Acting
Patsy Byrne
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jul 13, 1933
- Died
- Jun 17, 2014
- Place of birth
- Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex, England, UK
- Also known as
- Patricia Patsy Byrne, Patricia Byrne
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 encyclopediaRead more
Acting credits
Heartbeat
Martha Coutts
The Wednesday Play
Marenka
Peak Practice
Mrs. Burns
BBC Play of the Month
Sasha Platonov (née Triletski)
Screen Two
Mrs. Dempster
Tales of the Unexpected
Jean
All Creatures Great and Small
Mrs. Hammond
Inspector Morse
Mrs. Maltby
Blackadder
Nursie
The Chronicles of Narnia
Giant Nanny
I, Claudius
Martina
In Sickness and in Health
Mrs. Jones
Doomwatch
Mary Franklin
Watching
Marjorie Stoneway
Espionage
Maid
Hazell
Mrs Dobson
Maid Marian and Her Merry Men
Marian's Mum
David Copperfield
Mrs. Gummidge
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Cook
A Dorothy L. Sayers Mystery
Mrs. Pettican
The Old Curiosity Shop
Mrs Nubbles
A Taste for Death
Millicent Gentle
Worlds Beyond
Mrs Simmons
Miracles Take Longer
Betty Hackforth
Hard Times
Old Woman
My Son, My Son
A Little Silver Trumpet
Mrs. Cleaver