FabGuys.com forum: R.I.P Patricia Routledge

By *adwolf75 OP Man
1 week ago

Grantham

Iconic as Hyacinth Bucket and a quality actress full stop

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By *ookingaroundMan
1 week ago

Bristol

She was absolutely terrific.

A sad loss.

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By *k0014Man
1 week ago

belfast

Such talent a sad loss

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By *IPMANMan
1 week ago

FULHAM

Kitty from Cheadle RIP

I once saw her in a one woman show, brilliant on stage .... she did so much more than Keeping up Appearances

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By *adwolf75 OP Man
1 week ago

Grantham

Brilliant comedy performer,decent singer.A huge talent

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By *IPMANMan
1 week ago

FULHAM

Great singer

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By *edMan
1 week ago

South Wales

She was very funny.

96 though, that’s a good innings.

RIP

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By *alfTankMan
1 week ago

Boston

Bless her. That is sad news.

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By *ideruler58Man
1 week ago

Southampton

She was a massive talent

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By *issy SiMan
1 week ago

Horsham

Sad news but a great innings

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By *ideruler58Man
1 week ago

Southampton

"Sad news but a great innings "

Defo

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By *lueoscarMan
1 week ago

alfreton/chesterfield

She was absolutely brilliant playing Mrs Bucket I mean bouquet, Sheridan will be appalled. Sad loss

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By *annyDanielleMan
1 week ago

Street, Somerset

An amazing talent and an inspiring legacy. She will be missed.😔

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By *ildaremanMan
1 week ago

South Kildare

I also love her version of "I've been to a marvellous party"

May she RIP

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By *airyandbelliedbottomMan
1 week ago

Barrow-in-Furness

"She was absolutely brilliant playing Mrs Bucket I mean bouquet, Sheridan will be appalled. Sad loss"

She gave me a few laughs as Mrs Bouquet. Fun comedy from a simpler time. Don't know her from anything else but I wish her peace beyond passing

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By *oaq2Man
1 week ago

Newcastle upon Tyne

Good looking girl when she was younger too.

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By *obbleTV/TS
1 week ago

manchester

Hetty Wainthrop investigates, sad to hear of her passing.

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By *eepeter4Man
1 week ago

Bournemouth

I hope she gets a Vicar to do her funeral and not hide like the vicar in Keeping up appearance

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By (user no longer on site)
1 week ago

RIP brilliant as Kitty.

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By *arsit1Man
1 week ago

Lucan

Will Sheridan and his friend Tarquin be in her will

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By *astguy7Man
1 week ago

Ross on Wye

She was brilliant in the Alan Bennett monologues. A very talented actor. I hope she now has a Mercedes and room for a pony.

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By *eepeter4Man
1 week ago

Bournemouth

What's going to happen to her Royal Dalton with the hand painted Perrywinkles,asking for a friend

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By *eepeter4Man
1 week ago

Bournemouth

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By *adwolf75 OP Man
1 week ago

Grantham

BBC2 are showing the Yschting episode of Keeping Up Appearances at 7.30 tonight...its arguably one of the best showcasing her great physical comedy

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By *AIRY BEAR999Man
1 week ago

BRAY

I'll have to have a candlelight supper to Mark her passing RIP

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By *astguy7Man
1 week ago

Ross on Wye

"What's going to happen to her Royal Dalton with the hand painted Perrywinkles,asking for a friend "

Sheridan and his husband will be selling that on ebay and putting the proceeds to a week in Gran Canaria.

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By *ilver Sexy chubbyMan
1 week ago

Cromer

She'll be sadly missed, such a versatile actress, with a sharp edge for humour. RIP.

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By *oveitrawMan
1 week ago

Birmingham

Was she in a really old step toe episode as a clairvoyant?

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By *ristolsbMan
1 week ago

Bristol

I sat next to this woman in the canteen. Well, things were a bit whiffy, I can tell you. So I said, "What's that smell?" She says "It's 'Ma Griffe'." I said "Whatever it is, it wants a wash!"

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By *ony AndersonMan
1 week ago

Harrogate

"Was she in a really old step toe episode as a clairvoyant?"
yes she was Seance in a wet rag and bone yard playing Madam Fontana

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By *awihMan
1 week ago

Aldershot

"Was she in a really old step toe episode as a clairvoyant?"

Yes, an episode called “Seance in a Wet Rag and Bone Yard” in 1974

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By *eepeter4Man
1 week ago

Bournemouth

"Was she in a really old step toe episode as a clairvoyant?

Yes, an episode called “Seance in a Wet Rag and Bone Yard” in 1974"
you have a seeky look on Wikipedia you naughty man

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By *ollo007Man
1 week ago

Pontefract

Didn't know that she had kicked the bouquet! (Sorry too soon.low hanging fruit and all that).

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By *ahiaMan
1 week ago

London / Work Abroad

RIP good lady

Thankyou so much for entertaining us.As Hyacinth you were in total control of essence of that great series.

I did meet her very briefly once at hotel she used to retreat to.

She had to deal with a few people in the restaurant that day and was just so lovely and kind.

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By *arebackhungfuckMan
1 week ago

Colchester

Very talented actress and will always remember her for Hyacinth. A sad loss

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By *noggrMan
1 week ago

New Forest

"I also love her version of "I've been to a marvellous party"

May she RIP"

I second this. That performance was a joy! Dame Patricia was superb.

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By *anw33Man
1 week ago

liverpool

"She was brilliant in the Alan Bennett monologues. A very talented actor. I hope she now has a Mercedes and room for a pony."

Absolutely, the only person to have 3 written for her by Bennett, and the person who made him realise 'Talking Heads,' was possible

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By *uncan48Man
1 week ago

South Northants

She was brilliant as a Clairvoyant in Steptoe & Son, as well as Kitty in Victoria Wood as seen in tv.

Mrs Bucket was fabulous, but for me it was as the brilliant Hetty Wainthrop

RIP Dame Patricia Routledge

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By *ildwestheroMan
1 week ago

Llandrindod Wells

Very sad news indeed RIP

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By *alking HeadMan
1 week ago

Bolton

I always loved her comments to the never-seen Morag.

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By *ldmanMan
1 week ago

Rawcliffe Bridge.

Yes R.I.P Mrs Buquet!

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By *edBearMan
1 week ago

Manchester

Terrific actress. Underrated in my opinion and I absolutely loved Keeping Up Appearances. Rest in Peace.

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By *unlad777Man
1 week ago

Cornwall

Such sad news of Patricia Routledge passing away 😢

Steptoe & Son

Keeping up Appearances

Hetty Wainthrope Investigates

To name but a few. She was such a great actress, singer and all round entertainer.

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By *raemar0974Man
1 week ago

Rochdale

She was in To Sir With Love also, one of the teachers at the school, great film.

Particularly love the song The Mindbenders perform at the end of year disco.

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By *NBOTTOMSMan
1 week ago

Northants

Ironically I found out about. 5 mins after I’d planted a load of hyacinths for spring! 🙂

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By *rancd2TV/TS
1 week ago

Wolverhampton

She was a wonderful stage actress too. I was lucky enough to see her a couple of times. Once in Richard III and also in The importance of being earnest. Just sublime.

RIP

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By *oosterladMan
1 week ago

ipswich

Will she bump in to Onslow or did he go to the other place below?

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By *rueguyMan
1 week ago

notts

I worked with her in 1974 on a production of Dandy Dick at the Garrick and got on very well with her.

You should Google her singing climb every mountain, sublime

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By *os001Man
7 days ago

Oxford

She was so good as Hyacinth. I roared with laughter at her comedic timing and her writhing put downs.

RIP.

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By *enjamin2018Man
7 days ago

Gosfield

She was great in Talking Heads and she also had an early role in To Sir with love . She left her mark and she'll be remembered.

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By *SAOFMan
7 days ago

Work/Play in London, live in Kent

"Will Sheridan and his friend Tarquin be in her will "

I wish to express my sincere condolences to Sheridan Bucket on the sad passing of his mother.

In unrelated news his perennial housemate and celebrated local gayer Tarquin is throwing a coming out party this evening for his longtime life-love. Who will it be?

So sad if Sheridan is unable to attend owing to his bereavement but I am sure the lady of the house would not object in particular as Tarquin reportedly plans to serve dinner on the Villeroy & Boch and use the Christofle silverware.

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By *iss Sissy ServesTV/TS
7 days ago

Gloucester

"Iconic as Hyacinth Bucket and a quality actress full stop"

Very sad to hear of that wonderful lady and fine actress passing away. Shall not see her likes again.

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By *iss Sissy ServesTV/TS
7 days ago

Gloucester

"I worked with her in 1974 on a production of Dandy Dick at the Garrick and got on very well with her.

You should Google her singing climb every mountain, sublime"

Thank you, Sir, for sharing this with us. Much appreciated.

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By *b20Man
7 days ago

Glasgow

She was a great performer and actress

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By *SAOFMan
7 days ago

Work/Play in London, live in Kent

Dame Patricia was a game old girl.

She was great in her telly roles but the role that I shall always treasure seeing her in was on the stage. It was the end of a tour and I say her at Chichester Festival Theatre as Lady Bracknell in The Importance of Being Earnest.

There was a palpable excitement in the room as we approached that line. We all held her breath as she hovered over the vowels … “… a … haaaaaaand baaaaaahhhgggg?”

Even her scene partner could not keep it in. He corosed we corpsed the butler (who should not have been on stage of I remember the directions) wobbled his silver tray.

Dame P waited for the laughter to subside. She projected the fourth wall and in a Bennettian tone address is in the cheap seats. “That caused a reaction didn’t it. I suppose there may be a few at the back who did not hear”. With a devilish glint she looked toward her costar and said “take it from ‘Worthing is a place …’”. And with that she was back to her most imperious Aunt Augusta.

Little did I know that across the globe in a small city in Australia my many-year-later husband was reading reviews of the show. He pitched and idea and Patricia and most of the cast were touring the show across the continent. Including a few shows in the outback.

There was a longer run as part of a festival in my husband’s parents lived. Patricia liked wine. So does my mother in law. Patricia liked to be driven to the countryside during the day and my father in law was hired as driver. Old Dad-in-law ferried his charge and his wife through the country most non-matinee days and most non-matinee days seemed to end up at the cellar door of one of the many local wineries.

The wine was untouched as the evening performance was sacrosanct. But dinner for two in the dressing room afterwards always sank at least one of the days purchases.

The shopping charges for the collection were eye watering on her return.

MiL and she stayed in touch. Twenty odd years later despite not meeting physically again they maintained a friendship, they still had regular phone calls and exchanged Christmas presents. Most often a new world white.

She was a great actress, a lovely women and a dear friend to my parents in law.

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By *eanDevizesMan
7 days ago

Devizes

God bless you Mrs Bucket.you'll be making them laugh up there and down here for generations to come. Dame Patrica,we all salute you for entertaining and making use smile for that we thank you. What a women, what an actress on stage and screen, what a legacy to leave us with.

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By *obbleTV/TS
7 days ago

manchester

"God bless you Mrs Bucket.you'll be making them laugh up there and down here for generations to come. Dame Patrica,we all salute you for entertaining and making use smile for that we thank you. What a women, what an actress on stage and screen, what a legacy to leave us with."

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