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Known For
Acting
Birthday
February 17, 1929
Died
October 3, 2025
Place of Birth
Tranmere, Merseyside, England, UK
Patricia Routledge
1.6 Popularity
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.
Known For
7.0
Self
Comedy Classics: Keeping Up Appearances
2023
0.0
Herself
Joe Orton Laid Bare
2017
10.0
Self - Presenter
Beatrix Potter with Patricia Routledge
2016
8.5
Cousin Ribby
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
2006
5.0
Sheila Bowler
Anybody's Nightmare
2001
7.0
Talking Heads 2
1998
0.0
Self
Parkinson
1998
9.0
Hyacinth
The Memoirs of Hyacinth Bucket
1997
7.3
Hetty Wainthropp
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
1996
0.0
Hildegard von Bingen
Hildegard
1994
Credits
Comedy Classics: Keeping Up Appearances
as Self
2023
7.0
Joe Orton Laid Bare
as Herself
2017
0.0
Beatrix Potter with Patricia Routledge
as Self - Presenter
2016
10.0
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
as Cousin Ribby
2006
8.5
Anybody's Nightmare
as Sheila Bowler
2001
5.0
Talking Heads 2
1998
7.0
Parkinson
as Self
1998
0.0
The Memoirs of Hyacinth Bucket
as Hyacinth
1997
9.0
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
as Hetty Wainthropp
1996
7.3
Hildegard
as Hildegard von Bingen
1994
0.0
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Samuel Whiskers or The Roly-Poly Pudding
as Ribby (voice)
1993
0.0
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Tom Kitten and Jemima Puddle-Duck
as Cousin Ribby (voice)
1993
8.0
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
as Cousin Ribby (voice)
1992
6.2
Mrs Pym's Day Out
as Barbara Pym
1992
0.0
Miss Pym's Day Out
as Barbara Pym
1992
0.0
Keeping Up Appearances
as Hyacinth Bucket
1990
7.7
Missing Persons
as Hetty Wainthrop
1990
4.0
First and Last
as Ivy
1989
7.0
Customers From Hell
1989
0.0
Talking Heads
as Miss Fozzard
1988
6.2
Talking Heads
as Irene Ruddock
1988
6.2
Talking Heads
1988
5.0
Barry Humphries: This is Your Lunch
as Self
1988
0.0
When We Are Married
as Maria Helliwell
1987
0.0
🎬
Marjorie And Men
1985
0.0
Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV
1985
7.6
Natural World
as Narrator
1983
7.2
🎬
Keep Off The Grass
as Bag Lady
1983
6.5
Affairs of the Heart
1983
6.0
The Beggar's Opera
as Mrs. Peachum
1983
1.0
A Woman of No Importance.
as Miss Schofield
1982
0.0
Objects of Affection
as Miss Schofield
1982
7.0
The Pirates of Penzance
as Ruth
1980
6.1
The Curse of King Tut's Tomb
as "Posh" Lady
1980
4.3
The Imitation Game
1980
7.1
Tales of the Unexpected
as Milly Dobson
1979
6.7
Doris and Doreen
as Doreen Bidmead
1978
6.0
A Visit from Miss Prothero
as Miss Prothero
1978
0.0
An Audience with...
as Self
1978
5.3
BBC2 Play of the Week
as Peggy Prothero
1977
7.0
🎬
Plain Jane
as Jane
1977
0.0
Nicholas Nickleby
as Mme. Mantalini
1977
5.5
More Awkward Customers
as Awkward Customer: Mrs. Camel
1975
0.0
...And Mother Makes Five
1974
5.3
Girl Stroke Boy
as Pamela Hovendon
1971
5.1
Sense and Sensibility
as Mrs. Jennings
1971
5.5
Play for Today
1970
6.3
🎬
Up Among the Cuckoos
as Miss Furling
1970
0.0
Egghead's Robot
1970
3.0
If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
as Mrs. Featherstone
1969
5.8
Lock Up Your Daughters
1969
4.5
The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom
as Miss Reece
1968
6.5
Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River
as Lucille Beatty
1968
6.1
🎬
Ooh La La!
1968
0.0
30 Is a Dangerous Age, Cynthia!
as Mrs. Woolley
1968
4.2
Androcles and the Lion
as Magaera, Androcles' Wife
1967
0.0
Pretty Polly
as Miss Gudgeon
1967
3.6
To Sir, with Love
as Clinty Clintridge
1967
7.5
Iolanthe
as Iolanthe
1966
0.0
BBC Play of the Month
as Annie Parker
1965
5.0
BBC Play of the Month
as Dorine
1965
5.0
Thirty-Minute Theatre
as Beryl Turner
1965
3.4
Victoria Regina
as Queen Victoria
1964
0.0
Hobson's Choice
as Maggie Hobson
1962
0.0
Z-Cars
1962
7.0
No Hiding Place
1959
3.7
Theatre Night
as Aunt Mabel
1957
0.0
Armchair Theatre
as Miss Furling
1956
5.8
Tony Awards
as Self - Nominee
1956
5.9
ITV Play of the Week
as Maggie Hobson
1955
4.0
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
1948
6.8