Patricia Routledge

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

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

• Crown Court (1972)
• Keeping Up Appearances (1990)
• Tales of the Unexpected (1979)
• Thirty-Minute Theatre (1965)
• ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1969)
• Z-Cars (1962)
• ITV Play of the Week (1955)
• Hetty Wainthropp Investigates (1996)
• Steptoe and Son (1962)
• Ooh La La! (1968)
• To Sir, with Love (1967)
• Affairs of the Heart (1974)
• Pretty Polly (1967)
• Objects of Affection (1982)
• ...And Mother Makes Five (1974)
• If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium (1969)
• The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Tom Kitten and Jemima Puddle-Duck (1993)
• Hildegard (1994)
• Egghead's Robot (1970)
• Girl Stroke Boy (1971)
• When We Are Married (1987)
• The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Samuel Whiskers or The Roly-Poly Pudding (1993)
• Talking Heads 2 (1998)
• Joe Orton Laid Bare (2017)
• Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River (1968)
• The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom (1968)
• More Awkward Customers (1975)
• Customers From Hell (1989)
• 30 Is a Dangerous Age, Cynthia! (1968)
• A Visit from Miss Prothero (1978)