Ruth Buzzi, who was so hilarious as the lonely spinster Gladys Ormphby, the lady who swung her handbag as a lethal weapon, on Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In, has died. She was 88. Buzzi died Thursday of ...

Ruth Ann Buzzi was born on 24 July 1936 in Westerly ... Her most famous character, Gladys Ormphby, became an icon. Dressed in a brown dress, tight hairnet, and forever scowling, Gladys sat ...

Ruth in 2011, center ... that she knotted in front of her forehead and clad in drab sweaters and dresses, Buzzi’s Gladys would appear in sketches with Arte Johnson’s Tyrone F.

as created and portrayed by Ruth Buzzi and Arte Johnson. (Peggy Potempa/provided) In 1977, when I was in second grade, Mom had us dress as Tyrone and Gladys, the funny “little old man and little ...

To Ruth Buzzi and her husband ... Underwood, a Laugh-In fan who would dress up as Ormphby for Halloween, hit it off with her immediately. “We talked about the old country and our grandparents, ...

Actress and comedian Ruth Buzzi has died at 88. Buzzi, who was nominated for five Emmys, was best known for the NBC variety sketch comedy “Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In,” which ran from 1968 to ...

WASHINGTON, May 2 (Reuters) - Comic performer Ruth Buzzi, who played a counterpoint ... irascible spinster who wore drab brown dresses and a hairnet with a spider-like knot in the center of ...

Ruth Buzzi, famous for her work as handbag-wielding spinster Gladys Ormphby on “Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In,” died Thursday, her family announced Friday. The Emmy-nominated actor was 88.

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 ...

Ruth Buzzi, a comedic actress with a high-beam smile who often played sidekicks both wisecracking and wise, and who scowled her way to pop-culture fame on the comedy-variety show “Rowan & Martin ...

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 45 ...