Star on stage and screen Ruth MaddowTove C, best known for her appearances on BBC’s comedy series Hi-de-Hi! Her agent confirmed her death at the age of just 79, shortly after her fall.
The actress, who played Gladys Pugh as the yellow-coat chief in BBC One’s highly successful TV series about a camp during the late 1950s, became a household name.
Her career has also included roles in theatre and musicals, ranging from Fiddler On The Roof through to Gypsy.
“It is with great sorrow that we have to anounce the passing of our dear client, Ruth Maddock,” Phil Belfield of talent agency Belfield World said in a statement sent out to the Palestinian News Agency.
Ruth died Friday, 9 December, while she was in hospital after a fall earlier in week that had caused her to withdraw from Panto In Torquay.
Her film work includes Under Milk Wood and Fiddler On The Roof with Richard Burton, as well as her TV appearance as Gladys Pugh on Hi De Hi! She was most recently seen in Little Britain, on stage with Calendar Girls (theatrical as well as musical), and was a national treasure. She was excited to be back on the road in 2023 along with the best of the exotic Marigold Hotel.
She was a legend in the British entertainment scene and was a true star. Too soon, she is gone. Our hearts are broken!
Thoughts are with Lori, her son Reese, and her entire family.
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Actor and writer Sir Tony Robinson, 76, tweeted: “So sad to hear of the passing of my beloved friend Ruth Madoc.
She was funny and witty and was also very kind and union loyal. We will be very sad to lose her.”
Giles Brandreth, a broadcaster, recalled Madoc as a “wonderfully talented” actress.
The former MP is now a writer and correspondent on BBC’s The One Show. Ruth was a wonderful person.
“I was fortunate enough to get to know her through my best friend at school, Simon Cadell. They were irresistible at Hi-De-Hi. Ruth Maddock is sadly gone. Many thanks for the wonderful memories. Bye camp!”
Cadell was Jeffrey Fairbrother the holiday camp chief, a subject of affection for Madoc’s Gladiator Pug.
Les Dennis, a former Family Fortunes host and actor Joe McGann paid tribute on Twitter to the actress.
Dennis said: “So sad to hear of the passing of the beautiful Ruth Madoc. She was such an amazing and talented woman. Thoughts are with her family.”
“What sad news about the amazing Ruth Madoc,” McGann wrote. “I have been fortunate enough to work with her more than once and have loved the luminous, skillful, playful, daring, kind and inspiring ball she has always been.”
Paul Chuckle, comedian, tweeted: “Just heard the very sad announcement of RIP to Ruth Madoc. I have worked with her many times, including on an episode for @BBCDoitors… She’ll be greatly missed.”
John Petrie, the BBC’s comedy director, said that they were saddened by the news about Ruth Madoc. She was a true star, both on stage and screen, and her comic performances were adored by the country. Our thoughts and prayers are with her family and friends.
Her death was caused by a fall that forced her to withdraw from a performance of Aladdin at Torquay Princess Theater.
“Ruth Madoc has been informed that she cannot participate in this year’s Aladdin pantomime at Princess Theater Torquay because of an accident earlier this weeks, and this was confirmed by a medical evaluation,” the theater company announced on Thursday via Twitter.
Madoc conquered her insecurities in 2018 to show her breasts in front a live audience at The Real Full Monty for women, alongside Victoria Derbyshire, Coleen Nolan and Michelle Heaton.
To raise awareness about breast cancer, they performed a dance to “This Is Me” by The Greatest Showman.
One year later, she fractured her hip while practicing for her role as Calendar Girls. Doctors were confused by her quick recovery.
Madoc was born in April 1943, and raised in Lancemlette near Swansea. She then trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art before landing the role of Froma Sarah in the 1971 film version of Fiddler On The Roof.
A decade later, she appeared on the popular sitcom Hi-de-Hi! She has also played Mrs. Day Bread Two in Under Milk Wood’s 1972 comedy, and later as Daffyd Thomas’ mother in Little Britain.
She is survived her two children.
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