Full Name Patricia Byrne Occupation Actress | Name Patsy Byrne Role Actress | |
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Born 13 July 1933 , Ashford, Kent, England, UK Spouse(s) Patrick John Seccombe (1967-2000; his death) Movies and TV shows Blackadder, Blackadder II, Blackadder: Back & Forth, Watching, Les Miserables Similar People Emma Wray, Tim McInnerny, Miranda Richardson, Miriam Margolyes, Ben Elton | ||
Patsy byrne blackadders nursie dies aged 80
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.
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- Patsy byrne blackadders nursie dies aged 80
- Patsy byrne music at funeral mass in duagh
- Biography
- Death
- Selected filmography
- References
Patsy byrne music at funeral mass in duagh
Biography
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.
Death
Byrne died at Denville Hall, a retirement home for performers, on 17 June 2014.