How to feel safe enough to quit the role that launched her to domestic stardom? For Dame Patricia Routledge, it was the same sense which dictated much of her life doing it in such a way that one could ...

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 ...

Patricia Routledge, the Tony Award-winning British actress and singer who brought an insistent dignity to roles that included Lady Bracknell, English monarchs and a pretentious, pratfall-prone English ...

Patricia Routledge, the award-winning British actress and singer best known for her role as Hyacinth Bucket on Keeping Up Appearances, died on Oct.3 in Chichester, England. She was 96. Her agent, Max ...