Dame Katherine Patricia Routledge, DBE (/ˈraÊŠtlɪdÊ'/; born 17
February 1929) is an English actress, comedian, broadcaster and singer
with one of the longest careers of an entertainer, spanning more than
70 years. For her role as Hyacinth Bucket in the BBC sitcom Keeping Up
Appearances (1990â€"1995), she 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, she 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
(1985â€"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 (1989, 1996â€"1998). Patricia Routledge Biography, Weight & Height, Age, Nationality & Ethnicity
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