overview

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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Known for

Acting
2000 Kevin & Perry Go Large Actor Old Lady 56
Average
1999 David Copperfield Actor Mrs. Gummidge 70
Good
1999 Blackadder: Back & Forth Actor Nursie 61
Fair
1998 Les Misérables Actor Toussaint 66
Fair
1996 The Treasure Seekers Actor Eliza 58
Average
1996 The Gingerbread House Actor Mrs. Nesbit N/A
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1994 Hard Times Actor Old Woman N/A
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1993 The Higher Mortals Actor Matron N/A
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1992 Emily's Ghost Actor Mrs. Crabtree 59
Average
1990 The Chronicles of Narnia: The Silver Chair Actor Giant Nanny 59
Average
1988 Blackadder's Christmas Carol Actor Nursie / Bernard 59
Average
1988 Stealing Heaven Actor 59
Average
1988 Hanna's War Actor Rosie 59
Average
1987 Watching Actor Marjorie Stoneway 70
Good
1986 Hotel du Lac Actor Mrs. Dempster 58
Average
1985 Mr. Love Actor Mrs Lunt 58
Average
1983 Floating Off Actor Lady on train N/A
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1983 The Return of the Soldier Actor Mrs. Plummer 59
Average
1982 Britannia Hospital Actor Nurse 59
Average
1980 A Little Silver Trumpet Actor Mrs. Cleaver N/A
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1979 The Old Curiosity Shop Actor Mrs. Nubbles 69
Fair
1979 My Son, My Son Actor N/A
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1979 The Class Of Miss MacMichael Actor Mrs. Green 59
Average
1974 The Gathering Storm Actor Cook 58
Average
1972 The Ruling Class Actor Mrs. Treadwell 59
Average
1971 Platonov Actor Sasha N/A
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1970 The Cellar and the Almond Tree Actor N/A
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1963 As You Like It Actor Audrey N/A
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1962 The Cherry Orchard Actor Dunyasha 59
Average