Acting
Patsy 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 encyclopedia
Filmography
Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga
Film · 2008
Kevin & Perry Go Large
Film · 2000
Blackadder: Back & Forth
Film · 1999
David Copperfield
Series · 1999
Les Misérables
Film · 1998
The Gingerbread House
Film · 1996
The Treasure Seekers
Film · 1996
Hard Times
Series · 1994
The Higher Mortals
Film · 1993
Peak Practice
Series · 1993
Emily's Ghost
Film · 1992
Heartbeat
Series · 1992
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Silver Chair
Film · 1990
Maid Marian and Her Merry Men
Series · 1989
Blackadder's Christmas Carol
Film · 1988
Hanna's War
Film · 1988
Stealing Heaven
Film · 1988
A Taste for Death
Series · 1988
The Chronicles of Narnia
Series · 1988
Watching
Series · 1987
Inspector Morse
Series · 1987
A Dorothy L. Sayers Mystery
Series · 1987
Hotel du Lac
Film · 1986
Mr. Love
Film · 1986
Worlds Beyond
Series · 1986
In Sickness and in Health
Series · 1985
Screen Two
Series · 1985
Miracles Take Longer
Series · 1984
Floating Off
Film · 1983
The Return of the Soldier
Film · 1983
Blackadder
Series · 1983
Britannia Hospital
Film · 1982
A Little Silver Trumpet
Series · 1980
Tales of the Unexpected
Series · 1979
My Son, My Son
Series · 1979
The Old Curiosity Shop
Series · 1979
The Class Of Miss MacMichael
Film · 1978
All Creatures Great and Small
Series · 1978
Hazell
Series · 1978
I, Claudius
Series · 1976
The Gathering Storm
Film · 1974
The Ruling Class
Film · 1972
The Alf Garnett Saga
Film · 1972
Platonov
Film · 1971
The Cellar and the Almond Tree
Film · 1970
Doomwatch
Series · 1970
BBC Play of the Month
Series · 1965
The Wednesday Play
Series · 1964
As You Like It
Film · 1963
Espionage
Series · 1963
The Cherry Orchard
Film · 1962
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Series · 1951