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Patricia Routledge is a Actor British born on 17 february 1929 at Birkenhead (United-kingdom)

Patricia Routledge

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Birth name Katherine Patricia Routledge
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 17 february 1929 (95 years) at Birkenhead (United-kingdom)
Awards Laurence Olivier Award, Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire

Katherine Patricia Routledge, CBE (born 17 February 1929), is an English actress and singer. She is best known for her role as Hyacinth Bucket in the British television series Keeping Up Appearances, which ran from 1990 to 1995.

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. In 1968, she won the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical for her role in Darling of the Day. Other theatre credits include Candide, for which she won the 1988 Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical.

On television, she came to prominence during the 1980s in monologues written by Victoria Wood and Alan Bennett, appearing as Kitty in Victoria Wood As Seen On TV (1985–86) and in Bennett's A Woman of No Importance (1982) and Talking Heads (1988). For the last, she was nominated for the British Academy Television Award for Best Actress. For her role as Hyacinth in Keeping Up Appearances she received two further BAFTA nominations. She also starred as Hetty Wainthropp in the British television series Hetty Wainthropp Investigates (1995–99).

Her film roles include To Sir, with Love with Sidney Poitier (1967) and Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River with Jerry Lewis (1968).

Biography

Routledge has never married, has no children, and as of June 2008 resides in Chichester, West Sussex and regularly worships at Chichester Cathedral.

She was appointed OBE in 1993 and CBE in 2004. As of July 2012, she was a patron of the Beatrix Potter Society.

In 2008, Routledge received a Doctor of Letters degree from Lancaster University for her contribution to drama and theatre.

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Filmography of Patricia Routledge (8 films)

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Actress

Anybody's Nightmare, 1h37
Directed by Tristram Powell
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Prison films
Actors Patricia Routledge, David Calder, Malcolm Sinclair, Albert Welling, Michael Culver, Peter Halliday
Roles Sheila Bowler
Rating68% 3.415173.415173.415173.415173.41517
The film depicts Sheila Bowler's wrongful conviction and imprisonment for murdering her elderly aunt, and her son and daughters quest for justice, and her eventual acquittal.
The Curse of King Tut's Tomb, 1h38
Directed by Philip Leacock
Genres Thriller, Horror, Crime
Actors Eva Marie Saint, Harry Andrews, Robin Ellis, Raymond Burr, Wendy Hiller, Angharad Rees
Roles "Posh" Lady
Rating48% 2.4219552.4219552.4219552.4219552.421955
The English archaeologist Howard Carter and his financier, Lord Carnarvon discover after years of search the grave of Tut-Ench-Amun. Rumors about a curse that invites to anyone who disturbs the peace grave circulate in public. For even the unscrupulous art collector Sabastian is after the legendary gold sarcophagus. The Curse of the Pharaoh seems to be effective, for there will be a series of mysterious deaths.
If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium, 1h39
Directed by Mel Stuart
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Adventure, Romance
Themes Transport films, Road movies
Actors Suzanne Pleshette, Ian McShane, Mildred Natwick, Michael Constantine, Murray Hamilton, Norman Fell
Roles Mrs. Featherstone
Rating61% 3.0970153.0970153.0970153.0970153.097015
Charlie (Ian McShane) is an English tour guide who takes groups of Americans on whirlwind 18-day sightseeing tours of Europe. Among his various clients on his latest trip are Samantha (Suzanne Pleshette) with whom he wants to have an affair, a man who desires a pair of custom-made Italian shoes from a certain cobbler in Rome, another man who is secretly being set up for a surprise marriage with his Italian cousin, and an Army veteran who is reliving his World War II experiences.
The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom, 1h33
Directed by Joseph McGrath
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Romance
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Shirley MacLaine, Richard Attenborough, James Booth, Freddie Jones, John Bluthal, Bob Monkhouse
Roles Miss Reece
Rating56% 2.808122.808122.808122.808122.80812
Robert Blossom is a workaholic brassiere manufacturer. When his wife Harriet's sewing machine breaks down, he sends his bumbling employee Ambrose Tuttle to repair it. Mrs. Blossom seduces him, then hides him in the attic, instructing him to sneak out in the middle of the night. Ambrose, however, is enchanted by the woman and decides to settle in to serve as her secret paramour. When he's reported missing, Det. Sgt. Dylan from Scotland Yard is assigned to the case, one he doggedly pursues for years. The mysterious noises Robert frequently hears overhead finally lead to his nervous breakdown, but Ambrose saves the day by passing along stock tips that turn his employer into a millionaire. The grateful Mr. Blossom not only allows Ambrose to remain with his wife, but presents the couple with his factory as a wedding present.
Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River, 1h39
Directed by Jerry Paris
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Jerry Lewis, Terry-Thomas, Jacqueline Pearce, Bernard Cribbins, Patricia Routledge, Nicholas Parsons
Roles Lucille Beatty
Rating47% 2.3657352.3657352.3657352.3657352.365735
George Lester (Jerry Lewis) is an American living in Britain. His passion is get-rich-quick schemes, and they have caused financial and personal grief for him and his wife, Pamela, (Jacqueline Pearce) who is considering divorce if he continues with them.
Pretty Polly
Directed by Guy Green
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Actors Hayley Mills, Shashi Kapoor, Trevor Howard, Brenda De Banzie, Patricia Routledge, Dorothy Alison
Roles Miss Gudgeon
Rating60% 3.047013.047013.047013.047013.04701
Miss Polly Barlow (Hayley Mills) decides to leave England and "spend a few months with her wealthy spinster aunt as a traveling companion." While in Singapore, the sudden demise of her aunt (Brenda De Banzie) "leaves her alone to pursue her freedom and explore an arms length romance with a local" Indian Singaporean tour guide, Amaz (Shashi Kapoor). "Tender, fun loving, and poetic representation of that transition from youth to young womanhood."
To Sir, with Love, 1h45
Directed by James Clavell
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Themes Films about education
Actors Sidney Poitier, Judy Geeson, Suzy Kendall, Ann Bell, Lulu, Geoffrey Bayldon
Roles Clinty Clintridge
Rating75% 3.7985753.7985753.7985753.7985753.798575
Mark Thackeray (Sidney Poitier), an unemployed man, applies for an engineering job but it will be a long time before a decision is made. He also applies for, and is awarded, a teaching position at the North Quay Secondary School in the tough East End of London. He comes from British Guyana via California.