Patricia Routledge

Patricia Routledge

Known for
Acting
Born
February 17, 1929
Died
October 3, 2025 (aged 96)
Birthplace
Tranmere, Merseyside, England, UK

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

Filmography

2023
Comedy Classic: Keeping Up Appearances poster

Comedy Classic: Keeping Up Appearances

Movie · as Self

2022
Remembers… poster

Remembers…

TV · as Self · 4 eps

2017
Joe Orton Laid Bare poster

Joe Orton Laid Bare

Movie · as Herself

2016
Beatrix Potter with Patricia Routledge poster

Beatrix Potter with Patricia Routledge

Movie · as Self - Presenter

2006
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends poster

The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends

Movie · as Cousin Ribby

2005
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy

The Funny Blokes of British Comedy

Movie · as Self

2001
Anybody's Nightmare poster

Anybody's Nightmare

Movie · as Sheila Bowler

1998
Talking Heads 2 poster

Talking Heads 2

Movie

1998
Parkinson poster

Parkinson

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1997
The Memoirs of Hyacinth Bucket poster

The Memoirs of Hyacinth Bucket

Movie · as Hyacinth

1996
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates poster

Hetty Wainthropp Investigates

TV · as Hetty Wainthropp · 27 eps

1994
Hildegard poster

Hildegard

Movie · as Hildegard von Bingen

1993
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Tom Kitten and Jemima Puddle-Duck poster

The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Tom Kitten and Jemima Puddle-Duck

Movie · as Cousin Ribby (voice)

1993
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Samuel Whiskers or The Roly-Poly Pudding poster

The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Samuel Whiskers or The Roly-Poly Pudding

Movie · as Ribby (voice)

1992
Miss Pym's Day Out poster

Miss Pym's Day Out

Movie · as Barbara Pym

1992
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends poster

The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends

TV · as Cousin Ribby (voice) · 2 eps

1992
Mrs Pym's Day Out poster

Mrs Pym's Day Out

TV · as Barbara Pym · 1 ep

1990
Missing Persons poster

Missing Persons

Movie · as Hetty Wainthrop

1990
Keeping Up Appearances poster

Keeping Up Appearances

TV · as Hyacinth Bucket · 40 eps

1989
First and Last poster

First and Last

Movie · as Ivy

1989
Customers From Hell poster

Customers From Hell

Movie

1988
Talking Heads poster

Talking Heads

Movie

1988
Barry Humphries: This is Your Lunch poster

Barry Humphries: This is Your Lunch

Movie · as Self

1988
Talking Heads poster

Talking Heads

TV · as Miss Fozzard, Irene Ruddock · 1 ep

1987
When We Are Married poster

When We Are Married

Movie · as Maria Helliwell

1985
Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV poster

Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV

TV · 13 eps

1985
Marjorie And Men

Marjorie And Men

TV · as Marjorie Belton · 6 eps

1983
Keep Off The Grass

Keep Off The Grass

Movie · as Bag Lady

1983
The Beggar's Opera poster

The Beggar's Opera

Movie · as Mrs. Peachum

1983
Natural World poster

Natural World

TV · as Narrator · 1 ep

1982
A Woman of No Importance. poster

A Woman of No Importance.

Movie · as Miss Schofield

1982
Objects of Affection poster

Objects of Affection

TV · as Miss Schofield · 1 ep

1980
The Curse of King Tut's Tomb poster

The Curse of King Tut's Tomb

Movie · as "Posh" Lady

1980
The Pirates of Penzance poster

The Pirates of Penzance

Movie · as Ruth

1980
The Imitation Game poster

The Imitation Game

Movie

1979
Tales of the Unexpected poster

Tales of the Unexpected

TV · as Milly Dobson · 1 ep

1978
A Visit from Miss Prothero poster

A Visit from Miss Prothero

Movie · as Miss Prothero

1978
Doris and Doreen poster

Doris and Doreen

Movie · as Doreen Bidmead

1978
An Audience with... poster

An Audience with...

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1977
Plain Jane

Plain Jane

Movie · as Jane

1977
BBC2 Play of the Week poster

BBC2 Play of the Week

TV · as Peggy Prothero · 1 ep

1977
Nicholas Nickleby poster

Nicholas Nickleby

TV · as Mme. Mantalini · 5 eps

1977
Jubilee 1977

Jubilee 1977

TV · as Jane · 1 ep

1975
More Awkward Customers poster

More Awkward Customers

Movie · as Awkward Customer: Mrs. Camel

1974
...And Mother Makes Five poster

...And Mother Makes Five

TV · 26 eps

1974
Affairs of the Heart poster

Affairs of the Heart

TV · as Mrs Meldrum · 1 ep

1972
Crown Court poster

Crown Court

TV · as Dr. Barbara Baxter · 3 eps

1971
Girl Stroke Boy poster

Girl Stroke Boy

Movie · as Pamela Hovendon

1971
Sense and Sensibility poster

Sense and Sensibility

TV · as Mrs. Jennings · 4 eps

1970
Up Among the Cuckoos

Up Among the Cuckoos

Movie · as Miss Furling

1970
Egghead's Robot poster

Egghead's Robot

Movie

1970
Play for Today poster

Play for Today

TV · 1 ep

1969
If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium poster

If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium

Movie · as Mrs. Featherstone

1969
Lock Up Your Daughters poster

Lock Up Your Daughters

Movie

1969
ITV Saturday Night Theatre poster

ITV Saturday Night Theatre

TV · as Hazel Day · 1 ep

1968
Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River poster

Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River

Movie · as Lucille Beatty

1968
The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom poster

The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom

Movie · as Miss Reece

1968
30 Is a Dangerous Age, Cynthia! poster

30 Is a Dangerous Age, Cynthia!

Movie · as Mrs. Woolley

1968
Ooh La La! poster

Ooh La La!

TV · 1 ep

1967
Pretty Polly poster

Pretty Polly

Movie · as Miss Gudgeon

1967
To Sir, with Love poster

To Sir, with Love

Movie · as Clinty Clintridge

1967
Androcles and the Lion poster

Androcles and the Lion

Movie · as Magaera, Androcles' Wife

1967
ITV Playhouse poster

ITV Playhouse

TV · as Rose · 1 ep

1966
Iolanthe poster

Iolanthe

Movie · as Iolanthe

1966
NET Playhouse poster

NET Playhouse

TV · as Queen Victoria · 1 ep

1965
BBC Play of the Month poster

BBC Play of the Month

TV · as Annie Parker, Dorine · 1 ep

1965
Thirty-Minute Theatre poster

Thirty-Minute Theatre

TV · as Beryl Turner · 1 ep

1964
Victoria Regina poster

Victoria Regina

TV · as Queen Victoria · 4 eps

1962
Hobson's Choice poster

Hobson's Choice

Movie · as Maggie Hobson

1962
Z-Cars poster

Z-Cars

TV · 1 ep

1962
Steptoe and Son poster

Steptoe and Son

TV · as Madame Fontana (Beryl Duddy) · 1 ep

1960
Sunday-Night Play

Sunday-Night Play

TV · as Sylvia · 1 ep

1959
No Hiding Place poster

No Hiding Place

TV · 1 ep

1957
Theatre Night poster

Theatre Night

TV · as Aunt Mabel · 1 ep

1956
Armchair Theatre poster

Armchair Theatre

TV · as Miss Furling, New mother · 1 ep

1956
Tony Awards poster

Tony Awards

TV · as Self - Nominee · 1 ep

1955
ITV Play of the Week poster

ITV Play of the Week

TV · as Maggie Hobson · 1 ep

1948
The Ed Sullivan Show poster

The Ed Sullivan Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep