
Patricia Routledge
Known for Acting · 76 credits
- Born
- 1929-02-17
- Died
- 2025-10-03
- Place of birth
- 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
TV Shows (35)

Play for Today
1970

Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Nominee

Natural World
1983
as Narrator

BBC Play of the Month
1965
as Annie Parker / Dorine

Tales of the Unexpected
1979
as Milly Dobson

Z-Cars
1962

The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self

ITV Playhouse
1967
as Rose

No Hiding Place
1959

An Audience with...
1978
as Self

ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969
as Hazel Day

Parkinson
1998
as Self

Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965
as Beryl Turner

Remembers…
2022
as Self

BBC2 Play of the Week
1977
as Peggy Prothero

Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
1996
as Hetty Wainthropp

Keeping Up Appearances
1990
as Hyacinth Bucket

ITV Play of the Week
1955
as Maggie Hobson
Sunday-Night Play
1960
as Sylvia

The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
1992
as Cousin Ribby (voice)

Ooh La La!
1968

Theatre Night
1957
as Aunt Mabel

Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV
1985
Jubilee 1977
1977
as Jane

Armchair Theatre
1956
as Miss Furling / New mother

Talking Heads
1988
as Irene Ruddock / Miss Fozzard

Sense and Sensibility
1971
as Mrs. Jennings

Objects of Affection
1982
as Miss Schofield

Nicholas Nickleby
1977
as Mme. Mantalini

...And Mother Makes Five
1974

Affairs of the Heart
1983

Affairs of the Heart
1974
as Mrs Meldrum

Victoria Regina
1964
as Queen Victoria
Marjorie And Men
1985

Mrs Pym's Day Out
1992
as Barbara Pym
Movies (41)

To Sir, with Love
1967
as Clinty Clintridge

If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
1969
as Mrs. Featherstone
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
2005
as Self

The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom
1968
as Miss Reece

Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River
1968
as Lucille Beatty

Doris and Doreen
1978
as Doreen Bidmead

The Curse of King Tut's Tomb
1980
as "Posh" Lady

Comedy Classic: Keeping Up Appearances
2023
as Self

The Pirates of Penzance
1980
as Ruth

The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
2006
as Cousin Ribby

When We Are Married
1987
as Maria Helliwell

First and Last
1989
as Ivy

Girl Stroke Boy
1971
as Pamela Hovendon

Pretty Polly
1967
as Miss Gudgeon

Egghead's Robot
1970

Hildegard
1994
as Hildegard von Bingen

Lock Up Your Daughters
1969

Joe Orton Laid Bare
2017
as Herself

The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Tom Kitten and Jemima Puddle-Duck
1993
as Cousin Ribby (voice)

The Imitation Game
1980

Anybody's Nightmare
2001
as Sheila Bowler

Missing Persons
1990
as Hetty Wainthrop
Up Among the Cuckoos
1970
as Miss Furling
Keep Off The Grass
1983
as Bag Lady

Hobson's Choice
1962
as Maggie Hobson

The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Samuel Whiskers or The Roly-Poly Pudding
1993
as Ribby (voice)

30 Is a Dangerous Age, Cynthia!
1968
as Mrs. Woolley

The Memoirs of Hyacinth Bucket
1997
as Hyacinth

Talking Heads
1988

The Beggar's Opera
1983
as Mrs. Peachum

A Visit from Miss Prothero
1978
as Miss Prothero

Androcles and the Lion
1967
as Magaera, Androcles' Wife
Plain Jane
1977
as Jane

Miss Pym's Day Out
1992
as Barbara Pym

Talking Heads 2
1998

Customers From Hell
1989

More Awkward Customers
1975
as Awkward Customer: Mrs. Camel

A Woman of No Importance.
1982
as Miss Schofield

Beatrix Potter with Patricia Routledge
2016
as Self - Presenter

Barry Humphries: This is Your Lunch
1988
as Self

Iolanthe
1966
as Iolanthe
About Patricia Routledge
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. With 76 credits spanning from 1948 to 2023, Patricia Routledge has appeared in 41 films and 35 TV shows.
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Most Popular Patricia Routledge Movies
- To Sir, with Love (1967) — as Clinty Clintridge
- If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium (1969) — as Mrs. Featherstone
- The Funny Blokes of British Comedy (2005) — as Self
- The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom (1968) — as Miss Reece
- Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River (1968) — as Lucille Beatty
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