Patricia Routledge
Born February 17, 1929 · Tranmere, Merseyside, England, UK
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.
Notable Appearances
Movies
To Sir, with Love
Egghead's Robot
Pretty Polly
The Imitation Game
The Curse of King Tut's Tomb
The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom
More Awkward Customers
If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
Comedy Classic: Keeping Up Appearances
When We Are Married
The Pirates of Penzance
Lock Up Your Daughters
Hildegard
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Tom Kitten and Jemima Puddle-Duck
Androcles and the Lion
Anybody's Nightmare
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Samuel Whiskers or The Roly-Poly Pudding
Customers From Hell
A Visit from Miss Prothero
The Beggar's Opera
Girl Stroke Boy
Hobson's Choice
Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River
Doris and Doreen
30 Is a Dangerous Age, Cynthia!
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
Barry Humphries: This is Your Lunch
Talking Heads 2
Joe Orton Laid Bare
TV Shows
Tales of the Unexpected
ITV Play of the Week
ITV Playhouse
Thirty-Minute Theatre
BBC2 Play of the Week
The Ed Sullivan Show
No Hiding Place
Parkinson
Z-Cars
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
An Audience with...
Keeping Up Appearances
Remembers…
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
NET Playhouse
Theatre Night
Steptoe and Son
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
Ooh La La!
Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV
Affairs of the Heart
...And Mother Makes Five
Armchair Theatre
Talking Heads
Nicholas Nickleby
Objects of Affection
Victoria Regina
Sense and Sensibility
