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
Pretty Polly
The Curse of King Tut's Tomb
The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom
Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River
When We Are Married
Androcles and the Lion
Comedy Classic: Keeping Up Appearances
Hildegard
Lock Up Your Daughters
The Beggar's Opera
The Pirates of Penzance
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
Joe Orton Laid Bare
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Tom Kitten and Jemima Puddle-Duck
First and Last
Egghead's Robot
A Visit from Miss Prothero
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Samuel Whiskers or The Roly-Poly Pudding
30 Is a Dangerous Age, Cynthia!
Talking Heads
The Memoirs of Hyacinth Bucket
Girl Stroke Boy
Missing Persons
Talking Heads 2
The Imitation Game
Miss Pym's Day Out
Hobson's Choice
A Woman of No Importance.
TV Shows
Crown Court
The Ed Sullivan Show
Z-Cars
Natural World
An Audience with...
Parkinson
ITV Playhouse
Thirty-Minute Theatre
No Hiding Place
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
Keeping Up Appearances
ITV Play of the Week
BBC2 Play of the Week
NET Playhouse
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
Remembers…
Steptoe and Son
Ooh La La!
Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
Affairs of the Heart
Theatre Night
Objects of Affection
Talking Heads
Nicholas Nickleby
Armchair Theatre
...And Mother Makes Five
Sense and Sensibility
Victoria Regina
