Patricia Routledge Biography

Patricia Routledge (Katherine Patricia Routledge) is an English singer, comedian and actress born on 17th February 1929 in Tranmere, United Kingdom. She is famous for her role as Hyacinth Bucket in the BBC sitcom Keeping Up Appearances.

Patricia Routledge Age

Patricia was born on 17 February 1929,in Tranmere, United Kingdom. Her birthday sign is Aquarius.

Patricia Routledge Parents and Siblings

Routledge was born in Tranmere, Birkenhead, Cheshire, to her mother Catherine Routledge and father Isaac Routledge. Patricia’s father was a haberdasher. Her siblings have not been publicly listed.

Patricia Routledge Husband

Routledge has never been married, she does not have any children. Her relationships,if any, have not been publicly published.

Patricia Routledge Education

She attended Mersey Park Primary School, Birkenhead High School and later the University of Liverpool where she graduated with Honours in English Language and Literature. In 2008, Routledge received a Doctor of Letters degree from Lancaster University for her contribution to drama and theatre.
After graduating from the University of Liverpool she trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School and launched her acting career at the Liverpool Playhouse.

Patricia Routledge Career

Routledge began her acting career in theatre, particularly musical theatre, in the United Kingdom and the United States. She has been a long-standing member of the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC), appearing in some celebrated productions as the 1983 Richard III, which featured Antony Sher in the title role.
Her West End credits include Little Cowardy Custard, Mary Sunshine, Noises Off, Virtue in Danger, The Solid Gold Cadillac, and The Importance of Being Earnest, as well as a number of less successful vehicles.
She was a nominee at the Laurence Olivier Awards for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for her work in And a Nightingale Sang in 1979. A classically trained singer, she has irregularly made forays into operetta including taking the title role in an acclaimed production of Jacques Offenbach’s La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein at the 1978 Camden Festival; “As the Grand Duchess, she invested every phrase, spoken or sung with wit and meaning, and coloured her tone to express a broad variety of emotions. Never did she resort to the hoydenish behaviour that this role — in British productions at least — seems to invite.”
She made her Broadway breakthrough in 1966 in Roger Milner’s outrageous comedy, ‘How’s the World Treating You?’, going back in the short-lived 1968 musical Darling of the Day, for which she earned the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical, sharing the honour with Leslie Uggams of ‘Hallelujah, Baby!’.
In 1988 she received a Laurence Olivier Award for her depiction of the Old Lady in Leonard Bernstein’s Candide in the London cast of the critically acclaimed Scottish Opera production.

Patricia Routledge Keeping Up Appearances

In 1990, Routledge was cast as Hyacinth Bucket in the comedy series Keeping Up Appearances. Her role being as a formerly working-class woman with social pretensions (insisting her surname be pronounced “bouquet”) and delusions of grandeur (her oft-mentioned “candlelight suppers”).
She enjoyed portraying Hyacinth, as she claimed she couldn’t stand people like her in real life. In 1991, she won a British Comedy Award for her portrayal, and she was later nominated for two BAFTA TV Awards in 1992 and 1993. The series concluded at Routledge’s request in 1995.

Patricia Routledge Films

1967 – To Sir, with Love
1967 – Pretty Polly / A Matter of Innocence
1967 – Don’t Raise the Bridge, Lower the River
1968 – 30 Is a Dangerous Age, Cynthia
1968 – The Bliss of Mrs Blossom
1969 – Lock Up Your Daughters
1969 – If It’s Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
1971 – Girl Stroke Boy
Patricia Routledge TV Shows;

1959 – ITV Play of the Week
1960 – The Terrible Choice
1961 – Hilda Lessways
1961 – Coronation Street
1962 – Z-Cars
1964 – Victoria Regina
1965 – Not So Much a Programme, More a Way of Life
1965 – No Hiding Place
1965 – Gaslight Theatre
1956–66 – ITV Play of the Week
1966 – Eamonn Andrews Show
1967 – Thirty-Minute Theatre –
1967 – Seven Deadly Sins
1967 – Androcles and the Lion
1968 – The Ed Sullivan Show
1969 – ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1970 – Egghead’s Robot
1961–70 – Armchair Theatre
1970 – ITV Playhouse
1971 – Sense and Sensibility
1971 – Doctor at Large
1971 – Play of the Month: Tartuffe
1971 – Vincent Price Is in the Country
1972 – His and Hers
1973 – Ooh La La!
1973 – That’s Life
1974 – Affairs of the Heart
1974 – Steptoe and Son
1974 – …And Mother Makes Five
1974 – David Copperfield
1975 – More Awkward Customers
1971–75 – Play of the Month: When We Are Married
1977 – Nicholas Nickleby
1977 – Jubilee
1977 – The Cost of Loving
1978 – BBC2 Play of the Week
1978 – Doris and Doreen
1979 – Crown Court
1980 – The Pirates of Penzance
1980 – Play for Today
1980 – The Curse of King Tut’s Tomb
1982 – Objects of Affection
1983 – The Beggar’s Opera
1983 – Keep Off the Grass
1983 – The Two Ronnies
1984 – Home Video
1985 – Marjorie and Men
1985–86 – Victoria Wood as Seen on TV
1987 – When We Are Married
1988 – Tales of the Unexpected
1988 – Talking Heads
1988 – Sophia and Constance
1989 – First and Last
1989 – Let’s Face the Music
1990 – Missing Persons
1990 – Alas Smith and Jones
1991 – Miss Pym’s Day Out
1993 – The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
1994 – Hildegard of Bingen
1990–95 – Keeping Up Appearances
1997 – Heroes of Comedy
1996–98 – Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
1998 – Talking Heads 2
1998 – Funny Women
2001 – Anybody’s Nightmare
2003–2009 – Blips
2004 – The Funny Ladies of British Comedy
2004 – Ronnie Barker: A BAFTA Tribute
2004 – Comedy Connections –
2005 – The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
2006 – A Taste of My Life
2008 – Keeping Up Appearances: Life Lessons from Onslow
2008 – The Greatest Christmas Comedy Moments
2016 – Beatrix Potter with Patricia Routledge

Patricia Routledge Net Worth

Routledge has enjoyed a long career in the entertainment industry spanning in decades. She has been able to accumulate a modest fortune that is estimated to be worth about $2.5 million.

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