Patsy Byrne

Born: 1933-07-13

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


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Les Misérables

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Kevin & Perry Go Large

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Released: 2000-04-20

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The Return of the Soldier

as Mrs. Plummer
Released: 1983-01-06

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Britannia Hospital

as Nurse
Released: 1982-05-27

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The Ruling Class

as Mrs. Treadwell
Released: 1972-09-13

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Blackadder: Back & Forth

as Nursie
Released: 1999-03-29

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Blackadder's Christmas Carol

as Nursie / Bernard
Released: 1988-12-23

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Hanna's War

as Rosie
Released: 1988-04-14

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The Chronicles of Narnia: The Silver Chair

as Giant Nanny
Released: 1990-11-18

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The Cellar and the Almond Tree

as uncredited
Released: 1970-03-04

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The Gathering Storm

as Cook
Released: 1974-11-29

Winston Churchill's life in the years leading up to World War II.

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The Cherry Orchard

as Dunyasha
Released: 1962-04-17

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Emily's Ghost

as Mrs. Crabtree
Released: 1992-01-01

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The Treasure Seekers

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Released: 1996-12-25

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Floating Off

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Released: 1983-08-24

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Hotel du Lac

as Mrs. Dempster
Released: 1986-03-02

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Mr. Love

as Mrs Lunt
Released: 1985-01-01

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The Class Of Miss MacMichael

as Mrs. Green
Released: 1979-01-27

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The Higher Mortals

as Matron
Released: 1993-06-01

This movie deals with the problems suffered by many smaller girls' boarding schools during the...

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Inspector Morse

as Mrs. Maltby
First aired: 1987-01-06

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Peak Practice

as Mrs. Burns
First aired: 1993-05-10

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Tales of the Unexpected

as Jean
First aired: 1979-03-24

A British television anthology of stories, often with sinister and wryly comedic undertones, and...

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Heartbeat

as Martha Coutts
First aired: 1992-04-10

Set during the 1960s in the fictional North Yorkshire village of Aidensfield, this enduringly...

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Blackadder

as Nursie
First aired: 1983-06-15

Black Adder traces the deeply cynical and self-serving lineage of various Edmund Blackadders...

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Blackadder

as Nursie / Bernard
First aired: 1983-06-15

Black Adder traces the deeply cynical and self-serving lineage of various Edmund Blackadders...

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All Creatures Great and Small

as Mrs. Hammond
First aired: 1978-01-08

All Creatures Great and Small is a British television series, based on the books of the British...

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I, Claudius

as uncredited
First aired: 1976-09-20

Acclaimed blackly comic historical drama series. Set amidst a web of power, corruption and lies,...

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Watching

as Marjorie Stoneway
First aired: 1987-07-05

A British television sitcom set on Merseyside that revolves around the relationship between...

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Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Cook
First aired: 1951-12-24

Hallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark...

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Hard Times

as Old Woman
First aired: 1994-04-29

Charles Dickens' bleak, passionate novel about the challenges of life in 19th-century London...

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The Old Curiosity Shop

as Mrs. Nubbles
First aired: 1979-12-09

The Old Curiosity Shop is a 1979 BBC miniseries based on the novel by Charles Dickens. It was...

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A Dorothy L. Sayers Mystery

as Mrs. Pettican
First aired: 1987-03-25

Three elegant murder mysteries adapted from the crime novels of Dorothy L. Sayers. Set in the...

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