Patsy Byrne

Patsy Byrne

Birthday: 1933-07-13

Deathday: 2014-06-17

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

Also known as: Patricia Patsy Byrne, Patricia Byrne

imdb_id: nm0126268

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

Played in movies:

Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga

Score: 8.0

The Cherry Orchard

Score: 8.0

Blackadder's Christmas Carol

Score: 7.7

Les Misérables

Score: 7.2

Blackadder: Back & Forth

Score: 7.0

The Gathering Storm

Score: 7.0

The Ruling Class

Score: 6.5

Stealing Heaven

Score: 6.4

Britannia Hospital

Score: 6.3

The Return of the Soldier

Score: 6.2

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Silver Chair

Score: 6.1

The Class Of Miss MacMichael

Score: 5.8

The Treasure Seekers

Score: 5.3

Mr. Love

Score: 5.2

Kevin & Perry Go Large

Score: 5.0

Hanna's War

Score: 4.7

The Alf Garnett Saga

Score: 4.0

Emily's Ghost

Score: 4.0

Hotel du Lac

Score: 4.0

The Higher Mortals

Score: 0.0

The Gingerbread House

Score: 0.0

Floating Off

Score: 0.0

As You Like It

Score: 0.0

The Cellar and the Almond Tree

Score: 0.0

Platonov

Score: 0.0

Played in tv shows:

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Score: 8.6

Blackadder

Score: 8.0

Inspector Morse

Score: 7.8

In Sickness and in Health

Score: 7.8

I, Claudius

Score: 7.8

Watching

Score: 7.8

All Creatures Great and Small

Score: 7.7

The Chronicles of Narnia

Score: 7.4

A Dorothy L. Sayers Mystery

Score: 7.2

Heartbeat

Score: 7.1

David Copperfield

Score: 7.1

Tales of the Unexpected

Score: 6.7

Peak Practice

Score: 6.1

The Old Curiosity Shop

Score: 6.0

Doomwatch

Score: 6.0

Maid Marian and Her Merry Men

Score: 5.8

A Taste for Death

Score: 5.4

BBC Play of the Month

Score: 5.0

My Son, My Son

Score: 5.0

A Little Silver Trumpet

Score: 0.0

Hard Times

Score: 0.0