RIP Patricia Routledge

10 months ago

Patricia Routledge, perhaps best know as Hyacinth Bucket or Hetty Wainthropp, passed away yesterday at 96. Maybe my favorite British actor, I still stream these shows when in need of a chuckle or no-thought-required, lighthearted entertainment. She will be missed.

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10 months ago

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Not only was Patricia Routledge a classically trained actor but so was Clive Swift, who played the much put-upon Richard. I grew up in Stratford-on-Avon and saw him in several theatre productions. Clive was married to the somewhat formidable writer Margaret Drabble and their son Joe Swift, a garden designer is often on TV gardening programmes.

Over here (UK) it used to be quite common (not so much now) for real 'thespians' to have a wide range of dramatic ability allowing them to move between the stage, TV, film.

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orchidrain
10 months ago
Yes, RIP. I loved watching her shows.
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porkchop_z5b_MI
10 months ago
I remember watching "Keeping Up Appearances" right after "Are You Being Served" at 11:00 pm on PBS back in the day.
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stacey_mb
10 months ago
I remember watching "Keeping Up Appearances" right after "Are You Being Served" at 11:00 pm on PBS back in the day.

Two wonderful shows for some hearty laughs! Routledge had the most entertaining body and facial language in her comedies. RIP.
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carolb_w_fl_coastal_9/10
10 months ago
Same, stacey - but they came on earlier here. She was completely cringe - as the kids today say - and hilarious.

I remember her in To Sir With Love as well.
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LoneJack Zn 6a, KC
10 months ago
I woke up early this morning and there was an episode of 'Keeping up Appearances' showing on PBS. I wonder if they were showing it in her remembrance?
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sealavender
10 months ago
Her performance as Hyacinth Bucket reminded me of a certain pretentious relative. It always made me laugh.
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floral_uk z.8/9 SW UK
10 months ago
I recommend Talking Heads, an Alan Bennet series of monologues in which she appeared.
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Elmer J Fudd
10 months ago
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This is someone I haven't heard of. Perhaps because her work had broader exposure in her home land than here? The comments suggest I've missed a person worth seeing, though I don't much care for British humor (aside from that produced by the Python crowd and its constituent members). Was her work anything like theirs?
salonva
10 months ago
oh I did see a photo of her earlier today but didn't realize why. I ADORED that show and yes also Are you Being Served. I can remember I was so taken with it.

silly remembrance. DD2 went to U Pitt. There is a South Bouquet St there and every time we would pass it, I would call it Bucket St. DD was really sick of that joke but for me, it never got old.

She brought so much joy.
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justmyopinion
10 months ago
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I was never a fan of British comedy until I came across Hyacinth at which point I would schedule my Saturday night cooking around Keeping up Appearances. She had so many exquisite one liners. I like to throw them out in conversation here and there and people either recognize the Keeping up Appearances brillance or think I am a bit daft.
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s s
10 months ago
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RIP Hyacinth Bouquet of the Bouquet residence. She was a wonderful piece of work!
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Bookwoman
10 months ago
floral, in her memory I rewatched her episodes of Talking Heads. They're just brilliant (although my very favorite is Maggie Smith doing Bed Among the Lentils.)
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dedtired
10 months ago
Bouquet residence. The lady of the house speaking.

She was terrific.
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carolb_w_fl_coastal_9/10
10 months ago
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Don't forget - it's spelled B-U-C-K-E-T 😏

and I looked up 'Talking Heads' on YT and this was the first result:
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pekemom
10 months ago
Loved watching ”Keeping Up Appearances”. Hyacinth and her flowery sisters, Rose, Daisy, Violet. It was a great show and cast.
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floral_uk z.8/9 SW UK
10 months ago
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She was actually a serious actor and classically trained singer, a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company. Widely talented, not just a comic performer.
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maire_cate
10 months ago
She was a treasure. I was watching an episode a few nights ago and still enjoyed it even though I had seen it at least twice.

Salonva, I remember Bouquet St. well. The Pirates were still playing at Forbes Field when I was an under grad at Pitt and we would walk down Bouquet to enter the stadium.

You could even see the playing field from the 36th floor of the Cathedral of Learning.
palisades_
10 months ago
I always enjoy watching her on Keeping Up Appearances on PBS. Just seeing her facial expressions is enough, Clive didn’t need to hear them. She was a very talented actor!
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chisue
10 months ago
We enjoyed her, too.

I wonder if I could find another English comedy show we loved, "The Two Ronnies"?

RIP Patricia Routledge

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