Patricia Routledge

Acting

Born: 1929-02-17

Died: 2025-10-03

From: Tranmere, Merseyside, England, UK

Gender: Female

Popularity: 0.8

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.

Awards & Nominations5 won · 7 nominated

🏆 Won

Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire

2017

🏆 Won

Commander of the Order of the British Empire

2004

🏆 Won

Officer of the Order of the British Empire

1993

Nominated

British Academy Television Award for Best Entertainment Performance

Keeping Up Appearances

1993

Nominated

Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress

1992

Nominated

British Academy Television Award for Best Entertainment Performance

Keeping Up Appearances

1992

Nominated

British Academy Television Award for Best Actress

Talking Heads

1989

🏆 Won

Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical

1988

Nominated

Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical

1988

Nominated

Laurence Olivier Award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role

1985

Nominated

Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role

1979

🏆 Won

Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical

1968

Patricia Routledge

Biography

Awards & Nominations5 won · 7 nominated

Acting70 titles

Beatrix Potter with Patricia Routledge

A Woman of No Importance.

Ooh La La!

Victoria Regina

The Memoirs of Hyacinth Bucket

More Awkward Customers

Androcles and the Lion

Talking Heads 2

The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends

Miss Pym's Day Out

The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Tom Kitten and Jemima Puddle-Duck

Objects of Affection

Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV

The Imitation Game

Keeping Up Appearances

To Sir, with Love

Affairs of the Heart

Natural World

Comedy Classic: Keeping Up Appearances

Z-Cars

Hetty Wainthropp Investigates

NET Playhouse

First and Last

A Visit from Miss Prothero

When We Are Married

BBC2 Play of the Week

Nicholas Nickleby

ITV Playhouse

ITV Saturday Night Theatre

Affairs of the Heart

The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom

Tales of the Unexpected

The Ed Sullivan Show

Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River

Talking Heads

Play for Today

The Pirates of Penzance

Doris and Doreen

Hildegard

...And Mother Makes Five

Sense and Sensibility

The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends

Egghead's Robot

Lock Up Your Daughters

Armchair Theatre

If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium

Anybody's Nightmare

Girl Stroke Boy

The Beggar's Opera

30 Is a Dangerous Age, Cynthia!

BBC Play of the Month

An Audience with...

Talking Heads

The Curse of King Tut's Tomb

No Hiding Place

Thirty-Minute Theatre

Pretty Polly

Missing Persons

ITV Play of the Week

Joe Orton Laid Bare

Customers From Hell

Hobson's Choice

Barry Humphries: This is Your Lunch

Iolanthe

The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Samuel Whiskers or The Roly-Poly Pudding

Mrs Pym's Day Out

Parkinson

Theatre Night

Remembers…

Tony Awards