
Patricia Routledge
Acting
1929-02-17 — 2025-10-03Tranmere, 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.
Known For

6.3
Play for Today
1970 · tv

5.0
BBC Play of the Month
1965 · tv

7.4
Natural World
1983 · tv

6.7
Tales of the Unexpected
1979 · tv

Tony Awards
1956 · tv

5.3
An Audience with...
1978 · tv

7.0
Z-Cars
1962 · tv

7.7
Keeping Up Appearances
1990 · tv

6.8
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948 · tv

7.3
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
1996 · tv

3.7
No Hiding Place
1959 · tv

Parkinson
1998 · tv

7.0
BBC2 Play of the Week
1977 · tv

6.5
ITV Playhouse
1967 · tv

4.0
ITV Play of the Week
1955 · tv

3.4
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965 · tv

Remembers…
2022 · tv

7.5
To Sir, with Love
1967 · movie

6.2
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
1992 · tv

Ooh La La!
1968 · tv

7.6
Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV
1985 · tv

Theatre Night
1957 · tv

7.0
Objects of Affection
1982 · tv

6.2
Talking Heads
1988 · tv

Victoria Regina
1964 · tv

5.5
Nicholas Nickleby
1977 · tv

5.5
Sense and Sensibility
1971 · tv

6.0
Affairs of the Heart
1983 · tv

6.5
The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom
1968 · movie

5.3
...And Mother Makes Five
1974 · tv