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