British actress Patsy Byrne, best known for playing Nursie in Blackadder II, has died aged 80.
She died on Tuesday at Denville Hall, a retirement home for actors, in Hillingdon, north-west London.
The Kent-born actress joined the Royal Shakespeare Company after drama school and took on TV and theatre roles.
She played Nursie - a kind but dim-witted nursemaid to Elizabeth I - in the second series of BBC comedy Blackadder in 1986.
Byrne joined the RSC after studying drama at the Rose Buford College in Kent.
Her other roles included the ITV sitcom Watching and the classic police series Z Cars. She also made appearances in Holby City and I, Claudius, and played Mrs Nubbles in the BBC's 1979 adaption of The Old Curiosity Shop.
Byrne's death came just over a week after Rik Mayall, who shared screen time with her as Lord Flashheart in Blackadder, died suddenly at his home in London.
Blackadder, written by Ben Elton and Richard Curtis, ran for four series between 1983 and 1989. It followed the exploits of Rowan Atkinson's Blackadder character through various historical periods.
RIP Nursie
RIP Nursie
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
Re: RIP Nursie
RIP Patsy.
Miranda Richardson and Stephen Fry would be shitting themselves about now...
Miranda Richardson and Stephen Fry would be shitting themselves about now...
Why is it that when Miley Cyrus gets naked and licks a hammer it's 'art' and 'edgy' but when I do it I'm 'drunk' and 'banned from the hardware store'?
Re: RIP Nursie
Sad news I've just been exposing my son to Blackadder.
Okay... There's all kinds of things wrong with what you just said.
Re: RIP Nursie
Only you could say that Sean, only you...
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”