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.
Patricia Routledge
Actress · Born 17 Feb 1929, Tranmere
Dame Katherine Patricia Routledge, DBE (17 February 1929 – 3 October 2025) was a British actress, comedian and singer.…
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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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- Born17 February 1929
- Died3 October 2025 (aged 96)
- BirthplaceTranmere, Merseyside, England, UK
- Known forActing
- GenderFemale
- Popularity1.4TMDB score
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Movies 41
Comedy Classic: Keeping Up Appearances
Joe Orton Laid Bare
Beatrix Potter with Patricia Routledge
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
Anybody's Nightmare
Talking Heads 2
The Memoirs of Hyacinth Bucket
Hildegard
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Samuel Whiskers or The Roly-Poly Pudding
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Tom Kitten and Jemima Puddle-Duck
Miss Pym's Day Out
Missing Persons
First and Last
Customers From Hell
Talking Heads
Barry Humphries: This is Your Lunch
When We Are Married
Keep Off The Grass
The Beggar's Opera
TV 37
Remembers…
Parkinson
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
Mrs Pym's Day Out
Keeping Up Appearances
Talking Heads
Marjorie And Men
Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV
Natural World
Objects of Affection
Tales of the Unexpected
An Audience with...
BBC2 Play of the Week
Nicholas Nickleby
Jubilee 1977
Affairs of the Heart
...And Mother Makes Five
Crown Court
Sense and Sensibility
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To Sir, with Love (1967)·Keeping Up Appearances (1990)·Tales of the Unexpected (1979)·Steptoe and Son (1962)·If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium (1969)·Hetty Wainthropp Investigates (1996)