People
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... Read More
Movies:
Title | Release date |
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Kevin & Perry Go Large as Old Lady | 2000-04-20 |
Blackadder: Back & Forth as Nursie | 1999-03-29 |
Les Misérables as Toussaint | 1998-05-01 |
The Treasure Seekers as Eliza | 1996-12-25 |
The Gingerbread House as Mrs. Nesbit | 1996-01-01 |
The Higher Mortals as Matron | 1993-06-01 |
Emily's Ghost as Mrs. Crabtree | 1992-01-01 |
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Silver Chair as Giant Nanny | 1990-11-18 |
Blackadder's Christmas Carol as Nursie / Bernard | 1988-12-23 |
Stealing Heaven | 1988-05-20 |
Hanna's War as Rosie | 1988-04-14 |
Hotel du Lac as Mrs. Dempster | 1986-03-02 |
Mr. Love as Mrs Lunt | 1985-01-01 |
Floating Off as Lady on train | 1983-08-24 |
The Return of the Soldier as Mrs. Plummer | 1983-01-06 |
Britannia Hospital as Nurse | 1982-05-27 |
The Class Of Miss MacMichael as Mrs. Green | 1979-01-27 |
The Gathering Storm as Cook | 1974-11-29 |
The Ruling Class as Mrs. Treadwell | 1972-09-13 |
Platonov as Sasha | 1971-05-23 |
The Cellar and the Almond Tree | 1970-03-04 |
As You Like It as Audrey | 1963-03-21 |
The Cherry Orchard as Dunyasha | 1962-04-17 |