article_snippet: Patsy Byrne shot to fame as the relentlessly cheery but dim-witted Nursie, mocked by Lord Blackadder for Patsy Byrne dotty, unworldly utterances.
article_snippet: Patsy Byrne, right, who played Nursie in Lord Blackadder died last year aged 80 leaving a £1.5 million estate .
article_snippet: A classically trained actress who toured with the Royal Shakespeare Company, Byrne became a household name in 1986 when Byrne took the role of Nursie to Miranda Richardson’s petulant Elizabeth I in Blackadder II.
highlights_snippet: Patsy Byrne shot to fame playing Nursie in the hit comedy show Blackadder .
  