Patsy Byrne
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Acting Credits
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...
Known For
Filmography
Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga
2008
as Self
Kevin & Perry Go Large
2000
as Old Lady
Blackadder: Back & Forth
1999
as Nursie
David Copperfield
1999
as Mrs. Gummidge
Les Misérables
1998
as Toussaint
The Gingerbread House
1996
as Mrs. Nesbit
The Treasure Seekers
1996
as Eliza
Hard Times
1994
as Old Woman
The Higher Mortals
1993
as Matron
Peak Practice
1993
as Mrs. Burns
Emily's Ghost
1992
as Mrs. Crabtree
Heartbeat
1992
as Martha Coutts
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Silver Chair
1990
as Giant Nanny
Maid Marian and Her Merry Men
1989
as Marian's Mum
Blackadder's Christmas Carol
1988
as Nursie / Bernard
Hanna's War
1988
as Rosie
Stealing Heaven
1988
A Taste for Death
1988
as Millicent Gentle
The Chronicles of Narnia
1988
as Giant Nanny
Watching
1987
as Marjorie Stoneway
Inspector Morse
1987
as Mrs. Maltby
A Dorothy L. Sayers Mystery
1987
as Mrs. Pettican
Hotel du Lac
1986
as Mrs. Dempster
Mr. Love
1986
as Mrs Lunt
Worlds Beyond
1986
as Mrs Simmons
In Sickness and in Health
1985
as Mrs. Jones
Screen Two
1985
as Mrs. Dempster
Miracles Take Longer
1984
as Betty Hackforth
Floating Off
1983
as Lady on train
The Return of the Soldier
1983
as Mrs. Plummer
Blackadder
1983
as Nursie
Britannia Hospital
1982
as Nurse
A Little Silver Trumpet
1980
as Mrs. Cleaver
Tales of the Unexpected
1979
as Jean
My Son, My Son
1979
The Old Curiosity Shop
1979
as Mrs Nubbles
The Class Of Miss MacMichael
1978
as Mrs. Green
All Creatures Great and Small
1978
as Mrs. Hammond
Hazell
1978
as Mrs Dobson
I, Claudius
1976
as Martina
The Gathering Storm
1974
as Cook
The Ruling Class
1972
as Mrs. Treadwell
The Alf Garnett Saga
1972
as Mrs. Frewin
Platonov
1971
as Sasha
The Cellar and the Almond Tree
1970
Doomwatch
1970
as Mary Franklin
BBC Play of the Month
1965
as Sasha Platonov (née Triletski)
The Wednesday Play
1964
as Marenka
As You Like It
1963
as Audrey
Espionage
1963
as Maid
The Cherry Orchard
1962
as Dunyasha
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Cook