Patsy Byrne
Birthday
1933/07/13
Day of death
2014/06/17 (80 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex, England, UK
Also know as
Patricia Patsy Byrne, Patricia Byrne
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 wo...Read more
Acting
(1962) The Cherry Orchard
as Dunyasha
(1990) The Chronicles of Narnia: The Silver Chair
as Giant Nanny
(1982) Britannia Hospital
as Nurse
(1988) Blackadder's Christmas Carol
as Nursie / Bernard
(1974) The Gathering Storm
as Cook
(1971) Platonov
as Sasha
(1999) Blackadder: Back & Forth
as Nursie
(1979) The Class Of Miss MacMichael
as Mrs. Green
(1972) The Ruling Class
as Mrs. Treadwell
(1970) The Cellar and the Almond Tree
as ---
(1986) Hotel du Lac
as Mrs. Dempster
(1963) As You Like It
as Audrey
(1983) Floating Off
as Lady on train
(1992) Emily's Ghost
as Mrs. Crabtree
(1996) The Gingerbread House
as Mrs. Nesbit
(2000) Kevin & Perry Go Large
as Old Lady
(1996) The Treasure Seekers
as Eliza
(1988) Hanna's War
as Rosie
(1983) The Return of the Soldier
as Mrs. Plummer
(1993) The Higher Mortals
as Matron
(1998) Les Misérables
as Toussaint
(1985) Mr. Love
as Mrs Lunt
(1988) Stealing Heaven
as ---
(1979) Tales of the Unexpected
as Jean
(1992) Heartbeat
as Martha Coutts
(1987) Watching
as Marjorie Stoneway
(1987) Inspector Morse
as Mrs. Maltby
(1976) I, Claudius
as ---
(1951) Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Cook
(1979) My Son, My Son
as ---
(1979) The Old Curiosity Shop
as Mrs. Nubbles
(1993) Peak Practice
as Mrs. Burns
(1983) Blackadder
as Nursie
(1994) Hard Times
as Old Woman
(1978) All Creatures Great and Small
as Mrs. Hammond
(1987) A Dorothy L. Sayers Mystery
as Mrs. Pettican
(1988) A Taste for Death
as Millicent Gentle
(1983) Blackadder
as Nursie / Bernard
(1980) A Little Silver Trumpet
as Mrs. Cleaver
(1999) David Copperfield
as Mrs. Gummidge