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
Play for Today
Tony Awards
Self - Nominee
Natural World
Narrator
BBC Play of the Month
Annie Parker
BBC Play of the Month
Dorine
Parkinson
Self
Keeping Up Appearances
Hyacinth Bucket
Tales of the Unexpected
Milly Dobson
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
Hazel Day
Z-Cars
ITV Play of the Week
Maggie Hobson
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
ITV Playhouse
Rose
No Hiding Place
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Beryl Turner
Remembers…
Self
An Audience with...
Self
NET Playhouse
Queen Victoria
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
Hetty Wainthropp
BBC2 Play of the Week
Peggy Prothero
Steptoe and Son
Madame Fontana (Beryl Duddy)
Theatre Night
Aunt Mabel
To Sir, with Love
Clinty Clintridge
Ooh La La!
Affairs of the Heart
Mrs Meldrum
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
Cousin Ribby (voice)
Pretty Polly
Miss Gudgeon
Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV
Sense and Sensibility
Mrs. Jennings
Objects of Affection
Miss Schofield
Nicholas Nickleby
Mme. Mantalini
Talking Heads
Miss Fozzard
Talking Heads
Irene Ruddock
Egghead's Robot
...And Mother Makes Five
Armchair Theatre
Miss Furling
Armchair Theatre
New mother
Hildegard
Hildegard von Bingen