Person Details

Birthday: 1933-07-13 05:04:39

Death: 2014-06-17 05:04:39

Aliases: Patricia Patsy Byrne , Patricia Byrne

Gender: Female

Place of birth: Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex, England, UK

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Movie Involvements: 9

TV Involvements: 5


Most Famous Work

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 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

Most Famous Work

Tales of the Unexpected
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7
Heartbeat
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7

Heartbeat

(1992) Martha Coutts
Les Misérables
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7

Les Misérables

(1998) Toussaint
Peak Practice
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6

Peak Practice

(1993) Mrs. Burns
The Old Curiosity Shop
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6

The Old Curiosity Shop

(1979) Mrs. Nubbles
The Return of the Soldier
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6

The Return of the Soldier

(1983) Mrs. Plummer
Hallmark Hall of Fame
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9

Hallmark Hall of Fame

(1951) Cook
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Silver Chair
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6

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2000 Old Lady
1999 Nursie
1998 Toussaint
1996 Mrs. Nesbit
Eliza
1993 Matron
Mrs. Burns
1992 Martha Coutts
Mrs. Crabtree
1990 Giant Nanny
1988 Nursie / Bernard
Rosie
1987 Marjorie Stoneway
N/A
1985 Mrs Lunt
1983 Nursie
Mrs. Plummer
1982 Nurse
1979 Mrs. Nubbles
Jean
N/A
Mrs. Green
1978 Mrs. Hammond
1976 N/A
1974 Cook
1972 Mrs. Treadwell
1971 Sasha
1970 N/A
1963 Audrey
1951 Cook
Year Character Movie/Tv

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