Patsy Byrne
Known for: Acting
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
Filmography
Series
Heartbeat
Martha Coutts
1992
Series
Peak Practice
Mrs. Burns
1993
Series
BBC Play of the Month
Sasha Platonov (née Triletski)
1965
Series
Tales of the Unexpected
Jean
1979
Series
Inspector Morse
Mrs. Maltby
1987
Series
Screen Two
Mrs. Dempster
1985
Series
Blackadder
Nursie
1983
Series
The Wednesday Play
Marenka
1964
Series
All Creatures Great and Small
Mrs. Hammond
1978
Series
I, Claudius
Martina
1976
Series
The Chronicles of Narnia
Giant Nanny
1988
Series
Doomwatch
Mary Franklin
1970
Series
Espionage
Maid
1963
Series
David Copperfield
Mrs. Gummidge
1999
Film
Les Misérables
Toussaint
1998
Series
Watching
Marjorie Stoneway
1987
Series
In Sickness and in Health
Mrs. Jones
1985
Series
Hazell
Mrs Dobson
1978
Series
Worlds Beyond
Mrs Simmons
1986
Film
Mr. Love
Mrs Lunt
1986
Film
Kevin & Perry Go Large
Old Lady
2000
Series
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Cook
1951
Series
The Old Curiosity Shop
Mrs Nubbles
1979
Series
Maid Marian and Her Merry Men
Marian's Mum
1989
Film
Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga
Self
2008
Series
A Taste for Death
Millicent Gentle
1988
Series
A Dorothy L. Sayers Mystery
Mrs. Pettican
1987
Film
Blackadder: Back & Forth
Nursie
1999
Film
Stealing Heaven
1988
Film
Blackadder's Christmas Carol
Nursie / Bernard
1988
Film
Britannia Hospital
Nurse
1982
Film
The Return of the Soldier
Mrs. Plummer
1983
Film
The Ruling Class
Mrs. Treadwell
1972
Series
Hard Times
Old Woman
1994
Film
Hanna's War
Rosie
1988
My Son, My Son
1979
Film
Emily's Ghost
Mrs. Crabtree
1992
Film
The Class Of Miss MacMichael
Mrs. Green
1978
Film
The Alf Garnett Saga
Mrs. Frewin
1972
Film
The Gathering Storm
Cook
1974
A Little Silver Trumpet
Mrs. Cleaver
1980
Film
The Treasure Seekers
Eliza
1996
Film
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Silver Chair
Giant Nanny
1990
Film
The Cherry Orchard
Dunyasha
1962
Film
The Higher Mortals
Matron
1993
As You Like It
Audrey
1963
Film
The Cellar and the Almond Tree
1970
Film
Floating Off
Lady on train
1983
Film
Hotel du Lac
Mrs. Dempster
1986
Platonov
Sasha
1971
Film
The Gingerbread House
Mrs. Nesbit
1996