Acting · Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex, England, UK · Born July 13, 1933
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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2008
as Self
MovieKevin & Perry Go Large
2000
as Old Lady
TVDavid Copperfield
1999
as Mrs. Gummidge
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1999
as Nursie
MovieLes Misérables
1998
as Toussaint
MovieThe Treasure Seekers
1996
as Eliza
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1996
as Mrs. Nesbit
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1994
as Old Woman
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1993
as Matron
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1993
as Mrs. Burns
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1992
as Martha Coutts
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1992
as Mrs. Crabtree
MovieThe Chronicles of Narnia: The Silver Chair
1990
as Giant Nanny
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1989
as Marian's Mum
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1988
as Nursie / Bernard
TVThe Chronicles of Narnia
1988
as Giant Nanny
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1988
as Millicent Gentle
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1988
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as Rosie
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1987
as Marjorie Stoneway
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1987
as Mrs. Pettican
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1987
as Mrs. Maltby
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as Mrs Simmons
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as Mrs. Dempster
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as Mrs Lunt
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as Mrs. Jones
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1985
as Mrs. Dempster
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1983
as Lady on train
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1983
as Nursie
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as Mrs. Plummer
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1982
as Nurse
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1980
as Mrs. Cleaver
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as Mrs Nubbles
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as Jean
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1978
as Mrs. Green
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as Mrs Dobson
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as Mrs. Hammond
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as Martina
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as Cook
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1972
as Mrs. Treadwell
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1972
as Mrs. Frewin
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1971
as Sasha
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1970
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as Mary Franklin
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1965
as Sasha Platonov (née Triletski)
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1964
as Marenka
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1963
as Maid
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as Audrey
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as Dunyasha
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as Cook
