Patricia Routledge
ActingBorn
February 17, 1929
Died
October 3, 2025
Place of Birth
Tranmere, Merseyside, England, UK
Biography
Dame Katherine Patricia Routledge, DBE (17 February 1929 – 3 October 2025) was a British actress, comedian and singer. She was best known for her role as Hyacinth Bucket in the BBC sitcom Keeping Up Appearances, for which she was nominated for the BAFTA TV Award for Best Light Entertainment Performance in 1992 and 1993.
Known For
Filmography
Comedy Classic: Keeping Up Appearances
2023
Joe Orton Laid Bare
2017
Beatrix Potter with Patricia Routledge
2016
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
2006
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
2005
Anybody's Nightmare
2001
Talking Heads 2
1998
The Memoirs of Hyacinth Bucket
1997
Hildegard
1994
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Samuel Whiskers or The Roly-Poly Pudding
1993
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Tom Kitten and Jemima Puddle-Duck
1993
Miss Pym's Day Out
1992
Missing Persons
1990
First and Last
1989
Customers From Hell
1989
Talking Heads
1988
Barry Humphries: This is Your Lunch
1988
When We Are Married
1987
Keep Off The Grass
1983
The Beggar's Opera
1983
A Woman of No Importance.
1982
The Pirates of Penzance
1980
The Curse of King Tut's Tomb
1980
The Imitation Game
1980
Doris and Doreen
1978
A Visit from Miss Prothero
1978
Plain Jane
1977
More Awkward Customers
1975
Girl Stroke Boy
1971
Up Among the Cuckoos
1970
Egghead's Robot
1970
If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
1969
Lock Up Your Daughters
1969
The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom
1968
Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River
1968
30 Is a Dangerous Age, Cynthia!
1968
Androcles and the Lion
1967
Pretty Polly
1967
To Sir, with Love
1967
Iolanthe
1966
Hobson's Choice
1962
Remembers…
2022
Parkinson
1998
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
1996
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
1992
Mrs Pym's Day Out
1992
Keeping Up Appearances
1990
Talking Heads
1988
Talking Heads
1988
Marjorie And Men
1985
Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV
1985
Natural World
1983
Affairs of the Heart
1983
Objects of Affection
1982
Tales of the Unexpected
1979
An Audience with...
1978
BBC2 Play of the Week
1977
Nicholas Nickleby
1977
Jubilee 1977
1977
...And Mother Makes Five
1974
Sense and Sensibility
1971
Play for Today
1970
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969
Ooh La La!
1968
ITV Playhouse
1967
BBC Play of the Month
1965
BBC Play of the Month
1965
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965
Victoria Regina
1964
Z-Cars
1962
Sunday-Night Play
1960
No Hiding Place
1959
Theatre Night
1957
Armchair Theatre
1956
Armchair Theatre
1956
Tony Awards
1956
ITV Play of the Week
1955
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948