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