Patricia Routledge
Known for: Acting
Born: February 17, 1929
Died: October 3, 2025
Place of birth: Tranmere, Merseyside, England, UK
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.
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Filmography
41 movies · 36 TV shows, newest first
7.3
Comedy Classic: Keeping Up Appearances
2023
7.0
Remembers…
2022
NR
Joe Orton Laid Bare
2017
10.0
Beatrix Potter with Patricia Routledge
2016
8.5
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
20066.5
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
2005
5.8
Anybody's Nightmare
2001
8.5
Talking Heads 2
1998
NR
Parkinson
1998
9.5
The Memoirs of Hyacinth Bucket
1997
7.3
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
1996
6.5
Hildegard
1994
NR
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Samuel Whiskers or The Roly-Poly Pudding
1993
8.0
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Tom Kitten and Jemima Puddle-Duck
1993
6.4
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
1992
8.0
Miss Pym's Day Out
1992
NR
Mrs Pym's Day Out
1992
7.7
Keeping Up Appearances
1990
4.0
Missing Persons
1990
7.0
First and Last
1989
NR
Customers From Hell
1989
5.0
Talking Heads
1988
6.7
Talking Heads
1988
NR
Barry Humphries: This is Your Lunch
1988
7.0
When We Are Married
1987NR
Marjorie And Men
1985
7.9
Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV
1985
7.4
Natural World
19837.7
Keep Off The Grass
1983
5.5
The Beggar's Opera
1983
10.0
A Woman of No Importance.
1982
8.0
Objects of Affection
1982
6.6
The Pirates of Penzance
1980
4.8
The Curse of King Tut's Tomb
1980
7.9
The Imitation Game
1980
6.8
Tales of the Unexpected
1979
6.5
Doris and Doreen
1978
7.0
A Visit from Miss Prothero
1978
5.3
An Audience with...
1978
7.0
BBC2 Play of the Week
1977NR
Plain Jane
1977
7.0
Nicholas Nickleby
1977NR
Jubilee 1977
1977
9.0
More Awkward Customers
1975
7.0
Affairs of the Heart
1974
6.4
...And Mother Makes Five
1974
5.6
Girl Stroke Boy
1971
6.3
Sense and Sensibility
1971
6.6
Play for Today
1970NR
Up Among the Cuckoos
1970
6.0
Egghead's Robot
1970
5.9
If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
1969
6.0
Lock Up Your Daughters
1969
7.0
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969
6.8
The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom
1968
6.6
Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River
1968
10.0
Ooh La La!
1968
5.4
30 Is a Dangerous Age, Cynthia!
1968
9.0
Androcles and the Lion
1967
4.2
Pretty Polly
1967
7.0
ITV Playhouse
1967
7.4
To Sir, with Love
1967
7.3
NET Playhouse
1966
NR
Iolanthe
1966
5.2
BBC Play of the Month
1965
4.3
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965
10.0
Victoria Regina
1964
NR
Hobson's Choice
1962
7.8
Steptoe and Son
1962
7.3
Z-Cars
1962NR
Sunday-Night Play
1960
4.8
No Hiding Place
1959
NR
Theatre Night
1957
6.0
Armchair Theatre
1956
NR
Tony Awards
1956
4.0
ITV Play of the Week
1955
6.8
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948