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Patricia Routledge

Television Actress / Stage Actress / Film Actress | * 02/17/1929 (95) | Tranmere, Merseyside, England (United Kingdom (UK))
Dame Katherine Patricia Routledge ( ROWT-lij; born 17 February 1929) is an English stage, television and film actress, and singer. She is best known for her comedy role as Hyacinth Bucket in the popular BBC sitcom Keeping Up Appearances (1990–1995). Routledge was nominated for the BAFTA TV Award for Best Light Entertainment Performance in 1992 and 1993. Her film appearances include To Sir, with Love (1967) and Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River (1968). Routledge made her professional stage debut at the Liverpool Playhouse in 1952 and her Broadway debut in How's the World Treating You in 1966. She won the 1968 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical for her role in Darling of the Day, and the 1988 Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical for Candide. On television, Routledge came to prominence during the 1980s in monologues written by Alan Bennett and Victoria Wood; appearing in Bennett's A Woman of No Importance (1982), as Kitty in Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV (1985–1986), and being nominated f... ()
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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.

Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | TV Movies

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Instead of spending her golden years lying down, the indomitable Hetty Wainthropp found her calling late in life. Combining common sense, her husband, and her pocketbook, this senior sleuth takes on a ...

Hetty Wainthropp Investigates

TV-G

1996 | 3.5/5 | 50min per episode
Drama, Crime
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Nicholas Nickleby

Certification unknown

1977 | 2.8/5 | 1h per episode
Drama
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Hyacinth Bucket (whose name, she insists, is pronounced "Bouquet") is a suburban housewife in the West Midlands. She would be the first to tell you that she is a gracious hostess, a respected citizen, ...

Keeping Up Appearances

TV-PG

1990 | 3.8/5 | 30min per episode
Comedy
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Objects of Affection

Certification unknown

1982
 
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Awards & Nominations for Patricia Routledge

Commander of The Order of The British Empire Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical Dame Commander of The Order of The British Empire Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role Laurence Olivier Award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical British Academy Television Award for Best Actress 2x British Academy Television Award for Best Entertainment Performance Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress
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Movies with Patricia Routledge as Actress(25)

as herself2023 Comedy Classics: Keeping Up Appearances
as herself2017 Joe Orton Laid Bare
as Self - Presenter2016 Beatrix Potter with Patricia Routledge
as Sheila Bowler2001 Anybody's Nightmare
1998 Talking Heads 2
as Hyacinth1997 The Memoirs of Hyacinth Bucket
as Hetty Wainthrop1990 Missing Persons
as Ivy1989 First and Last
1988 Talking Heads
as Maria Helliwell1987 When We Are Married
as Bag Lady1983 Keep Off The Grass
as "Posh" Lady1980 The Curse of King Tut's Tomb
1980 The Imitation Game
as Ruth1980 The Pirates of Penzance
as Miss Prothero1978 A Visit from Miss Prothero
as Doreen Bidmead1978 Doris and Doreen
as Pamela Hovendon1971 Girl Stroke Boy
1970 Egghead's Robot
as Mrs. Featherstone1969 If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
as Mrs. Woolley1968 30 Is a Dangerous Age, Cynthia!
as Lucille Beatty1968 Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River
as Miss Reece1968 The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom
as Clinty Clintridge1967 To Sir, with Love
as Magaera, Androcles' Wife1967 Androcles and the Lion
as Miss Gudgeon1967 Pretty Polly

TV Shows/Series with Patricia Routledge as Actress(19)

as Hetty Wainthropp1996 Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
as Hyacinth Bucket1990 Keeping Up Appearances
1985 Victoria Wood As Seen On TV
1983 Affairs of the Heart
as Narrator1983 Natural World
as Miss Schofield1982 Objects of Affection
as Milly Dobson1979 Tales of the Unexpected
as herself1978 An Audience with...
1977 Nicholas Nickleby
as Madame Mantalini1977 Nicholas Nickleby
1974 ...And Mother Makes Five
1970 Play for Today
1968 Ooh La La!
1965 Thirty-Minute Theatre
as Annie Parker1965 Play of the Month
as Queen Victoria1964 Victoria Regina
1962 Z-Cars
1959 No Hiding Place
as herself1948 The Ed Sullivan Show

Full Name: Patricia Routledge
Citizenship: United Kingdom (UK)
Born: Sunday, 02/17 1929 (February) in Tranmere, Merseyside, England (United Kingdom (UK)) (current age: 95 years + 67 days)
Zodiac sign: Aquarius (Chinese zodiac sign: Snake)
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: University of Liverpool, Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, Birkenhead High School Academy, Mersey Park Primary School
Patricia Routledge frequently works together with these people:
Patrick Cargill (9x, Actor)
John Gielgud (8x, Actor)
Frank Finlay (7x, Actor)
Jackie Gleason (7x, Actor)
Alan Bennett (7x, Actor)
Anthony Hopkins (6x, Actor)
Julie Walters (6x, Actress)
Helen Mirren (6x, Actress)
David Attenborough (6x, Actor)
Joss Ackland (6x, Actor)
Warren Mitchell (6x, Actor)
Peter Barkworth (6x, Actor)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:424115, Added: 09/22/2018, Last updated: 04/21/2024