Cast & creator
Patsy Byrne
Best known for The Wednesday Play, Peak Practice, Heartbeat
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
Also known as: Patricia Patsy Byrne, Patricia Byrne
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film credits
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television credits
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1951–2008 · acting roles
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Across film & television
Filmography (52)
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The Wednesday Play
Marenka
1964
Peak Practice
Mrs. Burns
1993
Heartbeat
Martha Coutts
1992
Screen Two
Mrs. Dempster
1985
Tales of the Unexpected
Jean
1979
BBC Play of the Month
Sasha Platonov (née Triletski)
1965
Inspector Morse
Mrs. Maltby
1987
All Creatures Great and Small
Mrs. Hammond
1978
Blackadder
Nursie
1983
Espionage
Maid
1963
The Chronicles of Narnia
Giant Nanny
1988
I, Claudius
Martina
1976
Doomwatch
Mary Franklin
1970
In Sickness and in Health
Mrs. Jones
1985
Watching
Marjorie Stoneway
1987
Hazell
Mrs Dobson
1978
David Copperfield
Mrs. Gummidge
1999
Maid Marian and Her Merry Men
Marian's Mum
1989
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Cook
1951
Worlds Beyond
Mrs Simmons
1986
Les Misérables
Toussaint
1998
A Taste for Death
Millicent Gentle
1988
The Old Curiosity Shop
Mrs Nubbles
1979
A Dorothy L. Sayers Mystery
Mrs. Pettican
1987
Kevin & Perry Go Large
Old Lady
2000
Hard Times
Old Woman
1994My Son, My Son
1979
Britannia Hospital
Nurse
1982
Mr. Love
Mrs Lunt
1986
Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga
Self
2008
The Ruling Class
Mrs. Treadwell
1972
Blackadder's Christmas Carol
Nursie / Bernard
1988
The Alf Garnett Saga
Mrs. Frewin
1972
Stealing Heaven
1988Miracles Take Longer
Betty Hackforth
1984
The Return of the Soldier
Mrs. Plummer
1983A Little Silver Trumpet
Mrs. Cleaver
1980
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Silver Chair
Giant Nanny
1990
The Class Of Miss MacMichael
Mrs. Green
1978
Blackadder: Back & Forth
Nursie
1999
Hanna's War
Rosie
1988
The Cellar and the Almond Tree
1970As You Like It
Audrey
1963
The Treasure Seekers
Eliza
1996
Emily's Ghost
Mrs. Crabtree
1992
The Gathering Storm
Cook
1974
Hotel du Lac
Mrs. Dempster
1986
The Higher Mortals
Matron
1993
The Cherry Orchard
Dunyasha
1962Platonov
Sasha
1971
Floating Off
Lady on train
1983
The Gingerbread House
Mrs. Nesbit
1996