Patricia Routledge
Acting Born Feb 17, 1929 Tranmere, Merseyside, England, UK 24 credits
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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Full filmography
- Play for Today (1970)
- Natural World (1983) as Narrator
- Tony Awards (1956) as Self - Nominee
- Tales of the Unexpected (1979) as Milly Dobson
- Z-Cars (1962)
- BBC Play of the Month (1965) as Annie Parker
- BBC Play of the Month (1965) as Dorine
- The Ed Sullivan Show (1948) as Self
- ITV Playhouse (1967) as Rose
- No Hiding Place (1959)
- Parkinson (1998) as Self
- Thirty-Minute Theatre (1965) as Beryl Turner
- An Audience with... (1978) as Self
- Sunday-Night Play (1960) as Sylvia
- ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1969) as Hazel Day
- Keeping Up Appearances (1990) as Hyacinth Bucket
- Hetty Wainthropp Investigates (1996) as Hetty Wainthropp
- BBC2 Play of the Week (1977) as Peggy Prothero
- Remembers… (2022) as Self
- ITV Play of the Week (1955) as Maggie Hobson
- Theatre Night (1957) as Aunt Mabel
- The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends (1992) as Cousin Ribby (voice)
- NET Playhouse (1966) as Queen Victoria
- Jubilee 1977 (1977) as Jane