- Patsy Byrne
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name = Patsy Byrne
imagesize = 175px
caption = Patsy Byrne as Nursie in Blackadder II
birthdate = birth date and age|1933|7|13
location =Ashford, Kent ,England
notable role =Nursie Patsy Byrne (born
13 July 1933 inAshford, Kent ) is an English actress.She was educated at Ashford School for Girls, and attended the school around the same time as Lorna Fendall, and Joanna Brough, daughter of
Arthur Brough . After that she studied drama at the Rose Bruford School before joining the Royal Shakespeare Company playing parts such as Maria inTwelth Night and Gruscha in theCaucasian Chalk Circle at theAldwych in the early 1960s. In the 1980s she also worked atChichester Festival Theatre .Patsy is famous for playing round, jolly, often slightly insane old women. Probably the most famous of these is
Nursie in the popularBBC sitcom "Blackadder II". She once again starred alongside Tony Robinson in a Series 3 episode ofMaid Marian and her Merry Men . She also starred as Betty the Tea Lady in the BBC children's programme "Playdays ".She is also famous for being able to do the splits well into her 60s! Something she showed off when she played Malcolm's domineering mother in "
Watching "!She has also starred in "Les Misérables" (1998), "David Copperfield" (1999) and "
Kevin & Perry Go Large " (2000) and numerous radio plays.External links
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NAME= Byrne, Patsy
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SHORT DESCRIPTION= Actress
DATE OF BIRTH=19 July 1933
PLACE OF BIRTH=Ashford, Kent ,England
DATE OF DEATH=
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