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Feb 9, 2017 · Nursie. Provided to YouTube by Parlophone UK Nursie · Jethro Tull Living in the Past ℗ 1972 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company Acoustic Guitar: Ian Anderson Producer: Ian ...
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Jun 22, 2014 · 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...
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Nursie is a childish term for nurse, mainly used as a term of address. It is derived from nurse and -ie, a common suffix for diminutives.
Patricia Anne Thirza 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, Mrs Stoneway in all seven series of the ITV comedy Watching between 1987 and 1993.
YearTitleRole1962Dunyasha, the maid1972Mrs. Pamela Treadwell1972Mrs. Frewin1973Mary Walker- Overview
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Nursie (real name Bernard) is a character in Blackadder II. She was played by the late Patsy Byrne and appeared in all six episodes. She also appeared in two of the Blackadder specials: Blackadder's Christmas Carol and Blackadder: Back & Forth.
Once Queenie's childhood nurse, by the time of her appearances in Blackadder II, Nursie is either senile or otherwise irreversibly stupid, but remains at court at the side of the Queen. Nursie frequently embarrasses herself and Queenie by openly recounting tales of the Queen's childhood, prompting Queenie's standard reply of "Shut up, Nursie." She is also known for her complete non sequitur in conversation. Lord Blackadder describes her as "a sad, insane old woman with an udder fixation."
Nursie is apparently unmarried, as in the episode "Potato" she accepts a proposal of marriage from Captain Redbeard Rum, though he is eaten by cannibals before the marriage can take place. In a bout of absurdism quite typical of Nursie, on hearing of his death she takes his beard, attaches it to her own face and swears to "wear it always" as an act of remembrance.
•She always attends fancy dress parties as a cow with three udders.
•Nursie is a caricature of the doting nursery maid or nanny, who at the drop of a hat launches into long disquisitions on her charge's brilliance and wit, and intended as a parody of Juliet's Nurse in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, as the nurse also admits to being something of a fool, proclaiming, "were not I thine [Juliet's] only nurse, I would say thou hadst suck'd wisdom from thy teat."
Jun 23, 2014 · Patsy Byrne was the actress best known from her role as Nursie in Blackadder II, the enduringly popular 1980s comedy series, produced by John Lloyd and starring Rowan Atkinson as Lord Blackadder...
The song “Nursie” by Jethro Tull, released on the Life Is A Long Song EP in 1972, holds a special meaning for both the band and its listeners. While not included on their renowned album “Aqualung,” the song resonates with emotions and draws on personal experiences.
