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
If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Samuel Whiskers or The Roly-Poly Pudding
Pretty Polly
Comedy Classic: Keeping Up Appearances
The Curse of King Tut's Tomb
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River
Hildegard
Androcles and the Lion
The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Tom Kitten and Jemima Puddle-Duck
The Pirates of Penzance
When We Are Married
Lock Up Your Daughters
Barry Humphries: This is Your Lunch
Joe Orton Laid Bare
30 Is a Dangerous Age, Cynthia!
A Visit from Miss Prothero
The Imitation Game
The Memoirs of Hyacinth Bucket
Egghead's Robot
Miss Pym's Day Out
First and Last
Anybody's Nightmare
Beatrix Potter with Patricia Routledge
More Awkward Customers
Missing Persons
Talking Heads
Hobson's Choice
TV Shows
ITV Playhouse
Thirty-Minute Theatre
BBC Play of the Month
Natural World
The Ed Sullivan Show
No Hiding Place
Tales of the Unexpected
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
Parkinson
An Audience with...
ITV Play of the Week
Keeping Up Appearances
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
Remembers…
NET Playhouse
Steptoe and Son
BBC2 Play of the Week
Ooh La La!
Theatre Night
...And Mother Makes Five
Affairs of the Heart
Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
Talking Heads
Armchair Theatre
Nicholas Nickleby
Objects of Affection
Sense and Sensibility
Victoria Regina
