Patricia Routledge

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.

Known For

No Hiding Place

Play for Today

ITV Play of the Week

Maggie Hobson

Z-Cars

Parkinson

Self

BBC Play of the Month

Annie Parker

BBC Play of the Month

Dorine

Thirty-Minute Theatre

Beryl Turner

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
2023	Comedy Classics: Keeping Up Appearances	Self
2017	Joe Orton Laid Bare	Herself
2016	Beatrix Potter with Patricia Routledge	Self - Presenter
2001	Anybody's Nightmare	Sheila Bowler
1998	Talking Heads 2
1998	Miss Fozzard Finds Her Feet	Miss Fozzard
1997	The Memoirs of Hyacinth Bucket	Hyacinth
1994	Hildegard	Hildegard von Bingen
1993	The Tale of Tom Kitten & Jemima Puddle-Duck	Cousin Ribby (voice)
1992	Miss Pym's Day Out	Barbara Pym
1992	The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends	Cousin Ribby
1990	Missing Persons	Hetty Wainthrop
1989	First and Last	Ivy
1989	Customers From Hell
1988	Talking Heads
1988	Barry Humphries: This is Your Lunch	Self
1987	When We Are Married	Maria Helliwell
1983	Keep Off The Grass	Bag Lady
1983	The Beggar's Opera	Mrs. Peachum
1982	A Woman of No Importance.	Miss Schofield
1980	The Curse of King Tut's Tomb	"Posh" Lady
1980	The Pirates of Penzance	Ruth
1980	The Imitation Game
1978	A Visit from Miss Prothero	Miss Prothero
1978	Doris and Doreen	Doreen Bidmead
1975	More Awkward Customers	Awkward Customer: Mrs. Camel
1971	Girl Stroke Boy	Pamela Hovendon
1970	Up Among the Cuckoos	Miss Furling
1970	Egghead's Robot
1969	If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium	Mrs. Featherstone
1969	Lock Up Your Daughters
1968	Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River	Lucille Beatty
1968	The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom	Miss Reece
1968	30 Is a Dangerous Age, Cynthia!	Mrs. Woolley
1967	Pretty Polly	Miss Gudgeon
1967	To Sir, with Love	Clinty Clintridge
1967	Androcles and the Lion	Magaera, Androcles' Wife
1966	Iolanthe	Iolanthe
1962	Hobson's Choice	Maggie Hobson

Year	TV Show	Role
1998	Parkinson	Self
1996	Hetty Wainthropp Investigates	Hetty Wainthropp
1992	The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends	Cousin Ribby (voice)
1992	Mrs Pym's Day Out	Barbara Pym
1990	Keeping Up Appearances	Hyacinth Bucket
1988	Talking Heads	Miss Fozzard
1988	Talking Heads	Irene Ruddock
1985	Victoria Wood As Seen On TV
1985	Marjorie And Men
1983	Affairs of the Heart
1983	Natural World	Narrator
1982	Objects of Affection	Miss Schofield
1979	Tales of the Unexpected	Milly Dobson
1978	An Audience with...	Self
1977	BBC2 Play of the Week	Peggy Prothero
1977	Nicholas Nickleby	Mme. Mantalini
1974	...And Mother Makes Five
1971	Sense and Sensibility	Mrs. Jennings
1970	Play for Today
1968	Ooh La La!
1965	BBC Play of the Month	Annie Parker
1965	Thirty-Minute Theatre	Beryl Turner
1965	BBC Play of the Month	Dorine
1964	Victoria Regina	Queen Victoria
1962	Z-Cars
1959	No Hiding Place
1957	Theatre Night	Aunt Mabel
1956	Tony Awards	Self - Nominee
1956	Armchair Theatre	Miss Furling
1955	ITV Play of the Week	Maggie Hobson
1948	The Ed Sullivan Show	Self