Patricia Routledge

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

Play for Today

Tony Awards

Natural World

Tales of the Unexpected

BBC Play of the Month

BBC Play of the Month

Z-Cars

The Ed Sullivan Show

All Movies (41)

• Comedy Classic: Keeping Up Appearances2023 · as Self
• Joe Orton Laid Bare2017 · as Herself
• Beatrix Potter with Patricia Routledge2016 · as Self - Presenter
• The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends2006 · as Cousin Ribby
• The Funny Blokes of British Comedy2005 · as Self
• Anybody's Nightmare2001 · as Sheila Bowler
• Talking Heads 21998
• The Memoirs of Hyacinth Bucket1997 · as Hyacinth
• Hildegard1994 · as Hildegard von Bingen
• The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Samuel Whiskers or The Roly-Poly Pudding1993 · as Ribby (voice)
• The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Tom Kitten and Jemima Puddle-Duck1993 · as Cousin Ribby (voice)
• Miss Pym's Day Out1992 · as Barbara Pym
• Missing Persons1990 · as Hetty Wainthrop
• First and Last1989 · as Ivy
• Customers From Hell1989
• Talking Heads1988
• Barry Humphries: This is Your Lunch1988 · as Self
• When We Are Married1987 · as Maria Helliwell
• Keep Off The Grass1983 · as Bag Lady
• The Beggar's Opera1983 · as Mrs. Peachum
• A Woman of No Importance.1982 · as Miss Schofield
• The Pirates of Penzance1980 · as Ruth
• The Curse of King Tut's Tomb1980 · as "Posh" Lady
• The Imitation Game1980
• Doris and Doreen1978 · as Doreen Bidmead
• A Visit from Miss Prothero1978 · as Miss Prothero
• Plain Jane1977 · as Jane
• More Awkward Customers1975 · as Awkward Customer: Mrs. Camel
• Girl Stroke Boy1971 · as Pamela Hovendon
• Up Among the Cuckoos1970 · as Miss Furling
• Egghead's Robot1970
• If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium1969 · as Mrs. Featherstone
• Lock Up Your Daughters1969
• The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom1968 · as Miss Reece
• Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River1968 · as Lucille Beatty
• 30 Is a Dangerous Age, Cynthia!1968 · as Mrs. Woolley
• Androcles and the Lion1967 · as Magaera, Androcles' Wife
• Pretty Polly1967 · as Miss Gudgeon
• To Sir, with Love1967 · as Clinty Clintridge
• Iolanthe1966 · as Iolanthe
• Hobson's Choice1962 · as Maggie Hobson

All TV Shows (39)

• Remembers…2022 · as Self
• Parkinson1998 · as Self
• Hetty Wainthropp Investigates1996 · as Hetty Wainthropp
• The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends1992 · as Cousin Ribby (voice)
• Mrs Pym's Day Out1992 · as Barbara Pym
• Keeping Up Appearances1990 · as Hyacinth Bucket
• Talking Heads1988 · as Miss Fozzard
• Talking Heads1988 · as Irene Ruddock
• Marjorie And Men1985 · as Marjorie Belton
• Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV1985
• Natural World1983 · as Narrator
• Affairs of the Heart1983
• Objects of Affection1982 · as Miss Schofield
• Tales of the Unexpected1979 · as Milly Dobson
• An Audience with...1978 · as Self
• BBC2 Play of the Week1977 · as Peggy Prothero
• Nicholas Nickleby1977 · as Mme. Mantalini
• Jubilee 19771977 · as Jane
• Affairs of the Heart1974 · as Mrs Meldrum
• ...And Mother Makes Five1974
• Sense and Sensibility1971 · as Mrs. Jennings
• Play for Today1970
• ITV Saturday Night Theatre1969 · as Hazel Day
• Ooh La La!1968
• ITV Playhouse1967 · as Rose
• NET Playhouse1966 · as Queen Victoria
• BBC Play of the Month1965 · as Annie Parker
• BBC Play of the Month1965 · as Dorine
• Thirty-Minute Theatre1965 · as Beryl Turner
• Victoria Regina1964 · as Queen Victoria
• Z-Cars1962
• Sunday-Night Play1960 · as Sylvia
• No Hiding Place1959
• Theatre Night1957 · as Aunt Mabel
• Armchair Theatre1956 · as Miss Furling
• Armchair Theatre1956 · as New mother
• Tony Awards1956 · as Self - Nominee
• ITV Play of the Week1955 · as Maggie Hobson
• The Ed Sullivan Show1948 · as Self