Patricia Routledge
Born: 1929-02-17 in Tranmere, Merseyside, England, UK
Died: 2025-10-03
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2023
2022
- Remembers… as Self
2017
- Joe Orton Laid Bare as Herself
2016
- Beatrix Potter with Patricia Routledge as Self - Presenter
2006
- The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends as Cousin Ribby
2005
2001
- Anybody's Nightmare as Sheila Bowler
1998
- Parkinson as Self
- Talking Heads 2
1997
- The Memoirs of Hyacinth Bucket as Hyacinth
1996
- Hetty Wainthropp Investigates as Hetty Wainthropp
1994
- Hildegard as Hildegard von Bingen
1993
1992
- The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends as Cousin Ribby (voice)
- Miss Pym's Day Out as Barbara Pym
- Mrs Pym's Day Out as Barbara Pym
1990
- Keeping Up Appearances as Hyacinth Bucket
- Missing Persons as Hetty Wainthrop
1989
1988
- Talking Heads as Miss Fozzard
- Talking Heads
- Barry Humphries: This is Your Lunch as Self
1987
- When We Are Married as Maria Helliwell
1983
- Natural World as Narrator
- Affairs of the Heart
- Keep Off The Grass as Bag Lady
- The Beggar's Opera as Mrs. Peachum
1982
- Objects of Affection as Miss Schofield
- A Woman of No Importance. as Miss Schofield
1980
- The Pirates of Penzance as Ruth
- The Curse of King Tut's Tomb as "Posh" Lady
- The Imitation Game
1979
- Tales of the Unexpected as Milly Dobson
1978
- An Audience with... as Self
- Doris and Doreen as Doreen Bidmead
- A Visit from Miss Prothero as Miss Prothero
1977
- BBC2 Play of the Week as Peggy Prothero
- Jubilee 1977 as Jane
- Nicholas Nickleby as Mme. Mantalini
- Plain Jane as Jane
1975
- More Awkward Customers as Awkward Customer: Mrs. Camel
1971
- Sense and Sensibility as Mrs. Jennings
- Girl Stroke Boy as Pamela Hovendon
1970
- Play for Today
- Up Among the Cuckoos as Miss Furling
- Egghead's Robot
1969
- ITV Saturday Night Theatre as Hazel Day
- If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium as Mrs. Featherstone
- Lock Up Your Daughters
1968
- Ooh La La!
- The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom as Miss Reece
- Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River as Lucille Beatty
- 30 Is a Dangerous Age, Cynthia! as Mrs. Woolley
1967
- ITV Playhouse as Rose
- To Sir, with Love as Clinty Clintridge
- Pretty Polly as Miss Gudgeon
- Androcles and the Lion as Magaera, Androcles' Wife
1966
- Iolanthe as Iolanthe
1965
- BBC Play of the Month as Annie Parker
- Thirty-Minute Theatre as Beryl Turner
1964
- Victoria Regina as Queen Victoria
1962
- Z-Cars
- Hobson's Choice as Maggie Hobson
1960
- Sunday-Night Play as Sylvia
1959
1957
- Theatre Night as Aunt Mabel
1956
- Tony Awards as Self - Nominee
- Armchair Theatre as Miss Furling
1955
- ITV Play of the Week as Maggie Hobson
1948
- The Ed Sullivan Show as Self