Patricia Routledge

Personal Info

Birthday

February 17, 1929

Day of Death

2025-10-03

(96 years old)

Place of Birth

Tranmere, Merseyside, England, UK

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.

Known For

If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium

Natural World

Tales of the Unexpected

BBC Play of the Month

The Beggar's Opera

Keeping Up Appearances

Hetty Wainthropp Investigates

To Sir, with Love

Filmography

2023
Comedy Classics: Keeping Up Appearances
as Self
2017
Joe Orton Laid Bare
as Herself
2016
Beatrix Potter with Patricia Routledge
as Self - Presenter
2001
Anybody's Nightmare
as Sheila Bowler
1997
The Memoirs of Hyacinth Bucket
as Hyacinth
1994
Hildegard
as Hildegard von Bingen
1993
The Tale of Tom Kitten & Jemima Puddle-Duck
as Cousin Ribby (voice)
1992
Miss Pym's Day Out
as Barbara Pym
1990
Missing Persons
as Hetty Wainthrop
1989
First and Last
as Ivy
1988
Barry Humphries: This is Your Lunch
as Self
1987
When We Are Married
as Maria Helliwell
1983
Keep Off The Grass
as Bag Lady
The Beggar's Opera
as Mrs. Peachum
1982
A Woman of No Importance.
as Miss Schofield
1980
The Pirates of Penzance
as Ruth
The Curse of King Tut's Tomb
as "Posh" Lady
1978
Doris and Doreen
as Doreen Bidmead
A Visit from Miss Prothero
as Miss Prothero
1977
Plain Jane
as Jane
1975
More Awkward Customers
as Awkward Customer: Mrs. Camel
1971
Girl Stroke Boy
as Pamela Hovendon
1970
Up Among the Cuckoos
as Miss Furling
1969
If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
as Mrs. Featherstone
1968
The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom
as Miss Reece
Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River
as Lucille Beatty
30 Is a Dangerous Age, Cynthia!
as Mrs. Woolley
1967
Androcles and the Lion
as Magaera, Androcles' Wife
Pretty Polly
as Miss Gudgeon
To Sir, with Love
as Clinty Clintridge
1966
Iolanthe
as Iolanthe
1962
Hobson's Choice
as Maggie Hobson