About
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...
Known for
HeartbeatSeries • 1992
The Wednesday PlaySeries • 1964
Peak PracticeSeries • 1993
BBC Play of the MonthSeries • 1965
Screen TwoSeries • 1985
Tales of the UnexpectedSeries • 1979
Inspector MorseSeries • 1987
BlackadderSeries • 1983
All Creatures Great and SmallSeries • 1978
The Chronicles of NarniaSeries • 1988
DoomwatchSeries • 1970
I, ClaudiusSeries • 1976
WatchingSeries • 1987
EspionageSeries • 1963
In Sickness and in HealthSeries • 1985
David CopperfieldSeries • 1999
Les MisérablesMovie • 1998
Kevin & Perry Go LargeMovie • 2000
Britannia HospitalMovie • 1982
Blackadder: Back & ForthMovie • 1999
Blackadder's Christmas CarolMovie • 1988
The Return of the SoldierMovie • 1983
The Ruling ClassMovie • 1972