Patricia Routledge
English actress and singer (born 1929) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Dame Katherine Patricia Routledge DBE (/ˈraʊtlɪdʒ/ ROWT-lij;[1] 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).
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Born | Katherine Patricia Routledge (1929-02-17) 17 February 1929 (age 95) |
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Years active | 1952–present |
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 for the BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress for Bennett's Talking Heads: A Lady of Letters (1988). She also starred as Hetty Wainthropp in the British television series Hetty Wainthropp Investigates (1990, 1996–1998) and 44 episodes of “Keeping Up Appearances” from 1990 to 1995 as the lady of the house, Hyacinth Bucket (pronounced Bouquet). In 2017, she was made a dame by Queen Elizabeth II for her services to entertainment and charity.