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Keeping Up Appearances star Dame Patricia Routledge ("Hyacinth Bucket") dies at 96 [View all]
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/czdjegvjz3doHer agent said in a statement to the PA Media news agency: "We are deeply saddened to confirm the passing of Dame Patricia Routledge, who died peacefully in her sleep this morning surrounded by love.
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Keeping Up Appearances ran from 1990 to 95, and the following year she was voted the nation's most popular actress at the BBC's 60th anniversary awards.
The Birkenhead-born star also found acclaim on stage as well as screen after starting her career in the theatre in the 1950s.
Following roles in London's West End, she established herself in the US when she won the Tony Award for best lead actress in a musical on Broadway in New York for Darling of the Day in 1968.
She was as adept at serious drama as she was at musicals and comedy - she appeared in Richard III and Henry V at the Royal Shakepseare Company, then won an Olivier Award for best actress in a musical for Candide in the 1980s.
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Keeping Up Appearances ran from 1990 to 95, and the following year she was voted the nation's most popular actress at the BBC's 60th anniversary awards.
The Birkenhead-born star also found acclaim on stage as well as screen after starting her career in the theatre in the 1950s.
Following roles in London's West End, she established herself in the US when she won the Tony Award for best lead actress in a musical on Broadway in New York for Darling of the Day in 1968.
She was as adept at serious drama as she was at musicals and comedy - she appeared in Richard III and Henry V at the Royal Shakepseare Company, then won an Olivier Award for best actress in a musical for Candide in the 1980s.
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