Ruth Buzzi, who rose to fame as the frumpy and bitter Gladys Ormphby on the groundbreaking sketch comedy series “Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In” and made over 200 television appearances during a ...

Born Ruth Ann Buzzi on July 24, 1936, in Westerly, Rhode Island, she was the daughter of Angelo Buzzi, a nationally known stone sculptor.

Ruth Buzzi’s husband, Kent Perkins, shared a message with her fans the day before her death. “She asked me to thank all of you for being so good to her for so many years.

Ruth Buzzi as her best-known character, Gladys Ormphby, on “Laugh-In” with Sam Shepard, left (the playwright was moonlighting as a drummer), and Peter Stampfel of the Holy Modal Rounders, that ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ruth Buzzi, who rose to fame as the frumpy and bitter Gladys Ormphby on the groundbreaking sketch comedy series “Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In” and made over 200 television ...

Ruth Buzzi, seen here at an event in 2011, has died at the age of 88. The comic actor rose to fame as the frumpy and bitter Gladys Ormphby on the groundbreaking sketch comedy series “Rowan & ...

Ruth Buzzi, Henry Gibson, Judy Carne, Jo Anne Worley, Goldie Hawn, Teresa Graves, Byron Gilliam, Arte Johnson, Dave Madden for “Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In.” NBCUniversal via Getty Images.

Ruth Buzzi, who rose to fame as the frumpy and bitter Gladys Ormphby on the groundbreaking sketch comedy series Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In and made over 200 television appearances during a 45 ...

Ruth Buzzi, the actor who became famous for playing a purse-wielding spinster on 'Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In,' has died at her home in Texas. She was 88.

The comedian and actress Ruth Buzzi, who starred on the popular sketch comedy show Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In, has died.She was 88. According to a post on her Facebook page, she died peacefully ...

Ruth Buzzi, who rose to fame as the frumpy and bitter Gladys Ormphby on the groundbreaking sketch comedy series “Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In” and made over 200 television appearances during a ...

Ruth Buzzi, who rose to fame as the frumpy and bitter Gladys Ormphby on the groundbreaking sketch comedy series "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In" and made over 200 television appearances during a 45 ...