Patricia Routledge News

Patricia Routledge stars as Hyacinth Bucket , who is in a class of her own, so obsessed with etiquette and breeding that she goes to incredible lengths in her quest for perfection.

Eve Arden is Our Miss Brooks. Joan Collins is Alexis. Estelle Getty, Sophia. Whatever else these ladies did in their long stage, screen and television careers, they have become identified with a single, signature role they had the good fortune to create in midlife.

One is actress Patricia Routledge, known to millions as the redoutable Hyacinth in Keeping Up Appearances, and the other is Music Director at the Halle, Sir Mark Elder.

When Canadians think of British comedy, actors like Rowan Atkinson and John Cleese often come to mind.