Patricia Routledge
Born in Tranmere, Merseyside, England, UK — Feb 17 1929• Died Oct 03 2025
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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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Play for Today
BBC Play of the Month
Annie Parker
Tales of the Unexpected
Milly Dobson
Natural World
Narrator
Z-Cars
No Hiding Place
BBC2 Play of the Week
Peggy Prothero
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
Hetty Wainthropp
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Beryl Turner
Keeping Up Appearances
Hyacinth Bucket
ITV Play of the Week
Maggie Hobson
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
Cousin Ribby (voice)
Ooh La La!
Nicholas Nickleby
Mme. Mantalini
Theatre Night
Aunt Mabel
Jubilee 1977
Jane
Talking Heads
Irene Ruddock
Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV
Objects of Affection
Miss Schofield
To Sir, with Love
Clinty Clintridge
Sense and Sensibility
Mrs. Jennings
Armchair Theatre
Miss Furling
Victoria Regina
Queen Victoria
Affairs of the Heart
If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
Mrs. Featherstone
The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom
Miss Reece
...And Mother Makes Five
The Curse of King Tut's Tomb
"Posh" Lady
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
Self
Lock Up Your Daughters
Androcles and the Lion
Magaera, Androcles' Wife
Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River
Lucille Beatty
30 Is a Dangerous Age, Cynthia!
Mrs. Woolley
Hildegard
Hildegard von Bingen
Girl Stroke Boy
Pamela Hovendon
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
Cousin Ribby
When We Are Married
Maria Helliwell
Comedy Classic: Keeping Up Appearances
Self
Customers From Hell
First and Last
Ivy
Doris and Doreen
Doreen Bidmead
The Imitation Game
More Awkward Customers
Awkward Customer: Mrs. Camel
Marjorie And Men
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Tom Kitten and Jemima Puddle-Duck
Cousin Ribby (voice)
The Pirates of Penzance
Ruth
Missing Persons
Hetty Wainthrop
Anybody's Nightmare
Sheila Bowler
Talking Heads
Hobson's Choice
Maggie Hobson
Egghead's Robot
Pretty Polly
Miss Gudgeon
Joe Orton Laid Bare
Herself
Miss Pym's Day Out
Barbara Pym
Talking Heads 2
A Visit from Miss Prothero
Miss Prothero
Barry Humphries: This is Your Lunch
Self
Keep Off The Grass
Bag Lady
Plain Jane
Jane
The Beggar's Opera
Mrs. Peachum
The Memoirs of Hyacinth Bucket
Hyacinth
Up Among the Cuckoos
Miss Furling
Beatrix Potter with Patricia Routledge
Self - Presenter
A Woman of No Importance.
Miss Schofield
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Samuel Whiskers or The Roly-Poly Pudding
Ribby (voice)
Iolanthe
Iolanthe
Mrs Pym's Day Out
Barbara Pym
Tony Awards
Self - Nominee