Acting

Patricia Routledge

Born 1929-02-17 · Tranmere, Merseyside, England, UK

Died 2025-10-03

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.

Credits

Newest first

Comedy Classic: Keeping Up Appearances
as Self
2023
Remembers…
as Self
2022
Joe Orton Laid Bare
as Herself
2017
Beatrix Potter with Patricia Routledge
as Self - Presenter
2016
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
as Cousin Ribby
2006
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
as Self
2005
Anybody's Nightmare
as Sheila Bowler
2001
Talking Heads 2
1998
Parkinson
as Self
1998
The Memoirs of Hyacinth Bucket
as Hyacinth
1997
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
as Hetty Wainthropp
1996
Hildegard
as Hildegard von Bingen
1994
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Samuel Whiskers or The Roly-Poly Pudding
as Ribby (voice)
1993
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Tom Kitten and Jemima Puddle-Duck
as Cousin Ribby (voice)
1993
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
as Cousin Ribby (voice)
1992
Miss Pym's Day Out
as Barbara Pym
1992
Mrs Pym's Day Out
as Barbara Pym
1992
Keeping Up Appearances
as Hyacinth Bucket
1990
Missing Persons
as Hetty Wainthrop
1990
First and Last
as Ivy
1989
Customers From Hell
1989
Talking Heads
1988
Talking Heads
as Irene Ruddock
1988
Talking Heads
as Miss Fozzard
1988
Barry Humphries: This is Your Lunch
as Self
1988
When We Are Married
as Maria Helliwell
1987
Marjorie And Men
as Marjorie Belton
1985
Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV
1985
Natural World
as Narrator
1983
Keep Off The Grass
as Bag Lady
1983
The Beggar's Opera
as Mrs. Peachum
1983
A Woman of No Importance.
as Miss Schofield
1982
Objects of Affection
as Miss Schofield
1982
The Pirates of Penzance
as Ruth
1980
The Curse of King Tut's Tomb
as "Posh" Lady
1980
The Imitation Game
1980
Tales of the Unexpected
as Milly Dobson
1979
Doris and Doreen
as Doreen Bidmead
1978
A Visit from Miss Prothero
as Miss Prothero
1978
An Audience with...
as Self
1978
BBC2 Play of the Week
as Peggy Prothero
1977
Plain Jane
as Jane
1977
Nicholas Nickleby
as Mme. Mantalini
1977
Jubilee 1977
as Jane
1977
More Awkward Customers
as Awkward Customer: Mrs. Camel
1975
Affairs of the Heart
as Mrs Meldrum
1974
...And Mother Makes Five
1974
Crown Court
as Dr. Barbara Baxter
1972
Girl Stroke Boy
as Pamela Hovendon
1971
Sense and Sensibility
as Mrs. Jennings
1971
Play for Today
1970
Up Among the Cuckoos
as Miss Furling
1970
Egghead's Robot
1970
If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
as Mrs. Featherstone
1969
Lock Up Your Daughters
1969
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
as Hazel Day
1969
The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom
as Miss Reece
1968
Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River
as Lucille Beatty
1968
Ooh La La!
1968
30 Is a Dangerous Age, Cynthia!
as Mrs. Woolley
1968
Androcles and the Lion
as Magaera, Androcles' Wife
1967
Pretty Polly
as Miss Gudgeon
1967
ITV Playhouse
as Rose
1967
To Sir, with Love
as Clinty Clintridge
1967
NET Playhouse
as Queen Victoria
1966
Iolanthe
as Iolanthe
1966
BBC Play of the Month
as Annie Parker
1965
BBC Play of the Month
as Dorine
1965
Thirty-Minute Theatre
as Beryl Turner
1965
Victoria Regina
as Queen Victoria
1964
Hobson's Choice
as Maggie Hobson
1962
Steptoe and Son
as Madame Fontana (Beryl Duddy)
1962
Z-Cars
1962
Sunday-Night Play
as Sylvia
1960
No Hiding Place
1959
Theatre Night
as Aunt Mabel
1957
Armchair Theatre
as Miss Furling
1956
Armchair Theatre
as New mother
1956
Tony Awards
as Self - Nominee
1956
ITV Play of the Week
as Maggie Hobson
1955