Patricia Routledge



First NamePatricia
Last NameRoutledge
Full Name at BirthKatherine Patricia Routledge
Other NamesOld Girl
Pat
Age82
Date of BirthFebruary 17, 1929
BirthplaceBirkenhead, Cheshire, England
Height5' 5" (165 cm)
BuildLarge
Hair ColorBrown - Dark
Star SignAquarius
EthnicityWhite
NationalityBritish
High SchoolMersey Park Primary School
Birkenhead High School
UniversityUniversity of Liverpool
Occupation CategoryActress
Claim to FameKeeping Up Appearances
FatherIsaac Routledge
MotherCatherine Routledge

Katherine Patricia Routledge, CBE (born 17 February 1929) is an English theatre, television, and film actress and singer. She is best known for her roles on British television, most notably as Hyacinth Bucket in Keeping Up Appearances and Hetty Wainthropp in Hetty Wainthropp Investigates. In addition to her roles in British television, she has a long and successful career in musical theatre, as well as in film. She has never married and has no children and currently resides in Chichester, West Sussex.


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Filmography

Selected Patricia Routledge film and TV show credits:


Acting Credits

2003
In Search of the Brontës
Narrator

2001
Anybody's Nightmare
Sheila Bowler

1998
Talking Heads 2
Miss Fozzard

1996
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
Hetty Wainthropp

1991
Miss Pym's Day Out
Barbara Pym

1990
Missing Persons
Hetty Wainthropp

1990
Hyacinth Bucket, Hyacinth

1989
First and Last
Ivy

1988
Sophia and Constance
Mrs. Baines

1987
Talking Heads
Miss Ruddock

1987
When We Are Married
Maria Helliwell

1985
Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV
Kitty

1985
Marjorie and Men
Marjorie Belton

1984
Alas Smith & Jones
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1983
The Beggar's Opera
Mrs. Peachum

1982
Objects of Affection
Miss Schofield

1982
A Woman of No Importance
Peggy Schofield

1980
The Curse of King Tut's Tomb
'Posh' Lady

1980
The Pirates of Penzance
Ruth

1979
Milly Dobson

1978
Doris and Doreen
Doreen Bidmead

1977
Nicholas Nickleby
Madame Mantalini

1977
BBC2 Play of the Week
Miss Prothero

1977
The Cost of Loving
Sarah Taplow

1977
Jubilee
-

1974
David Copperfield
Mrs. Micawber

1974
And Mother Makes Five
Mrs. Fletcher

1974
Mrs. Meldrum

1972
Crown Court
Rita Finch

1971
Girl Stroke Boy
Pamela Hovendon

1971
Sense and Sensibility
Mrs. Jennings

1971
Doctor at Large
Audrey Watt

1971
Madame Multitude

1970
Play for Today
ATS officer

1970
His and Hers
Myrtle Waller

1970
Egghead's Robot
Mrs. Wentworth

1969
Mrs. Featherstone

1969
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
Hazel Day

1968
Miss Reece

1968
Mrs. Woolley

1968
Ooh La La!
Lucienne Homenides de Histangau

1967
Miss Gudgeon

1967
Clinty Clintridge

1967
Androcles and the Lion
Megaera, Androcles' Wife

1967
ITV Playhouse
Fern, Rose

1966
Seven Deadly Sins
Mrs. Vealfoy

1965
BBC Play of the Month
Annie Parker, Dorine

1965
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Beryl Turner

1965
Gaslight Theatre
'Our Mary'

1964
Not So Much a Programme, More a Way of Life
Irish Mother

1964
Victoria Regina
Queen Victoria

1962
Steptoe and Son
Madame Fontana

1962
Madge Kenton

1960
Sylvia Snape

1959
No Hiding Place
Pat

1956
Armchair Theatre
Miss Furling, New mother

1955
ITV Play of the Week
Alice Clay, Maggie Hobson

Soundtrack Credits






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Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical
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Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical
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