Patricia Routledge
Acting
Born: 1929-02-17 in Tranmere, Merseyside, England, UK
Biography
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.
Known For
To Sir, with Love
Clinty Clintridge
Keeping Up Appearances
Hyacinth Bucket
Tales of the Unexpected
Milly Dobson
Steptoe and Son
Madame Fontana (Beryl Duddy)
If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
Mrs. Featherstone
Natural World
Narrator
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
Hetty Wainthropp
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
Cousin Ribby (voice)
The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom
Miss Reece
The Pirates of Penzance
Ruth
Play for Today
Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River
Lucille Beatty
Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV
Girl Stroke Boy
Pamela Hovendon
The Curse of King Tut's Tomb
"Posh" Lady
BBC Play of the Month
Annie Parker
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Beryl Turner
BBC Play of the Month
Dorine
The Imitation Game
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
Cousin Ribby
Z-Cars
Talking Heads
Miss Fozzard
Talking Heads
Irene Ruddock
Pretty Polly
Miss Gudgeon
Armchair Theatre
Miss Furling
Armchair Theatre
New mother
Crown Court
Dr. Barbara Baxter
Anybody's Nightmare
Sheila Bowler
30 Is a Dangerous Age, Cynthia!
Mrs. Woolley
...And Mother Makes Five
ITV Play of the Week
Maggie Hobson
First and Last
Ivy
No Hiding Place
Comedy Classic: Keeping Up Appearances
Self
Lock Up Your Daughters
An Audience with...
Self
Sense and Sensibility
Mrs. Jennings
Nicholas Nickleby
Mme. Mantalini