
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

Comedy Classic: Keeping Up Appearances
Movie · as Self

Remembers…
TV · as Self · 4 eps

Joe Orton Laid Bare
Movie · as Herself

Beatrix Potter with Patricia Routledge
Movie · as Self - Presenter

The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
Movie · as Cousin Ribby
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
Movie · as Self

Anybody's Nightmare
Movie · as Sheila Bowler

Talking Heads 2
Movie

Parkinson
TV · as Self · 1 ep

The Memoirs of Hyacinth Bucket
Movie · as Hyacinth

Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
TV · as Hetty Wainthropp · 27 eps

Hildegard
Movie · as Hildegard von Bingen

The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Tom Kitten and Jemima Puddle-Duck
Movie · as Cousin Ribby (voice)

The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Samuel Whiskers or The Roly-Poly Pudding
Movie · as Ribby (voice)

Miss Pym's Day Out
Movie · as Barbara Pym

The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
TV · as Cousin Ribby (voice) · 2 eps

Mrs Pym's Day Out
TV · as Barbara Pym · 1 ep

Missing Persons
Movie · as Hetty Wainthrop

Keeping Up Appearances
TV · as Hyacinth Bucket · 40 eps

First and Last
Movie · as Ivy

Customers From Hell
Movie

Talking Heads
Movie

Barry Humphries: This is Your Lunch
Movie · as Self

Talking Heads
TV · as Miss Fozzard, Irene Ruddock · 1 ep

When We Are Married
Movie · as Maria Helliwell

Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV
TV · 13 eps
Marjorie And Men
TV · as Marjorie Belton · 6 eps
Keep Off The Grass
Movie · as Bag Lady

The Beggar's Opera
Movie · as Mrs. Peachum

Natural World
TV · as Narrator · 1 ep

A Woman of No Importance.
Movie · as Miss Schofield

Objects of Affection
TV · as Miss Schofield · 1 ep

The Curse of King Tut's Tomb
Movie · as "Posh" Lady

The Pirates of Penzance
Movie · as Ruth

The Imitation Game
Movie

Tales of the Unexpected
TV · as Milly Dobson · 1 ep

A Visit from Miss Prothero
Movie · as Miss Prothero

Doris and Doreen
Movie · as Doreen Bidmead

An Audience with...
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Plain Jane
Movie · as Jane

BBC2 Play of the Week
TV · as Peggy Prothero · 1 ep

Nicholas Nickleby
TV · as Mme. Mantalini · 5 eps
Jubilee 1977
TV · as Jane · 1 ep

More Awkward Customers
Movie · as Awkward Customer: Mrs. Camel

...And Mother Makes Five
TV · 26 eps

Affairs of the Heart
TV · as Mrs Meldrum · 1 ep

Crown Court
TV · as Dr. Barbara Baxter · 3 eps

Girl Stroke Boy
Movie · as Pamela Hovendon

Sense and Sensibility
TV · as Mrs. Jennings · 4 eps
Up Among the Cuckoos
Movie · as Miss Furling

Egghead's Robot
Movie

Play for Today
TV · 1 ep

If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
Movie · as Mrs. Featherstone

Lock Up Your Daughters
Movie

ITV Saturday Night Theatre
TV · as Hazel Day · 1 ep

Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River
Movie · as Lucille Beatty

The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom
Movie · as Miss Reece

30 Is a Dangerous Age, Cynthia!
Movie · as Mrs. Woolley

Ooh La La!
TV · 1 ep

Pretty Polly
Movie · as Miss Gudgeon

To Sir, with Love
Movie · as Clinty Clintridge

Androcles and the Lion
Movie · as Magaera, Androcles' Wife

ITV Playhouse
TV · as Rose · 1 ep

Iolanthe
Movie · as Iolanthe

NET Playhouse
TV · as Queen Victoria · 1 ep

BBC Play of the Month
TV · as Annie Parker, Dorine · 1 ep

Thirty-Minute Theatre
TV · as Beryl Turner · 1 ep

Victoria Regina
TV · as Queen Victoria · 4 eps

Hobson's Choice
Movie · as Maggie Hobson

Z-Cars
TV · 1 ep

Steptoe and Son
TV · as Madame Fontana (Beryl Duddy) · 1 ep
Sunday-Night Play
TV · as Sylvia · 1 ep

No Hiding Place
TV · 1 ep

Theatre Night
TV · as Aunt Mabel · 1 ep

Armchair Theatre
TV · as Miss Furling, New mother · 1 ep

Tony Awards
TV · as Self - Nominee · 1 ep

ITV Play of the Week
TV · as Maggie Hobson · 1 ep

The Ed Sullivan Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep