Patsy was born on 30 October, although her actual age is never clearly divulged, she often states herself to be between 39 and 43. In one episode (Cold Turkey) a nurse guesses that she is around 65 years old. Patsy also has a sister named Jackie, whom Eddy abhors and who twice tried to kill Patsy with drug overdoses.

How old is Patsy on AbFab?

Patsy was born on 30 October, although her actual age is never clearly divulged, she often states herself to be between 39 and 43. In one episode (Cold Turkey) a nurse guesses that she is around 65 years old. Patsy also has a sister named Jackie, whom Eddy abhors and who twice tried to kill Patsy with drug overdoses. Patsy is eternally 39, in her head at least. Edina, according to her passport pictured in series four was born on 6 August 1951, yet in the first series penultimate-ep entitled Birthday, the Fat One is seen celebrating her 40th. The series is the inspired creation of Jennifer Saunders, who writes it and stars as Edina, with the invaluable Joanna Lumley as Patsy. They’re two working gals in London who seem never to work but spend lots of time shopping, drinking, stumbling and falling down. Patsy: ‘Darling, if you want to talk bollocks and discover the meaning of life, you’re better off downing a bottle of whiskey. At least that way, you’re unconscious by the time you start to take yourself seriously. Patsy: ‘Darling, if you want to talk bollocks and discover the meaning of life, you’re better off downing a bottle of whiskey. At least that way, you’re unconscious by the time you start to take yourself seriously.

How old are Edina and Patsy?

Patsy is eternally 39, in her head at least. Edina, according to her passport pictured in series four was born on 6 August 1951, yet in the first series penultimate-ep entitled Birthday, the Fat One is seen celebrating her 40th. On various occasions throughout the series, it is alluded to that Patsy was once transgender, having undergone a sex-change operation in Morocco in the 1960s. Edina states that this only lasted a few months, before it fell off, and Elton John recognises her as someone he slept with when she was a man. On various occasions throughout the series, it is alluded to that Patsy was once transgender, having undergone a sex-change operation in Morocco in the 1960s. Edina states that this only lasted a few months, before it fell off, and Elton John recognises her as someone he slept with when she was a man. Edina picks up Saffy from prison where she has been held for two years after providing fake passports for asylum seekers. After welcoming Saffy home, Saffy has her cellmate Baron visit, but it is soon revealed that Baron is Patsy’s drug dealer and Patsy owes her £50,000. The original BBC version of Ab Fab, as it was widely known, became a cult hit in the US after it was shown by cable channel Comedy Central. Patsy and Edina, played by Lumley and Saunders, were seen as a stark contrast to the more wholesome characters normally seen on US television.