Acting credits
44
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Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Patsy Byrne
Acting
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Movies: 23Series: 21
TMDB ID: 201488
IMDb ID: nm0126268
Known for: Acting
Born: July 13, 1933
Died: June 17, 2014
Age: 80
Place of birth: Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex, England, UK
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1951 - 2008
Years active: 58
Average TMDB rating: 7.03
Wikidata: Q7148227
Also known as
Patricia Patsy Byrne • Patricia Byrne
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
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Patsy Byrne.
7.8
Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga
as Self
2008 Movie
5.0
Kevin & Perry Go Large
as Old Lady
2000 Movie
7.0
Blackadder: Back & Forth
as Nursie
1999 Movie
7.2
Les Misérables
as Toussaint
1998 Movie
5.3
The Treasure Seekers
as Eliza
1996 Movie
The Gingerbread House
as Mrs. Nesbit
1996 Movie
The Higher Mortals
as Matron
1993 Movie
4.0
Emily's Ghost
as Mrs. Crabtree
1992 Movie
6.4
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Silver Chair
as Giant Nanny
1990 Movie
7.6
Blackadder's Christmas Carol
as Nursie / Bernard
1988 Movie
6.1
Stealing Heaven
1988 Movie
4.7
Hanna's War
as Rosie
1988 Movie
3.0
Hotel du Lac
as Mrs. Dempster
1986 Movie
4.4
Mr. Love
as Mrs Lunt
1986 Movie
Floating Off
as Lady on train
1983 Movie
6.2
The Return of the Soldier
as Mrs. Plummer
1983 Movie
6.2
Britannia Hospital
as Nurse
1982 Movie
4.8
The Class Of Miss MacMichael
as Mrs. Green
1979 Movie
7.0
The Gathering Storm
as Cook
1974 Movie
6.4
The Ruling Class
as Mrs. Treadwell
1972 Movie
4.5
The Alf Garnett Saga
as Mrs. Frewin
1972 Movie
The Cellar and the Almond Tree
1970 Movie
8.0
The Cherry Orchard
as Dunyasha
1962 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Patsy Byrne.
7.1
David Copperfield
as Mrs. Gummidge • 2 eps
1999 Series
Hard Times
as Old Woman • 4 eps
1994 Series
6.1
Peak Practice
as Mrs. Burns • 1 eps
1993 Series
7.1
Heartbeat
as Martha Coutts • 1 eps
1992 Series
5.8
Maid Marian and Her Merry Men
as Marian's Mum • 1 eps
1989 Series
7.5
The Chronicles of Narnia
as Giant Nanny • 2 eps
1988 Series
4.8
A Taste for Death
as Millicent Gentle • 2 eps
1988 Series
8.0
Watching
as Marjorie Stoneway • 50 eps
1987 Series
7.2
A Dorothy L. Sayers Mystery
as Mrs. Pettican • 1 eps
1987 Series
7.9
Inspector Morse
as Mrs. Maltby • 1 eps
1987 Series
5.2
Worlds Beyond
as Mrs Simmons • 1 eps
1986 Series
7.8
In Sickness and in Health
as Mrs. Jones • 1 eps
1985 Series
8.0
Blackadder
as Nursie • 6 eps
1983 Series
6.0
The Old Curiosity Shop
as Mrs Nubbles • 4 eps
1979 Series
6.7
Tales of the Unexpected
as Jean • 1 eps
1979 Series
4.8
Hazell
as Mrs Dobson • 1 eps
1978 Series
7.8
All Creatures Great and Small
as Mrs. Hammond • 1 eps
1978 Series
7.8
I, Claudius
as Martina • 1 eps
1976 Series
6.0
Doomwatch
as Mary Franklin • 1 eps
1970 Series
5.0
BBC Play of the Month
as Sasha Platonov (née Triletski) • 1 eps
1965 Series
8.6
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Cook • 1 eps
1951 Series