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Patricia Routledge

Patricia Routledge

Patricia Routledge

1929-02-17

Tranmere, Merseyside, England, UK

Age: 96

ACTING

Biography

Dame Katherine Patricia Routledge, DBE is a British actress, comedian and singer. She is 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.

Best known for:

To Sir, with Love

Keeping Up Appearances

Tales of the Unexpected

If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium

Natural World

The Ed Sullivan Show

Hetty Wainthropp Investigates

The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends

Tony Awards

The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom

The Pirates of Penzance

Play for Today

Victoria Wood As Seen On TV

BBC Play of the Month

Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River

The Curse of King Tut's Tomb

Z-Cars

Thirty-Minute Theatre

Girl Stroke Boy

Talking Heads

ITV Play of the Week

Armchair Theatre

The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends

Pretty Polly

30 Is a Dangerous Age, Cynthia!

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Filmography:

ITV Play of the Week (1955)
APPEREAD AS:
Maggie Hobson
Armchair Theatre (1956)
APPEREAD AS:
Miss Furling
Theatre Night (1957)
APPEREAD AS:
Aunt Mabel
Hobson's Choice (1962)
APPEREAD AS:
Maggie Hobson
Victoria Regina (1964)
APPEREAD AS:
Queen Victoria
BBC Play of the Month (1965)
APPEREAD AS:
Annie Parker, Dorine
Thirty-Minute Theatre (1965)
APPEREAD AS:
Beryl Turner
Iolanthe (1966)
APPEREAD AS:
Iolanthe

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To Sir, with Love (1967)
6.2
APPEREAD AS:
Clinty Clintridge
Androcles and the Lion (1967)
APPEREAD AS:
Magaera, Androcles' Wife
Pretty Polly (1967)
APPEREAD AS:
Miss Gudgeon
The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom (1968)
APPEREAD AS:
Miss Reece
Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River (1968)
APPEREAD AS:
Lucille Beatty
30 Is a Dangerous Age, Cynthia! (1968)
APPEREAD AS:
Mrs. Woolley
If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium (1969)
APPEREAD AS:
Mrs. Featherstone
Sense and Sensibility (1971)
APPEREAD AS:
Mrs. Jennings

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Girl Stroke Boy (1971)
APPEREAD AS:
Pamela Hovendon
More Awkward Customers (1975)
APPEREAD AS:
Awkward Customer: Mrs. Camel
Nicholas Nickleby (1977)
APPEREAD AS:
Mme. Mantalini
BBC2 Play of the Week (1977)
APPEREAD AS:
Peggy Prothero
A Visit from Miss Prothero (1978)
APPEREAD AS:
Miss Prothero
Doris and Doreen (1978)
APPEREAD AS:
Doreen Bidmead
Tales of the Unexpected (1979)
5.4
APPEREAD AS:
Milly Dobson
The Pirates of Penzance (1980)
APPEREAD AS:
Ruth
The Curse of King Tut's Tomb (1980)
APPEREAD AS:
"Posh" Lady
Objects of Affection (1982)
APPEREAD AS:
Miss Schofield
A Woman of No Importance. (1982)
APPEREAD AS:
Miss Schofield
Natural World (1983)
APPEREAD AS:
Narrator
The Beggar's Opera (1983)
APPEREAD AS:
Mrs. Peachum
When We Are Married (1987)
APPEREAD AS:
Maria Helliwell
Talking Heads (1988)
APPEREAD AS:
Miss Fozzard, Irene Ruddock
First and Last (1989)
APPEREAD AS:
Ivy
Keeping Up Appearances (1990)
6.4
APPEREAD AS:
Hyacinth Bucket
Missing Persons (1990)
APPEREAD AS:
Hetty Wainthrop
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends (1992)
APPEREAD AS:
Cousin Ribby (voice)
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends (1992)
APPEREAD AS:
Cousin Ribby
Mrs Pym's Day Out (1992)
APPEREAD AS:
Barbara Pym
Miss Pym's Day Out (1992)
APPEREAD AS:
Barbara Pym
The Tale of Tom Kitten & Jemima Puddle-Duck (1993)
APPEREAD AS:
Cousin Ribby (voice)
Hildegard (1994)
APPEREAD AS:
Hildegard von Bingen
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates (1996)
APPEREAD AS:
Hetty Wainthropp
The Memoirs of Hyacinth Bucket (1997)
APPEREAD AS:
Hyacinth
Miss Fozzard Finds Her Feet (1998)
APPEREAD AS:
Miss Fozzard
Anybody's Nightmare (2001)
APPEREAD AS:
Sheila Bowler