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.
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Fotos
Películas (26)
Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga
2008 · Self
Great Comedy Moments
2001 · Nursie (archive footage)
Kevin & Perry Go Large
2000 · Old Lady
Blackadder: Back & Forth
1999 · Nursie
Les Misérables
1998 · Toussaint
The Treasure Seekers
1996 · Eliza
The Gingerbread House
1996 · Mrs. Nesbit
The Higher Mortals
1993 · Matron
Emily's Ghost
1992 · Mrs. Crabtree
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Silver Chair
1990 · Giant Nanny
Blackadder's Christmas Carol
1988 · Nursie / Bernard
Stealing Heaven
1988
Hanna's War
1988 · Rosie
Hotel du Lac
1986 · Mrs. Dempster
Mr. Love
1986 · Mrs Lunt
Floating Off
1983 · Lady on train
The Return of the Soldier
1983 · Mrs. Plummer
Britannia Hospital
1982 · Nurse
The Class Of Miss MacMichael
1978 · Mrs. Green
The Gathering Storm
1974 · Cook
The Ruling Class
1972 · Mrs. Treadwell
The Alf Garnett Saga
1972 · Mrs. Frewin
Platonov
1971 · Sasha
The Cellar and the Almond Tree
1970
As You Like It
1963 · Audrey
The Cherry Orchard
1962 · Dunyasha
Series (27)
David Copperfield
1999 · Mrs. Gummidge
Hard Times
1994 · Old Woman
Peak Practice
1993 · Mrs. Burns
Heartbeat
1992 · Martha Coutts
Maid Marian and Her Merry Men
1989 · Marian's Mum
The Chronicles of Narnia
1988 · Giant Nanny
A Taste for Death
1988 · Millicent Gentle
Watching
1987 · Marjorie Stoneway
A Dorothy L. Sayers Mystery
1987 · Mrs. Pettican
Inspector Morse
1987 · Mrs. Maltby
Worlds Beyond
1986 · Mrs Simmons
In Sickness and in Health
1985 · Mrs. Jones
Screen Two
1985 · Mrs. Dempster
Miracles Take Longer
1984 · Betty Hackforth
Blackadder
1983 · Nursie
A Little Silver Trumpet
1980 · Mrs. Cleaver
The Old Curiosity Shop
1979 · Mrs Nubbles
Tales of the Unexpected
1979 · Jean
My Son, My Son
1979
Hazell
1978 · Mrs Dobson
All Creatures Great and Small
1978 · Mrs. Hammond
I, Claudius
1976 · Martina
Doomwatch
1970 · Mary Franklin
BBC Play of the Month
1965 · Sasha Platonov (née Triletski)
The Wednesday Play
1964 · Marenka
Espionage
1963 · Maid
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · Cook