Patricia Routledge
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.
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Acting History
2023
Comedy Classics: Keeping Up Appearances as Self
2017Joe Orton Laid Bare as Herself
2016Beatrix Potter with Patricia Routledge as Self - Presenter
2001Anybody's Nightmare as Sheila Bowler
1998Talking Heads 2
1998Parkinson as Self
1997The Memoirs of Hyacinth Bucket as Hyacinth
1996Hetty Wainthropp Investigates as Hetty Wainthropp
1994Hildegard as Hildegard von Bingen
1993The Tale of Tom Kitten & Jemima Puddle-Duck as Cousin Ribby (voice)
1992The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends as Cousin Ribby (voice)
1992Miss Pym's Day Out as Barbara Pym
1992Mrs Pym's Day Out as Barbara Pym
1992The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends as Cousin Ribby
1990Keeping Up Appearances as Hyacinth Bucket
1990Missing Persons as Hetty Wainthrop
1989First and Last as Ivy
1989Customers From Hell
1988Talking Heads
1988Talking Heads as Miss Fozzard
1988Talking Heads as Irene Ruddock
1988Barry Humphries: This is Your Lunch as Self
1987When We Are Married as Maria Helliwell
1985Marjorie And Men
1985Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV
1983Natural World as Narrator
1983Keep Off The Grass as Bag Lady
1983Affairs of the Heart
1983The Beggar's Opera as Mrs. Peachum
1982A Woman of No Importance. as Miss Schofield
1982Objects of Affection as Miss Schofield
1980The Pirates of Penzance as Ruth
1980The Curse of King Tut's Tomb as "Posh" Lady
1980The Imitation Game
1979Tales of the Unexpected as Milly Dobson
1978Doris and Doreen as Doreen Bidmead
1978A Visit from Miss Prothero as Miss Prothero
1978An Audience with... as Self
1977BBC2 Play of the Week as Peggy Prothero
1977Plain Jane as Jane
1977Nicholas Nickleby as Mme. Mantalini
1975More Awkward Customers as Awkward Customer: Mrs. Camel
1974...And Mother Makes Five
1971Girl Stroke Boy as Pamela Hovendon
1971Sense and Sensibility as Mrs. Jennings
1970Play for Today
1970Up Among the Cuckoos as Miss Furling
1970Egghead's Robot
1969If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium as Mrs. Featherstone
1969Lock Up Your Daughters
1968The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom as Miss Reece
1968Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River as Lucille Beatty
1968Ooh La La!
196830 Is a Dangerous Age, Cynthia! as Mrs. Woolley
1967Androcles and the Lion as Magaera, Androcles' Wife
1967Pretty Polly as Miss Gudgeon
1967To Sir, with Love as Clinty Clintridge
1966Iolanthe as Iolanthe
1965BBC Play of the Month as Annie Parker
1965BBC Play of the Month as Dorine
1965Thirty-Minute Theatre as Beryl Turner
1964Victoria Regina as Queen Victoria
1962Hobson's Choice as Maggie Hobson
1962Z-Cars
1959No Hiding Place
1957Theatre Night as Aunt Mabel
1956Armchair Theatre as Miss Furling
1956Tony Awards as Self - Nominee
1955ITV Play of the Week as Maggie Hobson
1948The Ed Sullivan Show as Self