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.
Movie Appearances
Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River
as Lucille Beatty
1968
First and Last
as Ivy
1989
A Visit from Miss Prothero
as Miss Prothero
1978
Girl Stroke Boy
as Pamela Hovendon
1971
Keep Off The Grass
as Bag Lady
1983
The Curse of King Tut's Tomb
as "Posh" Lady
1980
The Pirates of Penzance
as Ruth
1980
Anybody's Nightmare
as Sheila Bowler
2001
The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom
as Miss Reece
1968
The Beggar's Opera
as Mrs. Peachum
1983
30 Is a Dangerous Age, Cynthia!
as Mrs. Woolley
1968
The Imitation Game
1980
Doris and Doreen
as Doreen Bidmead
1978
Talking Heads
1988
Talking Heads 2
1998
Up Among the Cuckoos
as Miss Furling
1970
Comedy Classic: Keeping Up Appearances
as Self
2023
Hildegard
as Hildegard von Bingen
1994
Egghead's Robot
1970
Pretty Polly
as Miss Gudgeon
1967
TV Appearances
Keeping Up Appearances
as Hyacinth Bucket
1990
...And Mother Makes Five
1974
Affairs of the Heart
1983
Z-Cars
1962
Tales of the Unexpected
as Milly Dobson
1979
Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV
1985
No Hiding Place
1959
Play for Today
1970
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
as Hetty Wainthropp
1996
BBC Play of the Month
as Annie Parker
1965
Natural World
as Narrator
1983
Marjorie And Men
1985