Sitcom star Ruth Madoc dies immediately aged 79

Actress Ruth Madoc has died. She was 79.

She had been engaged to star in pantomime Aladdin at Torquay’s Princess Theatre however needed to pull out simply two days in the past after sustaining an harm in the course of the remaining days of rehearsals.

That harm has now been revealed to have resulted from a fall, which required surgical procedure. Madoc had posted on Instagram simply on Thursday: “Hiya everybody please don’t be concerned ! I am properly and I will quickly be again to regular, however sadly @princesstheatretorquay will not get to have The Empress Gladys within the Panto this Christmas !!! I am doing very well and can quickly be again to regular ! ❤️”

It has now been introduced that she died in hospital yesterday afternoon.

Her agent mentioned in an announcement: “It’s with a lot unhappiness that we’ve to announce the loss of life of our expensive and far beloved shopper Ruth Madoc.

“Ruth handed away on the afternoon of Friday ninth December whereas in hospital following surgical procedure for a fall she had earlier within the week, which had led her to need to withdraw from panto in Torquay.

“From movie work comparable to Fiddler On The Roof and Below Milk Wooden with Richard Burton and her iconic TV efficiency as Gladys Pugh in Hi-De-Hi! and extra not too long ago in Little Britain and on stage with Calendar Girls (the play and the musical), plus current acclaim briefly movies Skinny Fat and Cardiff, she was actually a nationwide treasure and was trying ahead to getting again on the highway in 2023 with The Finest Unique Marigold Resort.

“An actual legend of the British leisure scene, she was certainly one of a form and a novel expertise beloved by many. She is gone far too quickly. Our hearts are damaged!

“Ideas are together with her daughter Lowri, her son Rhys and all of her household.”

Madoc was born in Norwich on sixteenth April 1943 to Welsh mother and father, and raised considerably by her Welsh grandmother and English grandfather in Llansamlet, Swansea.

Coaching at London’s prestigious Royal Academy of Dramatic Artwork, she labored prolifically throughout stage and display screen however turned a nationwide tv favorite when she took on one of many lead roles in David Croft and Jimmy Perry‘s Fifties-set vacation camp sitcom Hi-De-Hi!.

Showing as Chief Yellowcoat and sports activities organiser Gladys Pugh, her character was recognized for an unrequited infatuation with camp supervisor Jeffrey Fairbrother, and her run of quirky bulletins throughout the venue’s PA system.

She appeared in all 58 episodes of the hit comedy, over eight sequence from 1980 to 1988.

Here’s a basic clip from the sitcom of Pugh making an tackle to the campers: