Ruth Madoc
| Ruth Madoc | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Ruth Llewellyn 16 April 1943 Norwich, Norfolk, England, UK |
| Residence | Glynneath |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1959–present |
| Home town | Llansamlet |
| Spouse(s) |
Philip Madoc (m. 1961–1981, divorced) John Jackson (m. 1982) |
| Children | 2 |
Ruth Madoc (born Ruth Llewellyn 16 April 1943) is a Welsh 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, and as Daffyd Thomas's mother in the second series of Little Britain.
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, in Llansamlet near Swansea. Later she trained at RADA in London.
After RADA Ruth worked in The Black and White Minstrel Show.
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, but eventually divorced.
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. 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.
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