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Patricia Patsy Byrne
Patricia Byrne
Patsy Byrne
Acting
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 worked at Chichester Festival Theatre.
Byrne starred alongside Tony Robinson in a Series 3 episode of…
Known For
Filmography
Movies
Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga
as Self
Kevin & Perry Go Large
as Old Lady
Blackadder: Back & Forth
as Nursie
Les Misérables
as Toussaint
The Treasure Seekers
as Eliza
The Gingerbread House
as Mrs. Nesbit
The Higher Mortals
as Matron
Emily's Ghost
as Mrs. Crabtree
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Silver Chair
as Giant Nanny
Blackadder's Christmas Carol
as Nursie / Bernard
TV Shows
David Copperfield
as Mrs. Gummidge · 2 ep.
Hard Times
as Old Woman · 4 ep.
Peak Practice
as Mrs. Burns · 1 ep.
Heartbeat
as Martha Coutts · 1 ep.
Maid Marian and Her Merry Men
as Marian's Mum · 1 ep.
The Chronicles of Narnia
as Giant Nanny · 2 ep.
A Taste for Death
as Millicent Gentle · 2 ep.
Inspector Morse
as Mrs. Maltby · 1 ep.
Watching
as Marjorie Stoneway · 50 ep.
A Dorothy L. Sayers Mystery
as Mrs. Pettican · 1 ep.