Margaret John Timewasting" and played Mrs Stone, the school secretary, in the original ten series of "King Street Junior" from 1985 to 1998. In a career that spanned more than fifty years, she appeared in such television programmes as: "Coronation Street", "Dixon of Dock Green", "Z-Cars", "Doctor Who", "Little Britain", "Emmerdale", "Last of the Summer Wine", "Crossroads", "Gavin & Stacey" and "The Mighty Boosh". In the early 1980s, she enjoyed a long run on ITV's daily soap opera "Crossroads" as doctors' receptionist Marian Owen. Between 2007 and 2010, she portrayed Doris in "Gavin & Stacey". At the 18th BAFTA Cymru Film, Television
Ruth Jones "Ultimate Funny Woman" award at the annual Cosmopolitan Ultimate Women of the Year Awards in November 2009. In July 2013 Jones received an honorary degree from the University of Warwick. Jones was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2014 New Year Honours for services to entertainment. Ruth Jones was awarded the Bafta Cymru Sian's Phillips special recognition award in 2009. In 2013 STELLA won three Bafta Cymru awards for best drama, best writer and best editing. Jones received a Bafta nomination at the London awards for best actress for her role as Stella in