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Ruth Madoc (born Ruth Llewellyn; 16 April 1943) is a British actress and singer. She is best known for her role as Gladys Pugh in the 1980s BBC television comedy Hi-de-Hi!, for which she received a BAFTA TV award nomination for Best Light Entertainment Performance. She later appeared as Daffyd Thomas's mother in the second series of Little Britain.[1]

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Ruth Madoc
Born	Ruth Llewellyn (1943-04-16) 16 April 1943 (age 79) Norwich, Norfolk, England
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1959–present
Spouse(s)	Philip Madoc ​ ​ (m. 1961; div. 1981)​ John Jackson ​ ​ (m. 1982; died 2021)​
Children	2

Early life

Madoc was born in Norwich where her parents worked in medicine at the time. Her parents travelled around Britain for much of her childhood, and she was brought up by her Welsh grandmother Etta Williams and her English grandfather,[2] in Llansamlet within Swansea.[1][3] Later she trained at RADA in London.

Career

After RADA Ruth worked in The Black and White Minstrel Show.

In 1971 Ruth Madoc played Fruma Sarah in the film version of the musical Fiddler on the Roof, and in 1972 she appeared as Mrs Dai Bread Two in the film of Under Milk Wood.[4] She also appeared regularly in the entertainment programme Poems and Pints on BBC Wales. She provided one of the alien voices in the Cadbury's Smash commercials in the 1970s, and made a brief appearance in the 1977 film, The Prince and the Pauper (aka Crossed Swords).

She is an experienced theatre actress who has appeared in many productions, including the stage version of Under Milk Wood, Steel Magnolias, Agatha Christie thrillers (And Then There Were None...), the musical Annie and many pantomime parts.

Ruth is probably best known for her role as Gladys in the Croft and Perry sitcom Hi de Hi, one of the lead roles, for which she received a BAFTA TV award nomination for Best Light Entertainment Performance. The comedy was set in the fictional 50s type holiday camp Maplins. Ruth's recurring role centred on her unrequited love for the camp entertainment manager played by Simon Cadell and she was famous for her announcements on the Camp tannoy with her signature 3 notes played on a mini xylophone.

She was the subject of This Is Your Life in 1984 when she was surprised by Eamonn Andrews.^{[citation needed]}

In 2004 she appeared in the reality television programme Cariad@Iaith on S4C, in which celebrities went on an intensive course in the Welsh language. She has also appeared in the LivingTV reality show I'm Famous and Frightened! which she went on to win.

She also appeared in "Annie" as Miss Hannigan on tour. In 2007 she appeared as a fictional version of herself in episode 2 of the BBC Radio 2 comedy Buy Me Up TV. In 2008 she appeared at the Pavilion Theatre, Rhyl playing the Bad Fairy in the pantomime 'Sleeping Beauty', with Sonia and Rebecca Trehearn.

In 2009 Madoc returned to situation comedy when she appeared in Big Top on BBC1, alongside Amanda Holden, John Thomson and Tony Robinson.[1]

In 2010 Madoc investigated her family history for the BBC Wales programme Coming Home and learned that she is related to David Lloyd George.

In January 2015 Madoc appeared as the Fairy Godmother in the pantomime Cinderella at the Palace Theatre, Mansfield.

Madoc was awarded an honorary degree by Swansea University in July 2006.

Personal life

Her first husband was the actor Philip Madoc, with whom she appeared in the 1981 TV serial The Life and Times of David Lloyd George. They had a son, Rhys, and a daughter, Lowri, and were married for twenty years, but divorced in 1981.

In 1982 she married her second husband, John Jackson, with whom she bought a home in Glynneath in 2002.

Filmography

Television

Year	Title	Role
1973–1976	Hunter's Walk	Betty Smith
1980–1988	Hi-de-Hi!	Gladys Pugh/Dempster
1981	The Life and Times of David Lloyd George	Lizzie Davies
1986	The Adventure Game	Herself
2005	Little Britain	Daffyd Thomas's Mother
2009	Big Top	Georgie
2014	Doctors	Alice Swanson
2015	Benidorm	Rhiannon
2015	Get Your Act Together	Contestant
2015	Tinga Tinga Tales	Whale
2016	Stella	Mayor Mary Meyer
2016	Casualty	Bev Whipsnade-Partridge
2018	Doctors	Jean March
2019	Casualty	Millie Falconer

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1971	Fiddler on the Roof	Fruma Sarah
1972	Under Milk Wood	Mrs Dai Bread Two
1977	The Prince and the Pauper	Moll
1997	The Pale Horse	Sybil Stamfordis
2001	Very Annie Mary	Mrs Ifans
2002	Journey Man

References

External links

• Ruth Madoc at IMDb
• Official website

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