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