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.
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
To Sir, with Love
as Clinty Clintridge
If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
as Mrs. Featherstone
The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom
as Miss Reece
Cast Credits
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
as Cousin Ribby
Anybody's Nightmare
as Sheila Bowler
The Memoirs of Hyacinth Bucket
as Hyacinth
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Samuel Whiskers or The Roly-Poly Pudding
as Ribby (voice)
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Tom Kitten and Jemima Puddle-Duck
as Cousin Ribby (voice)
Missing Persons
as Hetty Wainthrop
First and Last
as Ivy
When We Are Married
as Maria Helliwell
Keep Off The Grass
as Bag Lady
The Beggar's Opera
as Mrs. Peachum
A Woman of No Importance.
as Miss Schofield
The Pirates of Penzance
as Ruth
The Curse of King Tut's Tomb
as "Posh" Lady
Doris and Doreen
as Doreen Bidmead
A Visit from Miss Prothero
as Miss Prothero
Plain Jane
as Jane
More Awkward Customers
as Awkward Customer: Mrs. Camel
Girl Stroke Boy
as Pamela Hovendon
Up Among the Cuckoos
as Miss Furling
If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
as Mrs. Featherstone
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
Androcles and the Lion
as Magaera, Androcles' Wife