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.

Filmography

• 2006The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends — Cousin Ribby
• 2001Anybody's Nightmare — Sheila Bowler
• 1998Talking Heads 2
• 1997The Memoirs of Hyacinth Bucket — Hyacinth
• Hetty Wainthropp Investigates — Hetty Wainthropp
• 1994Hildegard — Hildegard von Bingen
• 1993The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Samuel Whiskers or The Roly-Poly Pudding — Ribby (voice)
• 1993The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Tom Kitten and Jemima Puddle-Duck — Cousin Ribby (voice)
• 1992Miss Pym's Day Out — Barbara Pym
• Mrs Pym's Day Out — Barbara Pym
• The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends — Cousin Ribby (voice)
• Keeping Up Appearances — Hyacinth Bucket
• 1990Missing Persons — Hetty Wainthrop
• 1989Customers From Hell
• 1989First and Last — Ivy
• 1988Talking Heads
• Talking Heads — Irene Ruddock, Miss Fozzard
• 1987When We Are Married — Maria Helliwell
• Marjorie And Men — Marjorie Belton
• Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV
• 1983Keep Off The Grass — Bag Lady
• Natural World — Narrator
• 1983The Beggar's Opera — Mrs. Peachum
• 1982A Woman of No Importance. — Miss Schofield
• Objects of Affection — Miss Schofield
• 1980The Curse of King Tut's Tomb — "Posh" Lady
• 1980The Imitation Game
• 1980The Pirates of Penzance — Ruth
• Tales of the Unexpected — Milly Dobson
• 1978A Visit from Miss Prothero — Miss Prothero
• 1978Doris and Doreen — Doreen Bidmead
• BBC2 Play of the Week — Peggy Prothero
• Jubilee 1977 — Jane
• Nicholas Nickleby — Mme. Mantalini
• 1977Plain Jane — Jane
• 1975More Awkward Customers — Awkward Customer: Mrs. Camel
• ...And Mother Makes Five
• Affairs of the Heart — Mrs Meldrum
• Crown Court — Dr. Barbara Baxter
• 1971Girl Stroke Boy — Pamela Hovendon
• Sense and Sensibility — Mrs. Jennings
• 1970Egghead's Robot
• Play for Today
• 1970Up Among the Cuckoos — Miss Furling
• ITV Saturday Night Theatre — Hazel Day
• 1969If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium — Mrs. Featherstone
• 1969Lock Up Your Daughters
• 196830 Is a Dangerous Age, Cynthia! — Mrs. Woolley
• 1968Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River — Lucille Beatty
• Ooh La La!
• 1968The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom — Miss Reece
• 1967Androcles and the Lion — Magaera, Androcles' Wife
• ITV Playhouse — Rose
• 1967Pretty Polly — Miss Gudgeon
• 1967To Sir, with Love — Clinty Clintridge
• 1966Iolanthe — Iolanthe
• NET Playhouse — Queen Victoria
• BBC Play of the Month — Annie Parker, Dorine
• Thirty-Minute Theatre — Beryl Turner
• Victoria Regina — Queen Victoria
• 1962Hobson's Choice — Maggie Hobson
• Steptoe and Son — Madame Fontana (Beryl Duddy)
• Z-Cars
• Sunday-Night Play — Sylvia
• No Hiding Place
• Theatre Night — Aunt Mabel
• Armchair Theatre — Miss Furling, New mother
• ITV Play of the Week — Maggie Hobson

Appearances as themselves (10)

• 2023Comedy Classic: Keeping Up Appearances — Self
• Remembers… — Self
• 2017Joe Orton Laid Bare — Herself
• 2016Beatrix Potter with Patricia Routledge — Self - Presenter
• 2005The Funny Blokes of British Comedy — Self
• Parkinson — Self
• 1988Barry Humphries: This is Your Lunch — Self
• An Audience with... — Self
• Tony Awards — Self - Nominee
• The Ed Sullivan Show — Self