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.

Cast

Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River

(Lucille Beatty)

First and Last

(Ivy)

A Visit from Miss Prothero

(Miss Prothero)

Girl Stroke Boy

(Pamela Hovendon)

Keep Off The Grass

(Bag Lady)

The Curse of King Tut's Tomb

("Posh" Lady)

The Pirates of Penzance

(Ruth)

Anybody's Nightmare

(Sheila Bowler)

The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom

(Miss Reece)

The Beggar's Opera

(Mrs. Peachum)

30 Is a Dangerous Age, Cynthia!

(Mrs. Woolley)

The Imitation Game

Doris and Doreen

(Doreen Bidmead)

Talking Heads

Talking Heads 2

Up Among the Cuckoos

(Miss Furling)

Comedy Classics: Keeping Up Appearances

(Self)

Hildegard

(Hildegard von Bingen)

Egghead's Robot

Pretty Polly

(Miss Gudgeon)

More Awkward Customers

(Awkward Customer: Mrs. Camel)

To Sir, with Love

(Clinty Clintridge)

The Memoirs of Hyacinth Bucket

(Hyacinth)

Beatrix Potter with Patricia Routledge

(Self - Presenter)

Androcles and the Lion

(Magaera, Androcles' Wife)

Joe Orton Laid Bare

(Herself)

Missing Persons

(Hetty Wainthrop)

If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium

(Mrs. Featherstone)

When We Are Married

(Maria Helliwell)

Miss Pym's Day Out

(Barbara Pym)

A Woman of No Importance.

(Miss Schofield)

The Tale of Tom Kitten & Jemima Puddle-Duck

(Cousin Ribby (voice))

The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends

(Cousin Ribby)

Customers From Hell

Hobson's Choice

(Maggie Hobson)

Lock Up Your Daughters

Barry Humphries: This is Your Lunch

(Self)

Iolanthe

(Iolanthe)

Plain Jane

(Jane)

Keeping Up Appearances

(Hyacinth Bucket)

...And Mother Makes Five

Affairs of the Heart

Z-Cars

Tales of the Unexpected

(Milly Dobson)

Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV

No Hiding Place

Play for Today

Hetty Wainthropp Investigates

(Hetty Wainthropp)

BBC Play of the Month

(Annie Parker)

Natural World

(Narrator)

Marjorie And Men

Talking Heads

(Miss Fozzard)

Talking Heads

(Irene Ruddock)

Ooh La La!

The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends

(Cousin Ribby (voice))

An Audience with...

(Self)

The Ed Sullivan Show

(Self)

Victoria Regina

(Queen Victoria)

Sense and Sensibility

(Mrs. Jennings)

Tony Awards

(Self - Nominee)

Objects of Affection

(Miss Schofield)

Armchair Theatre

(Miss Furling)

Thirty-Minute Theatre

(Beryl Turner)

Mrs Pym's Day Out

(Barbara Pym)

Parkinson

(Self)

ITV Play of the Week

(Maggie Hobson)

BBC Play of the Month

(Dorine)

BBC2 Play of the Week

(Peggy Prothero)

Nicholas Nickleby

(Mme. Mantalini)