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Patsy Byrne

Acting Born Jul 13, 1933 Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex, England, UK 24 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 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.

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Known for

Heartbeat

as Martha Coutts
Film

Sansho the Bailiff

as Sasha Platonov (née Triletski)

Blackadder

as Nursie
Film

The Nightmare Before Christmas

as Mrs Dobson
Film

Rosemary's Baby

as Marian's Mum

Full filmography

  • Heartbeat (1992) as Martha Coutts
  • Peak Practice (1993) as Mrs. Burns
  • Tales of the Unexpected (1979) as Jean
  • BBC Play of the Month (1965) as Sasha Platonov (née Triletski)
  • Screen Two (1985) as Mrs. Dempster
  • Blackadder (1983) as Nursie
  • Inspector Morse (1987) as Mrs. Maltby
  • All Creatures Great and Small (1978) as Mrs. Hammond
  • The Wednesday Play (1964) as Marenka
  • I, Claudius (1976) as Martina
  • David Copperfield (1999) as Mrs. Gummidge
  • Doomwatch (1970) as Mary Franklin
  • The Chronicles of Narnia (1988) as Giant Nanny
  • Espionage (1963) as Maid
  • In Sickness and in Health (1985) as Mrs. Jones
  • Hazell (1978) as Mrs Dobson
  • Watching (1987) as Marjorie Stoneway
  • Les Misérables (1998) as Toussaint
  • Worlds Beyond (1986) as Mrs Simmons
  • Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951) as Cook
  • Maid Marian and Her Merry Men (1989) as Marian's Mum
  • The Old Curiosity Shop (1979) as Mrs Nubbles
  • A Taste for Death (1988) as Millicent Gentle
  • Hard Times (1994) as Old Woman