Cast & creator
Patricia Routledge
Best known for Tony Awards, Play for Today, Crown Court
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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film credits
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television credits
81
1948–2023 · acting roles
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Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (81)
Showing 81 of 81 credits
Tony Awards
Self - Nominee
1956
Play for Today
1970
Crown Court
Dr. Barbara Baxter
1972
Tales of the Unexpected
Milly Dobson
1979
BBC Play of the Month
Annie Parker
1965BBC Play of the Month
Dorine
1965
ITV Playhouse
Rose
1967
Natural World
Narrator
1983
Z-Cars
1962
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
1948
Parkinson
Self
1998
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Beryl Turner
1965
No Hiding Place
1959
An Audience with...
Self
1978
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
Hazel Day
1969Sunday-Night Play
Sylvia
1960
ITV Play of the Week
Maggie Hobson
1955
Keeping Up Appearances
Hyacinth Bucket
1990
BBC2 Play of the Week
Peggy Prothero
1977
NET Playhouse
Queen Victoria
1966
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
Hetty Wainthropp
1996
Remembers…
Self
2022
Steptoe and Son
Madame Fontana (Beryl Duddy)
1962
Theatre Night
Aunt Mabel
1957Jubilee 1977
Jane
1977
Ooh La La!
1968
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
Cousin Ribby (voice)
1992
To Sir, with Love
Clinty Clintridge
1967
Affairs of the Heart
Mrs Meldrum
1974
Armchair Theatre
Miss Furling
1956Armchair Theatre
New mother
1956
Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV
1985
Nicholas Nickleby
Mme. Mantalini
1977
Objects of Affection
Miss Schofield
1982
Talking Heads
Miss Fozzard
1988Talking Heads
Irene Ruddock
1988
...And Mother Makes Five
1974
Sense and Sensibility
Mrs. Jennings
1971
Victoria Regina
Queen Victoria
1964
The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom
Miss Reece
1968
If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
Mrs. Featherstone
1969
The Curse of King Tut's Tomb
"Posh" Lady
1980
Comedy Classic: Keeping Up Appearances
Self
2023
When We Are Married
Maria Helliwell
1987
Pretty Polly
Miss Gudgeon
1967
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
Cousin Ribby
2006
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Tom Kitten and Jemima Puddle-Duck
Cousin Ribby (voice)
1993The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
Self
2005
The Pirates of Penzance
Ruth
1980
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Samuel Whiskers or The Roly-Poly Pudding
Ribby (voice)
1993
Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River
Lucille Beatty
1968
Androcles and the Lion
Magaera, Androcles' Wife
1967
Hildegard
Hildegard von Bingen
1994
Miss Pym's Day Out
Barbara Pym
1992Marjorie And Men
Marjorie Belton
1985
The Beggar's Opera
Mrs. Peachum
1983
Egghead's Robot
1970
A Visit from Miss Prothero
Miss Prothero
1978Keep Off The Grass
Bag Lady
1983
Lock Up Your Daughters
1969
Missing Persons
Hetty Wainthrop
1990
Joe Orton Laid Bare
Herself
2017
The Imitation Game
1980
30 Is a Dangerous Age, Cynthia!
Mrs. Woolley
1968
More Awkward Customers
Awkward Customer: Mrs. Camel
1975
First and Last
Ivy
1989
The Memoirs of Hyacinth Bucket
Hyacinth
1997
Customers From Hell
1989
Girl Stroke Boy
Pamela Hovendon
1971Up Among the Cuckoos
Miss Furling
1970
Talking Heads 2
1998
A Woman of No Importance.
Miss Schofield
1982
Barry Humphries: This is Your Lunch
Self
1988
Beatrix Potter with Patricia Routledge
Self - Presenter
2016
Talking Heads
1988
Hobson's Choice
Maggie Hobson
1962
Anybody's Nightmare
Sheila Bowler
2001Plain Jane
Jane
1977
Doris and Doreen
Doreen Bidmead
1978
Mrs Pym's Day Out
Barbara Pym
1992
Iolanthe
Iolanthe
1966