Patsy Byrne
Born July 13, 1933 (Age: 92)
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Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex, England, UK
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
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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Filmography
Kevin & Perry Go Large
2000
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as Old Lady
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Age: 66
Les Misérables
1998
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as Toussaint
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Age: 64
The Treasure Seekers
1996
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as Eliza
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Age: 63
The Gingerbread House
1996
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as Mrs. Nesbit
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Age: 62
The Higher Mortals
1993
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as Matron
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Age: 59
Emily's Ghost
1992
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as Mrs. Crabtree
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Age: 58
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Silver Chair
1990
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as Giant Nanny
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Age: 57
Blackadder's Christmas Carol
1988
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as Nursie / Bernard
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Age: 55
Stealing Heaven
1988
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as
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Age: 54
Hanna's War
1988
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as Rosie
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Age: 54
Floating Off
1983
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as Lady on train
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Age: 50
Britannia Hospital
1982
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as Nurse
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Age: 48
The Gathering Storm
1974
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as Cook
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Age: 41
The Alf Garnett Saga
1972
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as Mrs. Frewin
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Age: 38
No Image
As You Like It
1963
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as Audrey
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Age: 29
The Cherry Orchard
1962
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as Dunyasha
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Age: 28