Actress Patricia Routledge, best known for her BAFTA-nominated performance in the British sitcom Keeping Up Appearances, has passed away at the age of 96. Her agent confirmed her passing in a ...

Dame Patricia Routledge was 96 when she died in October 2025, leaving behind a substantial legacy in Britain’s TV industry. Learn about her life and career here. Patricia Routledge, (full name: Dame ...

Before she became known as the snooty suburbanite Hyacinth Bucket, Ms. Routledge was an acclaimed stage performer, appearing with the Royal Shakespeare Company and on the West End and Broadway. By ...

Dame Patricia Routledge, who has died at the age of 96, imprinted herself on the national consciousness as the snobby Hyacinth Bucket. Insisting it was "pronounced Bouquet," Hyacinth ran roughshod ...

Dame Patricia Routledge, celebrated worldwide for her role as Hyacinth Bucket in the BBC sitcom Keeping Up Appearances, has passed away at the age of 96. Her agent confirmed the news in a statement to ...

“You’re old,” I said to myself with regard to my oh-so-not-internet-savvy reposting of a small essay attributed to British actress, Patricia Routledge, in honor of her recent passing. I had been moved ...

Dame Patricia Routledge, a Tony Award-winning actress best known to television audiences as the pretentious Hyacinth Bucket ("It's pronounced Bouquet!") on the BBC classic Keeping Up Appearances, has ...

Dame Patricia Routledge died last week. In the 1990s, she starred in the BBC TV show "Keeping Up Appearances." SUMMERS: It's a sitcom about a middle-class woman named Hyacinth who is hellbent on ...

Patricia Routledge, the British sitcom icon, has passed away. She was 96. The actress was best known for her role as snobby social climber Hyacinth Bucket in Keeping Up Appearances, the BBC comedy ...

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