Patsy Byrne
Acting
Born July 13, 1933 · 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…
Known For · 40 titles
Heartbeat
Peak Practice
BBC Play of the Month
Screen Two
Tales of the Unexpected
The Wednesday Play
Inspector Morse
Blackadder
All Creatures Great and Small
I, Claudius
Doomwatch
Espionage
The Chronicles of Narnia
Watching
In Sickness and in Health
Worlds Beyond
David Copperfield
Hazell
Les Misérables
A Taste for Death
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Maid Marian and Her Merry Men
Blackadder's Christmas Carol
A Dorothy L. Sayers Mystery
Blackadder: Back & Forth
The Old Curiosity Shop
Hard Times
Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga
Kevin & Perry Go Large
The Return of the Soldier
Britannia Hospital
My Son, My Son
Mr. Love
The Ruling Class
The Class Of Miss MacMichael
Emily's Ghost
Hanna's War
The Alf Garnett Saga
Stealing Heaven
The Treasure Seekers