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Patsy Byrne
Actor
Died June 17, 2014 (80 years)
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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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
| 2008 | Blackadder Rides Again · as Nursie |
| 2000 | Kevin & Perry Go Large · as Old Lady |
| 1999 | David Copperfield (1999) (TV Series) · as Mrs. Gummidge |
| 1999 | Blackadder Back & Forth · as Nursie |
| 1999 | Holby City (TV Series) · as Esme Taylor |
| 1998 | Les Misérables · as Toussaint |
| 1997 | The Gingerbread House · as Mrs. Nesbit |
| 1996 | The Treasure Seekers · as Eliza |
| 1995 | |
| 1994 | Hard Times (1994) (TV Series) · as Old Woman |
| 1993 | Peak Practice (TV Series) · as Mrs. Burns |
| 1992 | |
| 1992 | Emily's Ghost · as Mrs. Crabtree |
| 1991 | 2 Point 4 Children (TV Series) · as Peggy |
| 1990 | The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries (TV Series) · as Mrs. Mitchell |
| 1990 | The Chronicles of Narnia: The Silver Chair · as Giant Nanny |
| 1990 | The Silver Chair (TV Series) · as Giant Nanny |
| 1989 | Maid Marian and Her Merry Men (TV Series) · as Marian's Mum |
| 1988 | Blackadder's Christmas Carol · as Nursie / Bernard |
| 1988 | Playdays (TV Series) · as Betty The Tea Lady |
| 1988 | A Taste for Death (TV Series) · as Millicent Gentle |
| 1988 | Hanna's War · as Rosie |
| 1988 | |
| 1987 | The Ruth Rendell Mysteries (TV Series) · as Daisy Panick |
| 1987 | Watching (TV Series) · as Marjorie Stoneway |
| 1987 | A Dorothy L. Sayers Mystery (TV Series) · as Mrs. Pettican |
| 1987 | Inspector Morse (TV Series) · as Mrs. Maltby |
| 1986 | Worlds Beyond (TV Series) · as Mrs. Simmons |
| 1986 | Casualty (TV Series) · as Grace Kent |
| 1986 | Hotel du Lac · as Mrs. Dempster |
| 1986 | Mr. Love · as Mrs Lunt |
| 1985 | Screen One (TV Series) · as Sarah Stone |
| 1985 | In Sickness and In Health (TV Series) · as Mrs. Jones |
| 1985 | Bleak House (TV Series) · as Mrs. Blinder |
| 1984 | Screen Two (TV Series) · as Mrs. Dempster |
| 1982 | Blackadder (TV Series) · as Nursie |
| 1982 | Marmalade Atkins (TV Series) · as Mp's Nanny |
| 1982 | The Return of the Soldier · as Mrs. Plummer |
| 1982 | Britannia Hospital · as Nurse |
| 1980 | A Little Silver Trumpet (TV Series) · as Mrs. Cleaver |
| 1979 | The Old Curiosity Shop (TV Series) · as Mrs. Nubbles |
| 1979 | Tales of the Unexpected (TV Series) · as Jean |
| 1978 | The Class of Miss MacMichael · as Mrs. Green |
| 1978 | The Devil's Crown (TV Series) · as Florence |
| 1978 | Hazell (TV Series) · as Mrs. Dobson |
| 1978 | All Creatures Great and Small (TV Series) · as Mrs. Hammond |
| 1977 | Just William (TV Series) · as Mrs. Croombe |
| 1976 | Romeo and Juliet · as Nurse |
| 1976 | I, Claudius (TV Series) |
| 1974 | The Gathering Storm · as Cook |
| 1972 | The Alf Garnett Saga · as Mrs. Frewin |
| 1972 | The Ruling Class · as Mrs. Treadwell |
| 1970 | Doomwatch (TV Series) · as Mary Franklin |
| 1965 | Play of the Month (TV Series) · as Sasha, Platonov's Wife |
| 1964 | The Wednesday Play (TV Series) · as Marenka |
| 1963 | Espionage (TV Series) · as Maid |
| 1963 | First Night (TV Series) · as Linda |
| 1963 | As You Like It · as Audrey |
| 1962 | The Cherry Orchard · as Dunyasha |
| 1962 | Z Cars (TV Series) · as Bessie Laidlaw |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall Of Fame (TV Series) · as Cook |
| 1950 | Sunday Night Theatre (TV Series) · as Susan Barwell |