Biography
Patsy Byrne
Acting
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 t…
Career works
51
Movies
25
Series
26
Career average
6.8/10
Birth date
07/13/1933
Place of birth
Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex, England, UK
Date of death
06/17/2014
Filmography highlights
Movies
Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga
2008 · 7.8
Kevin & Perry Go Large
2000 · 5.0
Blackadder: Back & Forth
1999 · 7.0
Les Misérables
1998 · 7.2
The Treasure Seekers
1996 · 5.6
The Gingerbread House
1996 · 9.0
The Higher Mortals
1993 · 8.0
Emily's Ghost
1992 · 6.0
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Silver Chair
1990 · 6.5
Blackadder's Christmas Carol
1988 · 7.5
Stealing Heaven
1988 · 6.2
Hanna's War
1988 · 5.3
Hotel du Lac
1986 · 4.3
Mr. Love
1986 · 4.8
Floating Off
1983
Series
David Copperfield
1999 · 7.1
Hard Times
1994
Peak Practice
1993 · 6.5
Heartbeat
1992 · 7.2
Maid Marian and Her Merry Men
1989 · 6.0
The Chronicles of Narnia
1988 · 7.5
A Taste for Death
1988 · 5.6
Watching
1987 · 8.3
A Dorothy L. Sayers Mystery
1987 · 7.2
Inspector Morse
1987 · 7.9
Worlds Beyond
1986 · 5.8
In Sickness and in Health
1985 · 8.1
Screen Two
1985 · 7.1
Blackadder
1983 · 8.0
The Old Curiosity Shop
1979 · 7.5