Actor
Patsy Byrne
July 13, 1933 · Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex, England, UK
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.
Notable work
Often works with
Tony Robinson
4 titles together
Blackadder, Blackadder: Back & Forth, Blackadder's Christmas Carol
Rowan Atkinson
3 titles together
Blackadder, Blackadder: Back & Forth, Blackadder's Christmas Carol
Hugh Laurie
3 titles together
Blackadder, Blackadder: Back & Forth, Blackadder's Christmas Carol
Stephen Fry
3 titles together
Blackadder, Blackadder: Back & Forth, Blackadder's Christmas Carol
Miranda Richardson
3 titles together
Blackadder, Blackadder: Back & Forth, Blackadder's Christmas Carol
James Grout
3 titles together
Inspector Morse, The Ruling Class, All Creatures Great and Small
Full filmography · 50
David Copperfield
as Mrs. Gummidge
19997.1
Hard Times
as Old Woman
1994
Peak Practice
as Mrs. Burns
1993
Heartbeat
as Martha Coutts
19927.2
Maid Marian and Her Merry Men
as Marian's Mum
1989
The Chronicles of Narnia
as Giant Nanny
19887.5
A Taste for Death
as Millicent Gentle
1988
Watching
as Marjorie Stoneway
1987
A Dorothy L. Sayers Mystery
as Mrs. Pettican
1987
Inspector Morse
as Mrs. Maltby
19877.9
Worlds Beyond
as Mrs Simmons
1986
In Sickness and in Health
as Mrs. Jones
1985