Patsy Byrne

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. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Most Known For

Heartbeat

as Martha Coutts

Blackadder

as Nursie

BBC Play of the Month

as Sasha Platonov (née Triletski)

Inspector Morse

as Mrs. Maltby

Peak Practice

as Mrs. Burns

All Creatures Great and Small

as Mrs. Hammond

Tales of the Unexpected

as Jean

I, Claudius

as Martina

The Chronicles of Narnia

as Giant Nanny

Mr. Love

as Mrs Lunt

David Copperfield

as Mrs. Gummidge

Doomwatch

as Mary Franklin

In Sickness and in Health

as Mrs. Jones

Watching

as Marjorie Stoneway

Les Misérables

as Toussaint

Maid Marian and Her Merry Men

as Marian's Mum

Hazell

as Mrs Dobson

Kevin & Perry Go Large

as Old Lady

Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Cook

Hard Times

as Old Woman