Ruth Madoc, Hi-de-Hi! and Fiddler on the Roof actor, dies aged 79

Agent pays tribute to unique talent loved by many' who played Gladys Pugh in BBC comedy series

The Hi-de-Hi! actor Ruth Madoc has died aged 79 after a fall.

Madoc became a household name playing chief yellowcoat" Gladys Pugh in the BBC One sitcom. The show ran for eight years from 1980 and was set in a fictional holiday camp, Maplins, during the 1950s.