Patricia Routledge
Acting
Born February 17, 1929 · 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 · 40 titles
Play for Today
Tony Awards
Natural World
BBC Play of the Month
Tales of the Unexpected
ITV Play of the Week
ITV Playhouse
Thirty-Minute Theatre
BBC2 Play of the Week
The Ed Sullivan Show
No Hiding Place
Parkinson
Z-Cars
Sunday-Night Play
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
An Audience with...
Keeping Up Appearances
Remembers…
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
NET Playhouse
Theatre Night
Steptoe and Son
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
Ooh La La!
Jubilee 1977
Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV
Affairs of the Heart
...And Mother Makes Five
To Sir, with Love
Armchair Theatre
Talking Heads
Nicholas Nickleby
Objects of Affection
Egghead's Robot
Victoria Regina
Sense and Sensibility
Pretty Polly
The Imitation Game
The Curse of King Tut's Tomb
The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom