Patricia Routledge
Acting • Born 1929-02-17 – Died 2025-10-03
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
73 credits
Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River
Movie • 1968
Lucille Beatty
First and Last
Movie • 1989
Ivy
A Visit from Miss Prothero
Movie • 1978
Miss Prothero
Girl Stroke Boy
Movie • 1971
Pamela Hovendon
Keep Off The Grass
Movie • 1983
Bag Lady
The Curse of King Tut's Tomb
Movie • 1980
"Posh" Lady
The Pirates of Penzance
Movie • 1980
Ruth
Anybody's Nightmare
Movie • 2001
Sheila Bowler
The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom
Movie • 1968
Miss Reece
The Beggar's Opera
Movie • 1983
Mrs. Peachum
30 Is a Dangerous Age, Cynthia!
Movie • 1968
Mrs. Woolley
The Imitation Game
Movie • 1980
Doris and Doreen
Movie • 1978
Doreen Bidmead
Talking Heads
Movie • 1988
Talking Heads 2
Movie • 1998
Up Among the Cuckoos
Movie • 1970
Miss Furling
Comedy Classics: Keeping Up Appearances
Movie • 2023
Self
Hildegard
Movie • 1994
Hildegard von Bingen
Egghead's Robot
Movie • 1970
Pretty Polly
Movie • 1967
Miss Gudgeon
More Awkward Customers
Movie • 1975
Awkward Customer: Mrs. Camel
To Sir, with Love
Movie • 1967
Clinty Clintridge
The Memoirs of Hyacinth Bucket
Movie • 1997
Hyacinth
Beatrix Potter with Patricia Routledge
Movie • 2016
Self - Presenter
Androcles and the Lion
Movie • 1967
Magaera, Androcles' Wife
Joe Orton Laid Bare
Movie • 2017
Herself
Missing Persons
Movie • 1990
Hetty Wainthrop
If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
Movie • 1969
Mrs. Featherstone
When We Are Married
Movie • 1987
Maria Helliwell
Miss Pym's Day Out
Movie • 1992
Barbara Pym
A Woman of No Importance.
Movie • 1982
Miss Schofield
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Tom Kitten and Jemima Puddle-Duck
Movie • 1993
Cousin Ribby (voice)
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
Movie • 2006
Cousin Ribby
Customers From Hell
Movie • 1989
Hobson's Choice
Movie • 1962
Maggie Hobson
Lock Up Your Daughters
Movie • 1969
Barry Humphries: This is Your Lunch
Movie • 1988
Self
Iolanthe
Movie • 1966
Iolanthe
Plain Jane
Movie • 1977
Jane
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Samuel Whiskers or The Roly-Poly Pudding
Movie • 1993
Ribby (voice)
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
Movie • 2005
Self
Keeping Up Appearances
TV • 1990
Hyacinth Bucket
...And Mother Makes Five
TV • 1974
Affairs of the Heart
TV • 1983
Z-Cars
TV • 1962
Tales of the Unexpected
TV • 1979
Milly Dobson
Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV
TV • 1985
No Hiding Place
TV • 1959
Play for Today
TV • 1970
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
TV • 1996
Hetty Wainthropp
BBC Play of the Month
TV • 1965
Annie Parker
Natural World
TV • 1983
Narrator
Marjorie And Men
TV • 1985
Talking Heads
TV • 1988
Irene Ruddock
Talking Heads
TV • 1988
Miss Fozzard
Ooh La La!
TV • 1968
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
TV • 1992
Cousin Ribby (voice)
An Audience with...
TV • 1978
Self
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV • 1948
Self
Victoria Regina
TV • 1964
Queen Victoria
Sense and Sensibility
TV • 1971
Mrs. Jennings
Objects of Affection
TV • 1982
Miss Schofield
Armchair Theatre
TV • 1956
Miss Furling
Thirty-Minute Theatre
TV • 1965
Beryl Turner
Mrs Pym's Day Out
TV • 1992
Barbara Pym
Parkinson
TV • 1998
Self
ITV Play of the Week
TV • 1955
Maggie Hobson
BBC Play of the Month
TV • 1965
Dorine
BBC2 Play of the Week
TV • 1977
Peggy Prothero
Nicholas Nickleby
TV • 1977
Mme. Mantalini
Theatre Night
TV • 1957
Aunt Mabel
Jubilee 1977
TV • 1977
Jane
Remembers…
TV • 2022
Self