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Katherine Patricia Routledge, (born 17 February 1929), is an English actress and singer. She is best known for her role as Hyacinth Bucket in the British television series ''Keeping Up Appearances'', which ran from 1990 to 1995. 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. In 1968, she won the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical for her role in ''Darling of the Day''. Other theatre credits include ''Candide'', for which she won the 1988 Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical. On television, she came to prominence during the 1980s in monologues written by Victoria Wood and Alan Bennett, appearing as Kitty in ''Victoria Wood As Seen On TV'' (1985–86) and in Bennett's ''A Woman of No Importance'' (1982) and ''Talking Heads'' (1988). For the last, she was nominated for the British Academy Television Award for Best Actress. For her role as Hyacinth in ''Keeping Up Appearances'' she received two further BAFTA nominations. She also starred as Hetty Wainthropp in the British television series ''Hetty Wainthropp Investigates'' (1995–99). Her film roles include ''To Sir, with Love'' with Sidney Poitier (1967) and ''Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River'' with Jerry Lewis (1968). ==Early life and education== Routledge was born in Tranmere, Birkenhead, Cheshire, to parents Catherine (née Perry) and Isaac Routledge. Her father was a haberdasher and during the Second World War, the family lived weeks at a time in the basement of her father's shop. She was educated at Mersey Park Primary School, Birkenhead High School, now a state-funded Academy school, and the University of Liverpool.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/61830/Patricia-Routledge/biography )〕 At Liverpool she graduated with Honours in English Language and Literature〔("Patricia Routledge Biography" ). Chichester Festival Theatre. Retrieved 29 March 2011. 〕〔 and was not on a path to pursue an acting career. She was, however, involved in the university's dramatic society, where she worked closely with the academic Edmund Colledge, who both directed and acted in several of the society's productions. It was Colledge who persuaded her to pursue an acting career. After graduating from Liverpool, she trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School and launched her acting career at the Liverpool Playhouse. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Patricia Routledge」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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