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Patsy Byrne, the actress best known for playing Nursie in the Blackadder television series, has died at 80.
Denville Hall, a care home for elderly actors in north-west London, said she died on June 17.
Byrne played Nursie - a woman whose real name was Bernard - alongside Miranda Richardson’s Elizabeth I in the second series of the hit comedy, set in the Tudor era.
She also starred alongside Tony Robinson in a series three episode of the children’s sitcom Maid Marian And Her Merry Men.
Byrne is the second star of the cult 1980s series to die in as many weeks, with Rik Mayall, who played Lord Flashheart in the second and fourth series, buried on Friday. He died at his home in Barnes, south-west London, last week.
The two shared screen time during the second series of Blackadder in 1986.
Sir Tony Robinson has led tributes to his Blackadder co-star. The actor and Time Team presenter joined Blackadder producer John Lloyd in hailing Byrne.
Sir Tony told BBC Five Live she had been like a mother to ‘her boys’ on the show and was ‘indulgent’ towards them despite being an experienced actress whose past included the Royal Shakespeare Company.
He said: ‘She had unerring skill to make the daftest, silliest thing sound absolutely real and absolutely plausible.
Tributes were also paid on Twitter. John Challis, who played Boycie in Only Fools and Horses, tweeted a picture of Byrne on stage with the RSC, adding: ‘Sad to hear that actress Patsy Byrne has died.’
A statement on the Blackadder Facebook page said: “Very saddened to hear that Blackadder has lost another amazing actor. RIP Patsy Byrne AKA Nursie AKA Bernard. You and Flasheart (sic) can flirt for an eternity now.”
Byrne was born in Ashford, Kent and studied at drama school before joining the Royal Shakespeare Company.