Patricia Routledge
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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Movies (41)
Comedy Classic: Keeping Up Appearances
2023 · Self
Joe Orton Laid Bare
2017 · Herself
Beatrix Potter with Patricia Routledge
2016 · Self - Presenter
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
2006 · Cousin Ribby
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
2005 · Self
Anybody's Nightmare
2001 · Sheila Bowler
Talking Heads 2
1998
The Memoirs of Hyacinth Bucket
1997 · Hyacinth
Hildegard
1994 · Hildegard von Bingen
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Samuel Whiskers or The Roly-Poly Pudding
1993 · Ribby (voice)
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Tom Kitten and Jemima Puddle-Duck
1993 · Cousin Ribby (voice)
Miss Pym's Day Out
1992 · Barbara Pym
Missing Persons
1990 · Hetty Wainthrop
First and Last
1989 · Ivy
Customers From Hell
1989
Talking Heads
1988
Barry Humphries: This is Your Lunch
1988 · Self
When We Are Married
1987 · Maria Helliwell
Keep Off The Grass
1983 · Bag Lady
The Beggar's Opera
1983 · Mrs. Peachum
A Woman of No Importance.
1982 · Miss Schofield
The Pirates of Penzance
1980 · Ruth
The Curse of King Tut's Tomb
1980 · "Posh" Lady
The Imitation Game
1980
Doris and Doreen
1978 · Doreen Bidmead
A Visit from Miss Prothero
1978 · Miss Prothero
Plain Jane
1977 · Jane
More Awkward Customers
1975 · Awkward Customer: Mrs. Camel
Girl Stroke Boy
1971 · Pamela Hovendon
Up Among the Cuckoos
1970 · Miss Furling
Egghead's Robot
1970
If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
1969 · Mrs. Featherstone
Lock Up Your Daughters
1969
The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom
1968 · Miss Reece
Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River
1968 · Lucille Beatty
30 Is a Dangerous Age, Cynthia!
1968 · Mrs. Woolley
Androcles and the Lion
1967 · Magaera, Androcles' Wife
Pretty Polly
1967 · Miss Gudgeon
To Sir, with Love
1967 · Clinty Clintridge
Iolanthe
1966 · Iolanthe
Hobson's Choice
1962 · Maggie Hobson
TV shows (37)
Remembers…
2022 · Self
Parkinson
1998 · Self
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
1996 · Hetty Wainthropp
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
1992 · Cousin Ribby (voice)
Mrs Pym's Day Out
1992 · Barbara Pym
Keeping Up Appearances
1990 · Hyacinth Bucket
Talking Heads
1988 · Irene Ruddock, Miss Fozzard
Marjorie And Men
1985 · Marjorie Belton
Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV
1985
Natural World
1983 · Narrator
Objects of Affection
1982 · Miss Schofield
Tales of the Unexpected
1979 · Milly Dobson
An Audience with...
1978 · Self
BBC2 Play of the Week
1977 · Peggy Prothero
Nicholas Nickleby
1977 · Mme. Mantalini
Jubilee 1977
1977 · Jane
Affairs of the Heart
1974 · Mrs Meldrum
...And Mother Makes Five
1974
Crown Court
1972 · Dr. Barbara Baxter
Sense and Sensibility
1971 · Mrs. Jennings
Play for Today
1970
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969 · Hazel Day
Ooh La La!
1968
ITV Playhouse
1967 · Rose
NET Playhouse
1966 · Queen Victoria
BBC Play of the Month
1965 · Annie Parker, Dorine
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965 · Beryl Turner
Victoria Regina
1964 · Queen Victoria
Steptoe and Son
1962 · Madame Fontana (Beryl Duddy)
Z-Cars
1962
Sunday-Night Play
1960 · Sylvia
No Hiding Place
1959
Theatre Night
1957 · Aunt Mabel
Armchair Theatre
1956 · Miss Furling, New mother
Tony Awards
1956 · Self - Nominee
ITV Play of the Week
1955 · Maggie Hobson
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948 · Self